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Wooden architecture and earthquakes in Istanbul : a reconnaissance report and commentary on the performance of wooden structures in the Turkish earthquakes of 17 August and 12 November 1999
Tobriner, Stephen
[Kobe, Japan] : UNCRD Disaster Management Planning Hyogo Office, 2000-04, 50p - PDF (710.1 T62 2000)
The widespread failure of reinforced concrete buildings in the Izmit (Kocaeli) and Duzce earthquakes not only forced Turkish architects and engineers to reassess reinforced concrete construction, but pushed a few of them to reconsider a discarded technology, traditional Turkish wood construction. This paper aims to establish both a cultural and an engineering context in which to position historic wooden architecture in Turkey.
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