TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levy, Matthys.
AU  - Salvadori, Mario.
TI  - Why buildings fall down: how structures fail 
SN  - 039331152X
AV  - TH 441 .L48 1992  
PY  - 1992///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
KW  - BUILDINGS
N1  - 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?
N2  - 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
ER  -