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I agree, it's a very good book. There's also a book, also by Salvadori, called "Why Buildings Stand Up". You don't need to be an expert in construction to read either one.

I think much of the downplaying comes from MetroLoft, who obviously don't want negative press. Nathan Berman, the managing principal and founder of MetroLoft, one of the two firms behind the conversion, said he expected a delay of only a few...

I think much of the downplaying comes from MetroLoft, who obviously don't want negative press. Nathan Berman, the managing principal and founder of MetroLoft, one of the two firms behind the conversion, said he expected a delay of only a few...

If nothing else. these pictures might be useful to show to the "jetfuel can't melt steel beams" crowd... apparently the jet fuel is not necessary if the load is sufficient...

At this point Berman is just making things up. There has not been enough time for them to examine the entire structure at the level where the failure occurred or the structure above and below that point. Then examine the rest of the structure...

Hours after city officials warned of an "extremely dangerous situation" at the in-progress conversion of the former office property, Nathan Berman of MetroLoft said in an interview with The Real Deal that reports of the building's impending...

The fire-heated ones tend to be made of paper, and to use a mosaic or "patchwork" approach based on the sizes of sheets of "Chinese paper" that were traditionally available. Here's some paper fire balloons from La Pintada, about 20 km from...

If nothing else. these pictures might be useful to show to the "jetfuel can't melt steel beams" crowd... apparently the jet fuel is not necessary if the load is sufficient...

Hours after city officials warned of an "extremely dangerous situation" at the in-progress conversion of the former office property, Nathan Berman of MetroLoft said in an interview with The Real Deal that reports of the building's impending...

I confess, I do not remember this. If I understand correctly, there is a video file? If so, can it be uploaded or linked or both? Just judging by the still, it could be anything from a badly degraded sunspot photo to a badly degraded picture...

If nothing else. these pictures might be useful to show to the "jetfuel can't melt steel beams" crowd... apparently the jet fuel is not necessary if the load is sufficient...

I confess, I do not remember this. If I understand correctly, there is a video file? If so, can it be uploaded or linked or both? Just judging by the still, it could be anything from a badly degraded sunspot photo to a badly degraded picture...

So everyone probably remembers the clip that went around last September - the NARA upload with the crater shot and the dark shape people were calling an alien body. Mark Lee called it pareidolia in the Daily Mail at the time, which may well be...

Which part of the image is supposed to be the "alien body"?

I think much of the downplaying comes from MetroLoft, who obviously don't want negative press. Nathan Berman, the managing principal and founder of MetroLoft, one of the two firms behind the conversion, said he expected a delay of only a few...