Salvadori, Mario,  1907-1997, <br/><br/>
Why buildings stand up :  the strength of architecture / 
Mario Salvadori ; ill. by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus. 
 - First edition. 
 - 311 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393014010 9780393014013 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>80016285 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Structural engineering
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TH845  / .S33 1980 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624.17