Eduardo Torroja y Miret, 1st Marques of Torroja was a Spanish structural engineer and a pioneer in the design of concrete shell structures.
14 Facts About Eduardo Torroja
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In 1923 Eduardo Torroja began work for the Hidrocivil company, headed by the engineer Jose Eugenio Ribera.
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Eduardo Torroja planned and directed various types of projects, including the foundations of bridge piers, bridges, water supply and sanitation works, and various urban buildings.
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Eduardo Torroja worked with Manuel Sanchez Arcas, sharing his interest in new architectural forms that rejected preconceived formulas.
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Sanchez Arcas and Eduardo Torroja designed an enclosed and semi-spherical shell for the 1932 Algeciras market hall.
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Sanchez Arcas and Eduardo Torroja founded the journal Hormigon y Acero.
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Eduardo Torroja designed the thin-shell water tower in Fedala and the roof of the "La Zarzuela" racetrack in Madrid in the form of a hyperboloid.
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Eduardo Torroja used steel with great elan, as at the roof of the Football Stadium, Barcelona.
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Eduardo Torroja designed innovative structures in numerous parts of the world, including Morocco and Latin America.
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Eduardo Torroja's books include Philosophy of Structures and The Structures of Eduardo Torroja.
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Eduardo Torroja believed that a structure should reflect the personality of its designer.
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Eduardo Torroja illustrated an interest in forms of art that dwindled within most of his structures which often incorporated his visions.
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Since Spain was short on steel supplies, Eduardo Torroja had to pursue other materials.
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Today, Eduardo Torroja is renowned for his development of reinforced concrete.