Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture / Mario Salvadori ; ill. by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Norton, [1980]Copyright date: ©1980Edition: First editionDescription: 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0393014010
- 9780393014013
- 624.17
- TH845 .S33 1980
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 624.17 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A155581B |
Includes index.
Structures -- The pyramids -- Loads -- Materials -- Beams and columns -- Houses -- Skyscrapers -- The Eiffel Tower -- Bridges -- The Brooklyn Bridge -- Form-resistant structures -- The unfinished cathedral -- Domes -- Hagia Sophia -- Tents and balloon -- The hanging sky -- The message of structure.
An introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day. In the afterword (to the 1990 pbk. ed.), the author discusses recent advances in science and technology that have had important effects on the planning and construction of buildings: improved materials (steel, concrete, plastics), progress in antiseismic designs, and changes in both architectural and structural design made possible by the computer.
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