The visual solution / [presented by] Myron Goldsmith (SOM).

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Goldsmith, Myron, 1918-1996, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural design--United States.

Architectural design.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (26 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1984.

Summary:

Chicago-born architect engineer the late Myron Goldsmith trained first at the Armor Institute of Technology, then at Illinois Institute of Technology under Mies van der Rohe. Later, after working as an engineer for several offices, followed by seven years in Mies' office from 1946 - 1953, he went to the University of Rome to study under the engineer Pier Luigi Nervi. In 1955 he joined Skidmore Owing & Merrill, where he was a partner from 1967 until his retirement in 1983. After 1961 he was Professor of Architecture at IIT's Graduate School of Architecture. He acknowledged Mies and Nervi as the two greatest influences in his career. Both taught him that structure is the basis of architecture. From Mies he inherited structural purity. From Nervi he learned to shape structure to express the forces within. The work which Goldsmith did with both men proved to be the basis of his subsequent work with SOM, where his input of ideas were often incorporated by other SOM designers. He was the recipient of many honours and awards, and came to be known as a prime theorist of the Chicago school of thought. His skill as a sensitive architect is apparent in the illustrations he shows with his talk, particularly with his more modestly-scaled buildings. He says that the goal in all his work had been to solve in a visual way the engineering problems: "the visual solution has always been uppermost".

Contents:

Myron Goldsmith, 1984

Diagram Of Different Types Of Long Bridges

Diagram Of Tall Buildings Of Different Heights

Night View Of Chicago Expressways

Expressway Bridge Project For Atlas Cement

Hangar For United Airlines In San Francisco

United Airlines Office Building In Chicago

Gymnasium For Illinois Institute Of Technology

Oakland Arena & Football/Baseball Stadium, 1962

Brunswick Building, Civic Centre Plaza, Chicago

Elevated Transit Station, Chicago

Subway Station, Chicago

Building For 'The Republic' Newspaper, Columbus, Indiana

Bank In Elkhart, Indiana

Myron Goldsmith's Master's Thesis Project At Illinois Institute Of Technology

Rucky-A-Chucky Bridge Near. Sacramento, California

Solar Telescope Near Tucson, Arizona.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 24, 2021).

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