Biographical Information
| Name: | Joseph Strauss |
|---|---|
| Full name: | Joseph Baermann Strauss |
| Born on | 7 January 1870 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA, North America |
| Deceased on | 16 May 1938 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA, North America |
| Place(s) of activity: | |
| 1892 | Graduates from the University of Cincinnati; |
| 1902 | Founds his own company |
| 1904 | Company becomes Strauss Engineering Corp. with offices in Chicago and San Francisco |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
chief engineer
consulting engineer
designer
Bibliography
- (1937): The Golden Gate Bridge. Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District. Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, San Francisco (USA).
Relevant Websites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 470.
- (1998): Faszination Brücken. Baukunst - Technik - Geschichte. 1st edition, Callwey, Munich (Germany), pp. 194-202.
- (1986): The Gate. The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. Simon & Schuster, New York (USA), pp. 380.
- (2010): Joseph B. Strauss, Charles A. Ellis, and the Golden Gate Bridge: Justice at Last. In: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, v. 136, n. 2 (April 2010), pp. 71-83.
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1000053 - Published on:
06/01/1999 - Last updated on:
22/07/2014
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