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Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail
Matthys Levy
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Description for Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail
Paperback. The authors examine buildings of all kinds, from ancient domes like Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to the state-of-the-art Hartford Civic Arena. Their subjects range from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon to the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia and San Francisco. Illustrator(s): Woest, Kevin. Num Pages: 352 pages, B/W line drawings. BIC Classification: AMC; TNC; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 518.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393311525
SKU
V9780393311525
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