Mario Salvadori (1907–1997)
Autor/a de Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture
Sobre l'autor
Mario Salvadori (1907-1997) was James Renwick Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Columbia University, an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, and author of eighteen books, including (with Matthys Levy) Why Buildings Fall Down
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Obres de Mario Salvadori
The Art of Construction: Projects and Principles for Beginning Engineers & Architects (Ziggurat Book) (1990) 254 exemplars
Math Games for Middle School: Challenges and Skill-Builders for Students at Every Level (1998) 24 exemplars
Architecture and Engineering: An Illustrated Teacher's Manual on Why Buildings Stand Up (Annals of the New York Academy (1983) 5 exemplars
Numerical methods in engineering 3 exemplars
Paper Bridges: An Illustrated Teacher's Manual 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1907-03-19
- Data de defunció
- 1997-06-25
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Italy
- Lloc de naixement
- Rome, Italy
- Lloc de defunció
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Educació
- University of Rome (PhD x 2)
- Professions
- professor emeritus
mathematician
engineer - Organitzacions
- Columbia University
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 18
- Membres
- 1,664
- Popularitat
- #15,433
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 21
- ISBN
- 45
- Llengües
- 5
- Pedres de toc
- 8
He then discusses specific buildings that either have, or have not, collapsed, and delves into the reasons that explain what happened. In particular, he reviews very interesting cases in which buildings failed because of a lack of understanding of the effects of wind, sand, soil settlement, heat, or snow, to name some common problems. In one example, he offers the fascinating anecdote of how a dome collapsed because of uneven snow loads caused by wind direction and tendency for drifting. He goes into great detail about particular failures that would be well-known to readers, such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the catastrophic collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkways in 1981.
This book is much less technical and more interesting that his previous book, “Why Buildings Stand Up.”… (més)