Leslie E. Robertson

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American engineer civil engineer human structural engineer

Leslie E. Robertson was an American structural engineer renowned for his pioneering high-rise designs, most notably his work on the original World Trade Center towers in New York City.

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Leslie E. Robertson canonical 12
Leslie Earl Robertson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American engineer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
structural engineer ⓘ
awardReceived AIA Institute Honor Award for Collaborative Achievement ⓘ
ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award ⓘ
IABSE International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-02-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-02-11 ⓘ
designed Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong ⓘ
Miho Museum Bridge, Japan ⓘ
Puerta de Europa towers, Madrid ⓘ
Shanghai World Financial Center ⓘ
U.S. Steel Tower, Pittsburgh ⓘ
educatedAt San Diego State University ⓘ
surface form: San Diego State College

University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
employer Leslie E. Robertson Associates ⓘ
Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson ⓘ
Worthington, Skilling, Helle & Jackson ⓘ
familyName Robertson ⓘ
fieldOfWork high-rise building design ⓘ
structural engineering ⓘ
givenName Leslie ⓘ
hasPublication Reflections of a Structural Engineer ⓘ
knownFor innovative wind engineering for tall buildings ⓘ
pioneering high-rise structural systems ⓘ
structural design of the original World Trade Center complex ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
name Leslie E. Robertson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leslie Earl Robertson
notableStudentOrCollaborator SawTeen See ⓘ
notableWork North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
surface form: World Trade Center North Tower

South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
surface form: World Trade Center South Tower

World Trade Center Twin Towers ⓘ
surface form: original World Trade Center Twin Towers
occupation consulting engineer ⓘ
structural engineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan Beach, California ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan Beach, California, United States
placeOfDeath San Mateo, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld founding partner at Leslie E. Robertson Associates ⓘ
partner at Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
San Mateo, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: San Mateo, California
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse SawTeen See ⓘ
workedOn development of tuned mass damping concepts for skyscrapers ⓘ
progressive collapse resistance in high-rise structures ⓘ
structural response of tall buildings to wind loads ⓘ

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North Tower of the World Trade Center → structuralEngineer → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
South Tower of the World Trade Center → structuralEngineer → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
Leslie E. Robertson → name → Leslie E. Robertson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie Earl Robertson
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong → structuralEngineer → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
original World Trade Center → structuralEngineer → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
Leslie E. Robertson Associates → foundedBy → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
World Trade Center Twin Towers → structuralEngineer → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
Worthington, Skilling, Helle & Jackson → hasPartner → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson → foundedBy → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson → partner → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
SawTeen See → spouse → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
SawTeen See → partner → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
Reflections of a Structural Engineer → author → Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ