Jack Zunz
Gerhard Jacob "Jack" Zunz (born December 25, 1923 in Mönchengladbach ; † December 11, 2018 ) was a German, later British civil engineer.
Zunz emigrated to South Africa with his parents and sister in 1936, where he later (interrupted by military service in World War II in Egypt and Italy) studied civil engineering at the University of Witwatersrand with a degree in 1948 . He then worked as a consulting engineer and in steel construction before moving to London in 1950 and starting at the Arup engineering firm . In 1954 he opened a branch for Arup in South Africa. In 1961 he was back in London as an Associate Partner and from 1965 as a Senior Partner of Arup. From 1977 to 1984 he was Chairman of the Ove Arup Group and from 1984 to 1989 Co-Chairman of the superordinate global company (Ove Arup Partnership). He then was a consultant at Arup and first chairman of the Ove Arup Foundation, which established interdisciplinary courses in architecture and construction at Cambridge and the London School of Economics .
He was instrumental in the Sydney Opera House and led the team that designed the roof. Other projects included BP's Britannic House , the Standard Bank building in Johannesburg , the Emley Moor television tower , the London Stansted Airport terminal and the HSBC Hong Kong high-rise .
In 1988 he received the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers . He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (1983). He has three honorary doctorates (University of Witwatersrand, University of Glasgow , University of Western Ontario ). In 1989 he was ennobled. He was an honorary member of the Architectural Association (2011).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zunz, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zunz, Gerhard Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2018 |