Why buildings fall down : how structures fail

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Why buildings fall down : how structures fail

Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Kevin Woest

W.W. Norton, 2002

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Includes index

"First published as a Norton paperback 1994 ; reissued 2002" -- T.p. verso

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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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