Prepared by a team of enigneers from ASCE, this report on the structure of Pentagon buildings concluded that several structural features helped the 60-year-old Pentagon withstand the Sept. 11 attacks relatively well.
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A report prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Written E. Kausel (Editor). A Brief History of the World Trade Center Towers; Inferno at the World Trade Center, NY; Speed of Aircraft; Aircraft Impact Damage; The Fires; Materials and Structures; Escaping With Your Life; Supply Chains and Terrorism; The Reflecting Wall at MIT.
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Written by Karl Koch III, Richard Firstman (Contributor), tell the complete and fascinating story of the creation of the World Trade Center: the politics behind its conception, the innovative thinking that went into its design, the drama of its construction, and the truth behind its destruction.
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"...The film's chief focus is on the architectural brilliance of Minoru Yamasake who designed the 1,300-foot twin towers, and the incredible construction efforts required to build them. The film still contains a construction manager's pre-September 11th comments that the towers would probably remain standing even if aircraft were flown straight into them. "Elizabeth Smith from All Movie Guide
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Written by Angus Kress Gillespie, this book is the New York Times bestseller. With new photographs and an updated chapter, it covers the complete life of the Twin Towers.
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Written by William Langewiesche, this book tells the "unsung -- and revealing -- story of the Herculean effort to dig out from the attack on New York."
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"...an extraordinary display of creativity in thought and design that considers the future of lower Manhattan from myriad perspectives -- serving at once as a powerful remembrance of lives lost and a catalyst to the debate on downtown Manhattan." (Book Description)
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Written by Karl Sabbagh, this book tells the story of building the World Trade Center twin towers.
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The authors architect Matteo Pericoli and contributor Paul Goldberger turn their affections for the city into enchanting pen-and-ink drawings of the skyline in this book.
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One of the Building History Series. Written by Laurel Corona.
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A comprehensive book about the history and cultural impact of lower Manhattan and the World Trade Center. By Peter Skinner.
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From a detailed examination of the building's original design to the relentless process of combing scrap steel yards and Ground Zero itself for evidence...
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A historical look at the technological engineering of the World Trade Center.
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Juan Gonzalez, Daily News columnist, writes about the environmental impact of the WTC collapse.
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Co-edited by Michael Sorkin and Sharon Zukin, this book contains a series of essays which provide alternative visions to the expected landscape of power in rebuilding the World Trade Center.
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Inspired by Alan Trachtenberg's Brooklyn Bridge, the author of this book tries to tell the the Life of NYC's World Trade Center.
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Jameson W. Doig tells us a story of the history of the World Trade Center and its owner -- Port of New York Authority.
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