Mr. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture with Structural Engineering from Cornell University in 1962 and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.

FORBES: Ratan Tata

Banker's son studied structural engineering in U.K., then returned home to start consulting firm.

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Apart from giving the mosque a gritty complexion, Tepebasi's concrete has freed the architect from the engineering challenges which architects in stone had to grapple with, reducing Sinan's structural brilliance to mere ornament.

ECONOMIST: The architecture of mosques

Shigeru Ban, born in Japan in 1957, is an exemplar of the radical contemporary architect who is as much inspired by structural engineering problems, unfavourable site conditions and budgetary limitations as by anything more positive.

ECONOMIST: Building design

Engineering innovations have also given designers more options when crafting the interiors, thanks to greater structural flexibility in the placement of walls and barriers inside the cabins.

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