Sir Gerhard Jack Zunz, BSc, FREng, FIStructE, FICE (born 25 Dec 1923) is a structural engineer and former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners. He was the principal structural designer of the Sydney Opera House.
Jack Zunz obtained a degree in civil engineering from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1948 after interrupting his studies for World War II.
In 1950 he started to work with Ove Arup.
In the mid-50s he returned to South Africa t...
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Sir Gerhard Jack Zunz, BSc, FREng, FIStructE, FICE (born 25 Dec 1923) is a structural engineer and former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners. He was the principal structural designer of the Sydney Opera House.
Jack Zunz obtained a degree in civil engineering from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1948 after interrupting his studies for World War II.
In 1950 he started to work with Ove Arup.
In the mid-50s he returned to South Africa to start an office of Ove Arup & Partners in Johannesburg. He stayed in South Africa until the infamous Sharpeville massacre happened. As he states on the Arup website :
After working on the Sydney Opera House in London for some time, he took over leadership of the structural design team when it moved to Australia.
He became a senior partner of Ove Arup and Partners in 1965, and was a driving force behind moves to change the ownership of the firm to a trust, with the stock held in trust for its staff. In 1977 Zunz became chairman of the newly...
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