- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press (10 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0300112963
- ISBN-13: 978-0300112962
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.7 x 3.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 154,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Sunday Telegraph, November 19, 2006
'[In Peter Jones biogrpahy], Arup emerges as endlessly stimulating,
childlike, rigorous, maverick and deeply humane.'
childlike, rigorous, maverick and deeply humane.'
Sunday Business Post, January 14, 2007
'Peter Jones does well to capture the essence of an idiosyncratic and
brilliant figure...'
brilliant figure...'
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Struggling through the first 30 pages the only thing I remember is endless exchange of letters between loved ones and beloved. Dull and inaccessible writing. Read it with another perception, to learn about Ove Arup's vision on structures, structural engineering.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Only for the truly devoted
26 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
My expectations were admittedly high because the subject is so fascinating and the stuff of heros. It's hard to think how Arup, the colourful man, and his influential role as master architect of a new post-war approach to the built environment, could be presented in such a dull style. It doesn't quite seem right. The book is hard going and only for the most devoted. Yes there are interesting insights and anecdotes peppered around the book, but the reader has to work hard for any reward. Arup apparently had a reputation for intellectual impatience and never quite finishing his sentences before moving onto another topic. One wonders whether he would ever have finished reading this book, before moving on.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Dissapointing!!
16 Nov 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great man but bad biografy! The writer simply looses the focus on the amount of information he gives. I only read the first chapter and the other two devoted to the opera House, Sadly. I expected much more from this biografy.
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