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Ove Arup: Masterbuilder of the Twentieth Century

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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.

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.