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Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1992Description: 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 039331152X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TH 441 .L48 1992
Contents:
The First structural failure -- Miracle on thirty-fourth street -- Will the Pantheon stand up forever? -- For lack of redundancy -- Big bangs -- The Day the Earth shook -- Galloping Gertie -- When metals tire -- Thruways to eternity -- The Weaknesses of Mother Earth -- Valley of tears -- The House of cards -- Structural dermatology -- Old-age death -- The Worst structural disaster in the United States -- The Politics of destruction -- The Structure of the law -- Conclusion : can we prevent future failure?.
Summary: It seemed almost unavoidable that having written a book entitled Why Buildings stand up, I should be pushed by my friends (and my wonderfully friendly editor, Edwin Barber) to write another called -what else? - Why Buildings Fall Down.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation COA General GC TH 441 .L48 1992 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available NULIB000016901

Includes index.

The First structural failure -- Miracle on thirty-fourth street -- Will the Pantheon stand up forever? -- For lack of redundancy -- Big bangs -- The Day the Earth shook -- Galloping Gertie -- When metals tire -- Thruways to eternity -- The Weaknesses of Mother Earth -- Valley of tears -- The House of cards -- Structural dermatology -- Old-age death -- The Worst structural disaster in the United States -- The Politics of destruction -- The Structure of the law -- Conclusion : can we prevent future failure?.

It seemed almost unavoidable that having written a book entitled Why Buildings stand up, I should be pushed by my friends (and my wonderfully friendly editor, Edwin Barber) to write another called -what else? - Why Buildings Fall Down.

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