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Sep 2, 2017 · Seattle Times transportation reporter. Jack Christiansen of Bainbridge Island, structural engineer of the Kingdome and a pioneer of thin-shell concrete roofs, died in mid-August at the age of...
00:00. 00:00. 00:00. Educated in the Midwest, structural engineer John “Jack” Christiansen made a significant and unique impact on the built environment in the Pacific Northwest. He attended the University of Illinois where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering in 1949.
Aug 30, 2017 · Structural engineer John V. “Jack” Christiansen, a leader in the design of thin-shell concrete structures, died on Aug. 16 on Bainbridge Island, Wash. He would have turned 90 on Sept. 28.
John V. "Jack" Christiansen ( 1927-2017) (BS Architectural Engineering University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana 1949, MCE Northwestern University 1950), worked in Seattle beginning in the early 1950s at W. H. Witt Company, Engineers. He became a Senior Partner and later President of the firm.
Sep 7, 2017 · On Aug. 16, 2017, the world of engineering lost a giant in thin-shell concrete building design: John V. “Jack” Christiansen— just a month before his 90th birthday. Christiansen worked for more than 60 years as a civil engineer, designing and engineering some of America’s most recognized structures, like the Seattle Kingdome.
JOHN VALDEMAR CHRISTIANSEN, an American designer of thin-shell concrete structures and structural engineer of the largest free-standing concrete dome in the world—the Seattle Kingdome—died August 16, 2017, at the age of 89. Jack Christiansen made a name for himself as a consulting structural engineer in Seattle, embracing the connections ...
Jack Christiansen made a name for himself as a consulting structural engineer in Seattle, embracing the connections among engineering, architecture, and construction disciplines to become a prolific designer of shell structures in the Pacific Northwest.