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If one floor collapses shouldn't the finished one underneath it be designed to hold its weight so you don't have that pancake type situation?
 
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If one floor collapses shouldn't the finished one underneath it be designed to hold its weight so you don't have that pancake type situation?
But the weight is not static. It is falling at 9.8m/sec2 which gives it more force at the time of impact than just it's weight. If you gently set the floor on the one below it would probably hold (although I suspect the weight distribution will be wrong).

I think this is the sum total of what I remember from my physics courses in university. Pretty sad.
 
That's pretty much it.
You can push on a nail with 10 pounds of force and it won't go into the lumber, but if you hit it with the same amount of force with a hammer, it'll drive it in.
 
Several well-known architects have died this year. We could start a thread for architect deaths but Mister Hectic would probably be the only person who would ever read it.


Here is Jencks' "waterfall staircase" in Scotland:

 
Several well-known architects have died this year. We could start a thread for architect deaths but Mister Hectic would probably be the only person who would ever read it.


Here is Jencks' "waterfall staircase" in Scotland:

Nobody has any issues with recongnizing dead architects. Just labeling them celebrities.
 
Bummer. I've got a couple of Jencks' books.

And peoe would read a thread about dead architects, but very few would get a second.

I think most folks would read it to see if I'm on the list.
 
Someone posted about the Grand Canyon skywalk thing a few years ago. Whe we were in Vegas we took a tour of the Hoover Dam and west side of the Canyon. The skywalk thing was there. I wasn't sure if I'd be interested in walking it or not. Last minute I decided to do it. It was $25. Cheesy but fun. Glad I did it.

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It's a really ugly building, but I know they had to cut a lot out of it to meet the budget.
 
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