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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : W. W. Norton, 1990.Edition: [New ed.]Description: 323 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780393306767 (pbk.) :
  • 9780393306767
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 624.17 SAL
LOC classification:
  • TH845 .S33 1990
Contents:
1.Structures -- 2.The pyramids -- 3.Loads -- 4.Materials -- 5.Beams and columns -- 6.Houses -- 7.Skyscrapers -- 8.The Eiffel Tower -- 9.Bridges -- 10.The Brooklyn Bridge -- 11.Form-resistant structures -- 12.The unfinished cathedral -- 13.Domes -- 14.Haiga Sophia -- 15.Tents and balloons -- 16.The hanging sky -- 17.The message of structure.
Summary: This text is aimed at the architectural student who needs to assimulate the application of engineering principles to architecture quickly and painlessly.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 624.17 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 207573

Previous ed.: 1980.

Includes index.

1.Structures -- 2.The pyramids -- 3.Loads -- 4.Materials -- 5.Beams and columns -- 6.Houses -- 7.Skyscrapers -- 8.The Eiffel Tower -- 9.Bridges -- 10.The Brooklyn Bridge -- 11.Form-resistant structures -- 12.The unfinished cathedral -- 13.Domes -- 14.Haiga Sophia -- 15.Tents and balloons -- 16.The hanging sky -- 17.The message of structure.

This text is aimed at the architectural student who needs to assimulate the application of engineering principles to architecture quickly and painlessly.

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