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The Structural Engineer, Volume 17, Issue 3, 1939
Summarising the tendency of to-day in the planning and construction of buildings it may be said that simplicity and cheapness combined with utility are the dominating factors, and little importance is attached to the splendour of the fagade, as has been customary previously. The modern style is preferred and is suitable both for frame structures and simple planning. S. Bylander
IN February, 1938, two 40 ft. span steel girder bridges in Low-dien, located a 108 miles north of Canton were wrecked during an air raid. The extent of the damage was so severe that in any other country these wrecked bridges would undoubtedly have gone as scrap iron. Tuh-Fuh Lee
This month's letters cover legislation for design checks, embodied carbon of modular construction approaches, and assessment of masonry buildings for earthquake resilience in New Zealand.