Heinz Isler
[Image:Gartencenter Wyss Zuchwil 01 09.jpg|thumb|Concrete shell roof of the garden center Wyss in Zuchwil, (1962)]
[Image:Recherswil Isler-Schale 01 09.jpg|thumb|Concrete dome roof of a building of the former company Kilcher in Recherswil, (1965)]
[Image:Deitingen Sued Raststaette, Schalendach 01 09.jpg|thumb|Highway service area Deitingen south, triangle concrete cupola roofs, (1968)]
Heinz Isler was a Swiss structural engineer. He is famous for his thin concrete shells.
Heinz Isler was born in the municipality of Zollikon. He showed talent as an artist as a student, but his father advised him to seek a career in engineering first. Isler studied thin concrete shells at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
Career
Upon graduating from the ETH in 1950 with a degree in civil engineering, Isler worked as a teaching assistant with Pierre Lardy, a professor at the ETH, from 1951 to 1953. He opened his own office in 1954 in Burgdorf, Switzerland. His first project as a shellbuilder was a concert hall roof for the Hotel Kreuz in Langenthal which was completed between 1954 and 1955. The form of the shell was loosely inspired by the shape of a plumped-up pillow on his bed.
Death
Isler died from a stroke on June 20, 2009 at the age of 82.