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  • Twentieth-Century American Architecture: The Buildings and Their Makers

    Carter Wiseman

    Paperback

    An authoritative and richly illustrated narrative history of the buildings that shaped the American century and the architects who gave them form.

  • The United States Capitol: Its Architecture and Decoration

    Henry Hope Reed

    Hardback

    This wonderfully illustrated volume traces the architectural antecedents and building history of the magnificent U.S. Capitol.

  • Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail

    Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori, Kevin Woest

    Paperback

    The authors examine buildings of all kinds, from ancient domes like Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to the state-of-the-art Hartford Civic Arena. Their subjects range from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon to the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia and San Francisco.

  • Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture

    Mario Salvadori

    Paperback

    "Readers will rejoice... in the physical discoveries, ancient and modern, that create and govern the artifacts inside of which readers spend most of their natural lives."—New York Times

  • Why the Earth Quakes: The Story of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

    Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori, Michael Lilly

    Paperback

    “At last an inviting book on earthquakes, written by scientists whose easily understandable prose takes us on a tour not only of seismology but also of modern building technologies, volcanoes, and that California constant, the magnificent rubbing and pushing of tectonic plates beneath us.” —San Francisco Chronicle Book Review