Salvadori, Mario. <br/><br/>
Why buildings stand up :  the strength of architecture / 
Mario Salvadori 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,  c1980 
 - 323 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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 balloons -- the Hanging sky --The Message of structure. 
<br/><br/> This book was written for those who love beautiful buildings and wonder how they stand up. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393306767 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ARCHITECTURE
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TH 845 .S25 1980