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.
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. B/W line drawings
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
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$20.69 - $25.86
- UPC:
- 9780393311525
- Maximum Purchase:
- 3 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2002-02-17
- Author:
- Matthys Levy;Mario Salvadori
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- Updated and expanded
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again
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