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Why Buildings Stand Up

Name: Why Buildings Stand Up
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
Price: 20.22 USD
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Author: Mario Salvadori
ISBN: 9780393306767

by Mario Salvadori · W. W. Norton & Company · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780393306767

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Mario Salvadori

9780393306767

W. W. Norton & Company

English

tapa blanda

2/17/2002

320 pages

23.4 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm

445 g

Synopsis of Why Buildings Stand Up

«Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture» is Mario Salvadori's essay, published by W. W. Norton & Company in paperback.

Mario Salvadori explains how structures stand and traces the evolution of construction from the pyramids to skyscrapers. He covers the use of steel, concrete and plastics, anti-seismic advances and the influence of computing on architectural design, with examples such as Brunelleschi's dome, the Eiffel Tower and suspension bridges.

320 pages, in English. Illustrated reissue, with an epilogue by the author on recent advances in construction science and technology.

Aimed at both the general public and specialists in architecture and engineering.