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Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail

By Levy, Matthys|Salvadori, Mario|Woest, Kevin
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
Whenever a building, bridge, tunnel or dam collapses, it is front page news. Now two of the world's premier structural engineers take readers on a journey through the history of structural disasters, from the Parthenon and Rome's Coliseum to the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. 200 illustrations.

Details

Authors: Levy, Matthys|Salvadori, Mario|Woest, Kevin
Copyright: 1992
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780393311525
ISBN10: 039331152X
Page Count: 352
Dimensions: 6.1x1.0x9.2
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Description

The stories that make up Why Buildings Fall Down are in the end very human ones, tales of the interaction of people and nature, of architects, engineers, builders, materials, and natural forces all coming together in sometimes dramatic (and always instructive) ways.
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