Nervi, Pier Luigi, Structures, 1956 1st ed., translated by Giuseppina and Mario Salvadori, with a
Forward by Mario Savadori, New York: F. W. Dodge Corporation,
Publishers. A Very Good hardcover copy, in a scarce very good
dust jacket. 118
pp., illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and
drawings. One of the great engineers and builders explores the
characteristics and potentialities of reinforced concrete; the book
discusses Nervi's invention of Ferro-cemento, a reinforced concrete
which combines concrete's freedom of form with steel's qualities of
strength, and shows examples of where and how he employed this new
concept.