Jack Zunz

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Sir Gerhard Jacob Zunz

Ove Arup & Partners. He was the principal structural designer of the Sydney Opera House
.

Career

Zunz was born to a Jewish family

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1948. He worked for a consultant and structural steelwork fabricator, before coming to London to join Ove Arup in 1950. In 1954, he returned to South Africa and together with Michael Lewis established an office for Arup.[6]

In 1961 Zunz returned to London as an associate partner and then from 1965 as a senior partner. He led the team which designed the roof of the

HSBC Main Building, the first Stansted Airport Terminal and many more.[6]

He was Chairman of Ove Arup and Partners from 1977 to 1984 and co-chairman of

Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment postgraduate programme at the University of Cambridge, and subsequently the LSE Cities Programme at the London School of Economics.[7]

He was a Fellow Commoner at Churchill College, Cambridge 1967–68. He has lectured widely on his projects and related topics, particularly education. He is the author or co author of many papers. He held a number of appointments outside his firm including being Chairman of the Trustees of the Architectural Association and President of CIRIA (Construction Industry Research and Information Association).[citation needed]

Awards

He was elected a

Gold Medal in 1988.[8]

He was appointed

Trevelyan College, Durham University
in 1996.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sir Jack Zunz obituary". The Times. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Sir Jack Zunz". Legacy.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ Jakob Zunz aus Mönchengladbach : Der Mann, der die Oper in Sydney errichtete
  5. ISBN 9780230304666
    . Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b Sir Jack Zunz obituary.
  7. ^ Norman Foster pays tribute to Sydney Opera House engineer Jack Zunz.
  8. ^ "IStructE Gold Medal Winners 1922-2008". Retrieved 3 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  9. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U41261
    .
  10. ^ http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201512/27782/news_item_27782.html[permanent dead link]
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