Associazione Edoardo Benvenuto
per la ricerca sulla Scienza e l'Arte del Costruire nel loro sviluppo storico
WINNER
of the Edoardo Benvenuto Prize 2015
11th edition

Christian Kayser

for his dissertation:

"Die Baukonstruktion gotischer Fenstermaßwerke in Mitteleuropa"
Doctoral Thesis TU München, published as a book in 2012, Editor: Michael IMHOF Verlag.


Jury:
Professor Stefano Bennati (Università di Pisa)
Dr.-Ing. Karl-Eugen Kurrer (Ernst & Sohn – Stahlbau, Berlin)
Professor Patricia Radelet-de Grave (Université catholique de Louvain)

REPORT OF THE JURY:

All participants' contributions are of high quality; the most deserving work is certainly the oneproposed by Philippe Block.

- The final classification is therefore:

The contributions of all participants are to be appreciated, but the most deserving ones are identified according to the following ranking:

1. Christian Kayser
2. Armande Hellebois
3. Roberta Fonti

- The Edoardo Benvenuto Prize 2017 is awarded to Christian Kayser for his dissertation "Die Baukonstruktion gotischer Fenstermaβwerke in Mitteleuropa" - Doctoral Thesis TU München, published as a book in 2012, Editor: Michael IMHOF Verlag.

- A special mention is proposed for the works of:

Armande Hellebois: "Theoretical and experimental studies on early reinforced concrete structures. Contribution to the analysis of the bearing capacity of the Hennebique system" – Doctoral Thesis UL Bruxelles, published in 2013 by Presses Universitaries de Bruxelles (P.U.B.).

Roberta Fonti: "La Statica della Muratura in Pietra Grezza – Un modello interpretativo per i meccanismi fuori del piano". Doctoral Thesis Università di Napoli Federico II, 2013.