Pier Luigi Nervi

Pier Luigi Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi
Born(1891-06-21)21 June 1891
Sondrio, Italy
Died9 January 1979(1979-01-09) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
EducationUniversity of Bologna
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineStructural engineer, architect
InstitutionsSociety for Concrete Construction
Institution of Structural Engineers
ProjectsOlympic Stadium in Rome (1960)
UNESCO headquarters in Paris (1950)
Hangar in Orvieto (1935)
AwardsIStructE Gold Medal
Wilhelm Exner Medal (1957)
AIA Gold Medal (1964)

Pier Luigi Nervi (21 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University from 1946 to 1961 and is known worldwide as a structural engineer and architect and for his innovative use of reinforced concrete, especially with numerous notable thin shell structures worldwide.