Building: The Fight Against Gravity by Mario Salvadori
Building: The Fight Against Gravity

Mario Salvadori

Building: The Fight Against Gravity

Mario Salvadori

152 pages first pub 1979 (editions)

challenging informative lighthearted medium-paced
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An introduction to the basic principles of architecture and engineering including a discussion of structural materials and their properties and such problems as how skyscrapers are kept from swaying excessively and buildings prevented from sinking...

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