Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail

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
ASIN: 039331152X
VSKU: 31UTLL00262S_ns
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Levy, Matthys|Salvadori, Mario|Woest, Kevin
Binding: Paperback
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