page_title: Riccardo Morandi
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Riccardo Morandi / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge view from the lake to Cabimas side by italian engineer: Riccardo Morandi Italiano: Ponte General Rafael Urdaneta: Ponte progettato dall'ingegnere italiano Riccardo Morandi, sul lago di Maracaibo, Venezuela
context_page_description: Riccardo Morandi was an Italian civil engineer best known for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete, although over the years some of his particular cable-stayed bridges have had some maintenance trouble.
  Amongst his best-known works are the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, an 8 km cable-stayed bridge crossing Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela; a similar bridge in Genoa commonly known as Ponte Morandi, which partially collapsed in 2018 for reasons under investigation; and the Subterranean Automobile Showroom in Turin.
context_section_description: Morandi was born in Rome. After his graduation in 1927, Morandi gained experience in Calabria working with reinforced concrete in earthquake-damaged areas. On his return to Rome to open his own office, he continued with his technical exploration of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and embarked on the design of a series of novel cinema structures and bridges.
  His numerous later works include his work on the Fiumicino Airport (Rome) in 1970.
  Morandi was appointed professor of bridge design both at the University of Florence and the University of Rome, became a Fellow of the "Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce" (FRSA) in 1963, and get an honorary doctorate in architecture by Technical University of Munich (T.U.M.) in 1979.
caption: General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, 1962
   Maracaibo, Venezuela (2013 photo).
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