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Eduardo Torroja y Miret, 1st Marques of Torroja (27 August 1899 – 15 June 1961) was a Spanish structural engineer and a pioneer in the design of concrete shell structures.
Jun 11, 2024 · Eduardo Torroja (born Aug. 27, 1899, Madrid, Spain—died June 15, 1961, Madrid) was a Spanish architect and engineer notable as a pioneer in the design of concrete-shell structures. Torroja graduated as an engineer in 1923 and began working with a contractor.
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Eduardo Torroja Miret (Madrid, España, 27 de agosto de 1899 - Ibidem, 15 de junio de 1961) fue un ingeniero de caminos, profesor, constructor e investigador español. Se le otorgó, a título póstumo, el título de marqués de Torroja en reconocimiento a su extraordinaria labor en el campo de la ingeniería civil.
El Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETcc), perteneciente al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), fundamenta su actividad en investigaciones científicas y desarrollos tecnológicos en el campo de la construcción y sus materiales.
Eduardo Torroja Miret, whose penchant for engineering induced him to enrol in the Madrid School of Civil Engineering in 1917, earned his degree there in 1923. Founded in 1802 by Agustín de Betancourt, the Madrid School had been modelled on the Paris École des Ponts et Chaussées.
Eduardo Torroja was the civil engineer son of the famous Spanish architect and mathematician with the same name. Eduardo Torroja was strongly influenced by his father in the mathematical rigor of architecture, as with the relationship of structures with ruled surfaces.
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Eduardo Torroja y Miret, (1899-1961) was a Spanish structural engineer and architect, pioneer in the design of concrete-shell structures.
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