Book review. Building Control with Passive Dampers. Optimal Performance based Design for Earthquakes, Izuru Takewaki. John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd., 2 Clement Loop, # 02-01, Singapore 129809 (2009). 306 pp., Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-470-82491-7.

This book deals with the field of structural control and in detail with the optimized design of passive dampers within the context of performance-based seismic design. Based on our knowledge, it represents the first reference book which is completely devoted to the topic of optimal design of dampers