Dr Kircher said that an important finding of the study was that vulnerable buildings - un-reinforced masonry, older reinforced concrete and "soft-storey" - made up less than 5% of all buildings in the region but would kill more than half the people.
Thermal heat is easy to store -water and masonry or stone is an excellent thermal mass.
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With its short life and great height, the spiky Shard graphically illustrates exponentially increasing inner-city land values, while the chaos of old and new masonry surrounding it testifies to the greed and short-termism of successive generations.
The facade on 35 Avenue therefore retains its original appearance as a three-story industrial structure of masonry and glass, with the exception of one significant intervention.
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In 1862, the Confederate garrison of Fort Pulaski at Tybee Island, Georgia, was taken after a 30-hour siege, ending the era of masonry fortifications.
As elsewhere in this region, the inhabitants here derive from the Arromanian-speaking Vlach minority, well known for their masonry.
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The Hundts went from a combined seven-figure income to living off of George's masonry income and some savings.
For all Tepebasi's dome-and-minaret orthodoxy, the practical merits of reinforced concrete over masonry mean they got barely a pastiche.
The Saeynaetsalo Town Hall of 1948-52 is cut into a hillside where irregularly ascending steps of masonry and earth and grass lead to an enclosed courtyard and the building's "crown, " the council chamber.
On Sunday evening, army and fire-service teams prepared to move in with heavy equipment to clear large chunks of fallen masonry.
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