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Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail Fiction_Gift_Guide where surprise and meaning convergeThe 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. The stories that make up Why Buildings Fall Down are in the end very human ones, tales of the interaction of people and nature, of architects, engineers, builders, materials, and