TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salvadori,Mario
AU  - Hooker,Saralinda
AU  - Ragus,Christopher
TI  - Why buildings stand up: the strength of architecture 
SN  - 0393014010
AV  - TH845 .S33 1980
U1  - 624.17 
PY  - 1980///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Norton
KW  - Structural engineering
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -