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ELADIO DIESTE
Innovation in Structural Art
Stanford Anderson, editor

PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS, NEW YORK

 CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7

INTRODUCTION
Stanford Anderson
18 DIESTE HOUSE, Montevideo, 1961-63
with a description of the house by Antonio Dieste
DANCE WITHOUT EFFORT OR FATIGUE":
THE ARCHITECTURE OF ELADIO DIESTE 32
Stanford Anderson
42 CHURCH OF CHRIST THE WORKER, Atläntida, 1958-60
56 CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES, Malvin, Montevideo,
1965-68 (unfmished)
58 CHURCH OF SAN JUAN DE ÄVILA, ALCALÄ DE HENARES,
Madrid, Spain, 1996fr.
60 CHURCH OF ST. PETER [SAN PEDRO], Durazno, 1969-71
GUASTAVINO, DIESTE, AND THE TWO
REVOLUTIONS IN MASONRY VAULTING 66
Edward Allen
76 TEM FACTORY, Montevideo, 1960-62
78 CEASA PRODUCE MARKET, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1969-72
80 CITRICOS CAPUTTO FRUIT PACKING PLANT, Salto, 1971-72, 1986-87
86 LANAS TRINIDAD WOOL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, Trinidad, 1965, 1979,
1986-87, 1988-89
RIO METRO MAINTENANCE HANGAR, Rio de Janeiro, 1971-79
90 MUNICIPAL BUS TERMINAL, Salto, 1973-74
ELADIO DIESTE AS STRUCTURAL ARTIST 94
John Ochsendorf
106 "SEA GULL" (Barbiere cnd Leggire Service Station), Salto, 1976
108 AYUI PARADOR, Salto, 1976-77
109 CADYL HORIZONTAL SILO, Young, 1976-78
112 MASSARO AGROINDUSTRIES, Joanicö, Canelones, 1976-80
120 REFRESCOS DEL NORTE, Salto, 1977-80
124 SAN AGUSTIN PARISH CENTER AND GYMNASIUM, Montevideo, 1978-80
126 CARUGATTI GARAGE AND WORKSHOP, Montevideo, 1978-79
128 PORT WAREHOUSE, Montevideo, 1977-79
136 TURLIT BUS TERMINAL, Salto, 1980
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE
WORK OF ELADIO DIESTE 138
Remo Pedreschi and Gonzalo Larrambehere

DIMENSIONS OF A CREATOR:
152 WATER TOWER, Las Vegas Resort, 1966
154 WATER TOWER, Refrescos del Norte, Salto, 1979
156 TV COMMUNICATIONS TOWER, Maldonado, 1985-86
158 DON BOSCO SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, Montevideo, 1983-84
162 MONTEVIDEO SHOPPING CENTER, Montevideo, 1984-85, 1988
166 FAGAR COLA BOTTLING PLANT, Tarariras, 1991-92, 1995-96
170 ADF WOOL WAREHOUSE, Juamcd, Canelones, 1992-94
172 SOLSIRE SALT SILO, Montevideo, 1992-94
NAVIOS HORIZONTAL SILO, Nueva Palmira, Colonia, 1996-97
173

A TRIBUTE TO ELADIO DIESTE

178
Lucio Cäceres

APPENDICES

182 ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

191 THE AWARENESS OF FORM
194 ART, PEOPLE, TECHNOCRACY
Eladio Dieste

198 A GRAPHIC PRIMER ON DIESTE'S CONSTRUCTION METHODS

Gonzalo Larrambebere

2O2 BUILDING CATALAN THIN-TILE VAULTS IN SPAIN: A FIELD JOURNAL

Timothy P. Becker and Kent Anderson

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN REINFORCED AND PRE-STRESSED

208 BRICKWORK AND THE PLACE OF DIESTE WITHIN IT
Remo Pedreschi and Braj Sinha

22O A PROSPECT FOR STRUCTURAL CERAMICS

Antonio Dieste

UNREINFORCED SHELL STRUCTURES IN TRADITIONAL MASONRY:

223 A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Martin Speth

231 LIST OF WORKS

Uruguay
Argentina, Brazil, and Spain

251 BIBLIOGRAPHY
255 INDEX
264 CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES