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Why buildings fall down how structures fail

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York W W norton & Co Ltd 2002Description: 346p ill. 24cmISBN:
  • 039331152x
  • 9780393311525
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 690.25 $2 18
Summary: Covers the history of architectural and structural disasters, from ancient time to the present. Examines buildings of all kinds with subjects ranging from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon to the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia and San Francisco.

Covers the history of architectural and structural disasters, from ancient time to the present. Examines buildings of all kinds with subjects ranging from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon to the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia and San Francisco.