Stefan Polónyi

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Stefan Polónyi
Polónyi in 2013
Born6 July 1930
Died9 April 2021(2021-04-09) (aged 90)
Cologne, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationEngineer

Stefan Polónyi (6 July 1930 – 9 April 2021) was a Hungarian-born German civil engineer.[1]

Biography[edit]

Polónyi studied civil engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He left Budapest for Cologne in 1956 and opened his office the following year, called Stefan Polónyi & Partner. In 1965, he became a professor of engineering at the Technical University of Berlin before he held the same position at the Technical University of Dortmund starting in 1971. There, he invented the "Dortmund model" of joint training for engineers and architects.

Stefan Polónyi died in Cologne on 9 April 2021 at the age of 90.[2]

Works[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • Schalen in Beton und Kunststoff: Entwurf, Bemessung, Ausführung (1970)
  • Einige Gedanken zum wissenschaftlichen Stand der Baustatik (1981)
  • Der Tragwerksingenieur und seine Wissenschaft (1982)
  • Mit zaghafter Konsequenz: Aufsätze und Vorträge zum Tragwerksentwurf 1961–1987 (1987)
  • Über Tektonik in der Baukunst (1993)
  • Die neue Stahlbetonkonzeption (1996)
  • Beton Atlas – Entwerfen mit Stahlbeton im Hochbau (2001)
  • Architektur und Tragwerk (2003)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Stefan Polónyi". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Stefan Polónyi im Alter von 90 Jahren verstorben". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 16 April 2021.