Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori
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TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1992Description: 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 039331152X
- TH 441 .L48 1992
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| GC TH 435 .D56 2010 Dewalt construction estimating : complete handbook / | GC TH 438 .D45 2013 Project control : integrating cost and schedule in construction / | GC TH 441 .L48 1992 c.1 Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / | GC TH 441 .L48 1992 c.2 Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / | GC TH 441 .L48 2002 Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / | GC TH 4812 .B35 2008 Prescriptions for a healthy house : a practical guide for architects, builders & homeowners / | GC TH 4815 .C45 2000 The natural house : a complete guide to healthy, energy-efficient, environmental homes / |
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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