"[T]he early work of Lambot... was one of the first applications of , but [was] also... a form of . His patent on wire…"

"In the twentieth century, lightly reinforced brick shells were inspired by timbrel vaulting, a common building method…"

"has designed some of the most striking thin shells in reinforced concrete of the second half of the twentieth century…"

"Candela did not invent the concrete shell; nor is he the first to make use of the hyperbolic paraboloid... Other peop…"

"Candela] is not just an engineer, or an architect, or a contractor and constructor, but all three... [W]hen he thinks…"

"[M]ost of Candela's structures are almost complete in themselves... the forms and proportions bear witness to his art…"

"The method of geometric modeling of multi-shell roofs depends mostly on the surface's properties forming the shell; t…"

"... all through school had a reputation of working alone and of doing his work in an unusual way. ...in 1950 he gradu…"

"Torroja was a specialist in stress analysis... and he wrote a... book on the mathematical theory of elasticity. This.…"

"Thin shells — Three-dimensional spatial structures made up of one or more curved slabs or folded plates whose thickne…"