[PDF.23ag] Bracing for Disaster: Earthquake-Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933

Bracing for Disaster: Earthquake-Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933

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 | #2119445 in Books |  Heyday |  2006-04-01 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .77 x8.04 x9.98l,1.84 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| ....|By Mentor Llunji|History of San Francisco's buildings in relation to their safety in earthquake and fire, documented by an impressive number of earthquake resistant features applied by architects, engineers and builders well before the first mandatory state earthquake code of 1933..It is well written and will surely fascinate readers interested in history of engineering an|About the Author|Stephen Tobriner is a professor of architectural history at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written extensively on architecture and the history of reconstruction after earthquakes, and has investigated damage in earthquakes around

In 1906, San Francisco was destroyed not by the terrible earthquake of April 18, but by the fires that ensued. Yet journalists and historians then--and now--—have been quick to point out the speed and supposed sloppiness with which architects and engineers rebuild San Francisco after every major earthquake. The conventional wisdom holds that corruption prevented proper seismic safety in new buildings. But those presumptions are far too sweeping, according to archit...

You easily download any file type for your device.Bracing for Disaster: Earthquake-Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933   |  Stephen Tobriner. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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