Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail

By:

Levy, Matthys

Contributor(s):

Salvadori, Mario [Co-author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York W. W. Norton Company 1994Description: 352 ‎ 15.49 x 2.54 x 23.62 cmISBN:

9780393311525

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

ARCH LEV

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Arthshila Ahmedabad Cluster: 3O	ARCH/LEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BK00780

Total holds: 0

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 architects, engineers, builders, materials, and natural forces all coming together in sometimes dramatic (and always instructive) ways.

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