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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.
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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.