Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture / Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus.

Main entry:

Salvadori, Mario, 1907-1997.

Title & Author:

Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture / Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Series:

Norton paperback

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and 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.
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Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Cornerstones of Science website

ISBN:

0393014010
9780393014013
0393306763 (pbk.)
9780393306767 (pbk.)

Subject:

Structural engineering.
Technique de la construction.
structural engineering.
Bautechnik

Added entries:

Hooker, Saralinda.
Ragus, Christopher.
Norton paperback.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 27138
Call No.: TA140.S182.A77 1980
Status: Available

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