JAMES AMBROSE is Editor of the Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides. He has practiced as an architect in CaLifornia and Illinois, and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He recently retired as professor of architecture at the University of Southern California. DIMITRY VERGUN is a practicing structural engineer who teaches part-time at the University of Southern California.

• GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. Wind Effects on Buildings. Earthquake Effects on Buildings. Resistance of Buildings to Lateral Forces. Building Planning for Lateral Resistance. LATERAL RESISTIVE ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS. Lateral-Load-Resisting Systems. Elements of Lateral Resistive Systems. Special Problems for Lateral Resistive Systems. Site and Foundation Concerns. DESIGN EXAMPLES. Design Process and Methods. Shear Wall Systems. Truss Systems. Moment-Resistive Frames. STRENGTHENING OF BUILDING STRUCTURES. Need for Strengthening. Strengthening of Older Buildings. Glossary. Appendices. Study Aids. Bibliography. Indexes.

JAMES AMBROSE is Editor of the Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides. He has practiced as an architect in CaLifornia and Illinois, and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He recently retired as professor of architecture at the University of Southern California. DIMITRY VERGUN is a practicing structural engineer who teaches part-time at the University of Southern California.

• GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. Wind Effects on Buildings. Earthquake Effects on Buildings. Resistance of Buildings to Lateral Forces. Building Planning for Lateral Resistance. LATERAL RESISTIVE ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS. Lateral-Load-Resisting Systems. Elements of Lateral Resistive Systems. Special Problems for Lateral Resistive Systems. Site and Foundation Concerns. DESIGN EXAMPLES. Design Process and Methods. Shear Wall Systems. Truss Systems. Moment-Resistive Frames. STRENGTHENING OF BUILDING STRUCTURES. Need for Strengthening. Strengthening of Older Buildings. Glossary. Appendices. Study Aids. Bibliography. Indexes.

JAMES AMBROSE is Editor of the Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides. He has practiced as an architect in CaLifornia and Illinois, and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He recently retired as professor of architecture at the University of Southern California. DIMITRY VERGUN is a practicing structural engineer who teaches part-time at the University of Southern California.

• GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. Wind Effects on Buildings. Earthquake Effects on Buildings. Resistance of Buildings to Lateral Forces. Building Planning for Lateral Resistance. LATERAL RESISTIVE ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS. Lateral-Load-Resisting Systems. Elements of Lateral Resistive Systems. Special Problems for Lateral Resistive Systems. Site and Foundation Concerns. DESIGN EXAMPLES. Design Process and Methods. Shear Wall Systems. Truss Systems. Moment-Resistive Frames. STRENGTHENING OF BUILDING STRUCTURES. Need for Strengthening. Strengthening of Older Buildings. Glossary. Appendices. Study Aids. Bibliography. Indexes.