News View All Eduardo Torroja 1949. Strategy to industrialise housing in post-world war II. New publication News Publications Fundación Eduardo Torroja and Fundación Juanelo Turriano have co-published the book entitled Eduardo Torroja 1949: strategy to industrialise housing in post-World War II. In 1949 Eduardo Torroja, director of the Institute for Construction and Cement Engineering (today the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science) organised an unprecedented international competition. Architects and engineers from 17 countries submitted a total of 89 projects. The articles included in the book address the impact of this initiative on progress in housing construction, both in Spain and abroad. See bibliographic information The book, which is entirely in English, can be purchased here.
Eduardo Torroja 1949. Strategy to industrialise housing in post-world war II. New publication News Publications Fundación Eduardo Torroja and Fundación Juanelo Turriano have co-published the book entitled Eduardo Torroja 1949: strategy to industrialise housing in post-World War II. In 1949 Eduardo Torroja, director of the Institute for Construction and Cement Engineering (today the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science) organised an unprecedented international competition. Architects and engineers from 17 countries submitted a total of 89 projects. The articles included in the book address the impact of this initiative on progress in housing construction, both in Spain and abroad. See bibliographic information The book, which is entirely in English, can be purchased here.