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Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail - Couverture rigide

Levy, Matthys; Salvadori, Mario

 
9780393033564: Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0393033562 ISBN 13 : 9780393033564
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 1992

Synopsis

"Whatever goes up must come down" does not, fortunately, apply to most of the structures in today's world. In fact, whenever a building, a bridge, a tunnel, or a dam collapses nowadays, it is front page news and often the beginning of a hunt for clues and culprits as fascinating as any detective story. In this book, two of the world's premier structural engineers take us on a journey through the history of architectural and structural catastrophes, from the Parthenon and Rome's Coliseum to more recent disasters such as the Ronan Point Tower in London, the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City and the Malpasset Dam in France. This is a book that delights as it instructs, an easily digested feast of architectural flops and flummoxes, whether caused by natural disaster or human error, or both.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393033562
ISBN 13 
9780393033564
Reliure
Relié
Illustrateur
Woest Kevin
Nombre de pages
334
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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