Eladio Dieste

Eladio Dieste
Born(1917-12-01)December 1, 1917
DiedJuly 29, 2000(2000-07-29) (aged 82)
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan
Known forStructural engineering, thin-shell masonry vaults
Notable workChrist the Worker Church, Gaussian vault structures
StyleModernist, structural rationalism

Eladio Dieste (December 1, 1917 – July 29, 2000) was a Uruguayan engineer who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, most of them in Uruguay and all of exceptional elegance.