If you’ve got an interest in bridge jacking, you might well also have some heroes in the world of engineering. Undoubtedly for us, Sir Ove Arup is one of them. He’s best known for turning architects’ designs into reality for decades until his death in 1988 and now he’s the first engineer to have a retrospective of his work held at the V&A Museum in London.
Showing at the museum until the 6th November this year, Engineering the World: Ove Arup and the Philosophy of Total Design is an exhibition of three parts, focusing on his early years, his time at the top of his game, and the work his firm Arup has taken on after his death including the UK’s high speed rail network Crossrail, according to DeZeen.
The exhibition shows letters, portraits, previously unseen designs and scale models of some of his most famous works. After all, his portfolio includes some of the world’s biggest engineering wonder, such as the Sydney Opera House and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, as well as helping to create iconic designs closer to home, such as the penguin pool at London Zoo.
While at the V&A, you could also spend your time immersing yourself in the engineering world even more fully by exploring some of the other exhibitions, talks and special events going on at the moment. For example, on July 8th there’s an evening evening covering the engineering and completion of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, which could certainly be an interesting one to attend.