Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail

By Matthys Levy | Category: Engineering and Transportation books | DMCA

The authors examine buildings of all kinds, from ancient domes like Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to the state-of-the-art Hartford Civic Arena. Their subjects range from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon to the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia and San Francisco.The stories that make up Why Buildings Fall Down are in the end very human ones, tales of the interaction of people and nature, of...

Paperback: 346 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Updated and expanded edition (February 17, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 039331152X
ISBN-13: 978-0393311525
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1 x 9.3 inches
Amazon Rank: 171023
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Unfortunately we follow their destructive example in the few political conversations we have, and the many we avoid, with our family, friends, and co-workers. There is so little known about Gardner that this book has nothing more than research notes to try to establish a life for the subject. Download ebook Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail Pdf. He weaves a tapestry of personality and place with an unerring eye for detail and authenticity. Each chapter features several helpful exercises. The illustrations help place the story in its historical setting. ISBN-10 039331152X Pdf. ISBN-13 978-0393311 Pdf.

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"WBFD" explains engineering with clarity, architectural philosophy with simplicity, and structural events with a sharp, incisive wit. Line drawings are frequent and presented in situ with text. This does not rise to the technical level of a textbook,...

For anyone with any love of art, interest in true crime, or student of Bostonian culture as a hot bed for "crime as a career", this book is insightful, entertaining, and thought provoking. Dabei spielt das äußere Erscheinungsbild, welches zu einem großen Teil über die Kleidung mitbestimmt wird, eine bedeutende Rolle. He uses 3-D animation as a tool for creating fine art, and I have to say that he succeeds. While I have no doubt he visited the falls he wrote about, it seemed as if the directions to the falls came off the top of his head from memory. No bible storybook inside.