Eladio Dieste

Born in Artigas, Uruguay, on the 10th of December

Studies at the Facultad de Ingeniera of the Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo

Engineer for t he Dirección de Vialidad at t he Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MTOP), Bridge projects

Professor for Theoretical Mechanics at the Engineering Faculty of Montevideo

Engineer at Christiani & Nielsen

Chief of the technical office of the Dirección de Arquitectura at the Ministry of Public Works in Uruguay

Engineering director at the firm of Pilotaje Viermond

Professor for Bridges and Large-Scale Structures at the Faculty of Engineering in Montevideo

Foundation of own company, Dieste & Montañez

Deceased on the 19th of July in Montevideo, Uruguay

1917

1933-43

1944-47

1944-65

1945-48

1945-48

1949-58

1947-78

1954

2000

General Principles

Gaussian Vault

Cadyl Horizontal Silo [Silo per il grano] 1975-78

Church Of Christ The Worker [Chiesa Atántida] 1955-60

Church of San Juan De Ávila [San Juan de Avila] 1993-98

Church of St. Peter [San Pedro] 1969-71

Our Mother Of The Rosary [Madre del Rosario] 1995-1997

Port Warehouse [Deposito Montevideo] 1977-1979

Centro Commerciale [Montevideo] 1983-88

References

.Eladio Dieste, Innovation in Structural Art

Stanford Anderson / ISBN 1-56898-371-9

.Eladio Dieste

Mercedes Daguerre / ISBN 88-370-2156-8

.Eladio Dieste, Konstruktion und Form

Rainer Barthel / ISBN 3-935243-09-x