Heinz Isler
Illustration — Concrete shell roof of the garden center Wyss in Zuchwil, (1962) • Illustration — Concrete dome roof of a building of the former company Kilcher in Recherswil, (1965) • Illustration — Highway service area Deitingen south, triangle concrete cupola roofs, (1968) Heinz Isler (July 26, 1926 – June 20, 2009) was a Swiss structural engineer. He is famous for his thin concrete shells.
Heinz Isler
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- Born
- 1926 · Zollikon.
- Died
- 2009 · Bern.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- engineer · architect
- Education
- ETH Zurich
- Teachers
- Pierre Lardy
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Concrete shell roof of the garden center Wyss in Zuchwil, (1962) • Illustration — Concrete dome roof of a building of the former company Kilcher in Recherswil, (1965) • Illustration — Highway service area Deitingen south, triangle concrete cupola roofs, (1968) Heinz Isler (July 26, 1926 – June 20, 2009) was a Swiss structural engineer. He is famous for his thin concrete shells.
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Early life and education
Heinz Isler was born in the municipality of Zollikon. He showed talent as an artist as a student, but his father advised him to seek a career in engineering first. Isler studied thin concrete shells at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
Career
Career
Upon graduating from the ETH in 1950 with a degree in civil engineering, Isler worked as a teaching assistant with Pierre Lardy, a professor at the ETH, from 1951 to 1953. He opened his own office in 1954 in Burgdorf, Switzerland. His first project as a shellbuilder was a concert hall roof for the Hotel Kreuz in Langenthal which was completed between 1954 and 1955. The form of the shell was loosely inspired by the shape of a plumped-up pillow on his bed.
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Isler died from a stroke on June 20, 2009 at the age of 82.
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1926
Heinz Isler was born in 1926 at Zollikon.
2009
Heinz Isler died in 2009 at Bern.
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