Tall Buildings: An Overview
- ISBN-10
- 094713221X
- ISBN-13
- 9780947132217
- Series
- Tall Buildings
- Category
- Tall buildings
- Pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Author
- A. Eugene Kohn
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- 2014-08-01
- 164 pages
- Paperback
- fib Fédération internationale du béton
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