Tensile Structures, Otto, Frei. Published by the MIT Press, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1973. Fifth printing, 1982. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Volume 1 and 2 combined. Vol.1: 320pp.; Vol. 2: 168pp. Card covers. Moderate shelf wear to covers; binding is tight and secure. Ordre des Architects du Quebec stamp to first 3 pages and otherwise contents are in fine condition without markings, tears or folds.
Frei Paul Otto (1925-2015) was a German architect and structural engineer noted for his use of lightweight structures, in particular tensile and membrane structures. His first major international project was his design for the West German pavilion at the 1967 world’s fair in Montreal (Expo 67). With the construction of the stadium for the Munich Olympic games in 1972 Otto Frei became the great master of tensile structures. Otto was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grand Prize of the German Association of Architects and Engineers, Berlin (1996), the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (2005), and the Pritzker Prize (2015).
