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Christian Menn is one of the most renowned structural engineers in the world. He is known in particular for his remarkable bridges, such as the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston. This book is the first to document Menn's work in detail, alongside his vision, philosophy, and thinking about design and engineering. Presenting around thirty of his designs--both built and unbuilt--via full-color photographs, plans, and drawings, the book celebrates Menn's creative solutions to challenging engineering problems and his constant rethinking of the fundamentals of his profession. Menn's own writings on his work are accompanied by essays from fellow engineer David P. Billington, scholar Werner Oechslin, writer Iso Camartin, and others, all of whom offer different takes on Menn's achievement.

Bridges --- Menn, Christian --- Bridges, Highway --- Express highways --- Highway bridges --- Transportation --- Viaducts --- History --- Menn, Christian, --- Ponts --- Conception et construction --- Structural engineering --- Structure de grande portée --- Procédé de construction --- Béton précontraint --- Béton armé --- Pont --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Conception et construction. --- Bridges - History and criticism --- Structural engineering - History and criticism --- Bridges - Pictorial works --- Menn, Christian, - 1927- - History and criticism --- Menn, Christian, - 1927 --- -Bridges --- -Structure de grande portée --- Menn, Christian, - 1927-

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How do our cities evolve, what forces drive their evolution, and how exactly do they change as a result? Zurich-based architecture firm EM2N has been working on urban transformation processes ever since its establishment in 1997. Initially, the firm’s main focus was on the greater Zurich area, yet in recent years they have also developed and realized projects in Berlin, Brussels, and Hamburg. Over time, a diverse body of work has grown, more than half of which consists of conversions of existing buildings, resulting in numerous successes and a few failures, small structures and large-scale complexes, quick decisions and slow processes. What unites the designs, projects, and texts featured in this first monograph on EM2N is a profound interest in the concept of the city as an exciting, contradictory, and above all productive space of human life that the founding partners Mathias Müller and Daniel Niggli have maintained throughout their twenty-five years of collaboration. In EM2N—City Factory they offer a self-critical review of their achievements and also speak about learning processes, personal interests, and conceptual approaches to future tasks in ever-changing cities. This is supplemented with contributions from fellow architects and friends as well as with a wealth of photographs, plans, drawings, and other illustrations.

Urban renewal --- Architecture and society --- Müller, Mathias, --- Niggli, Daniel, --- EM2N (Firm) --- Rénovation urbaine. --- Architecture et société. --- Architecture suisse --- Architecture --- Müller, Mathias, --- EM2N Architekten

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