Where We Live

Linke, Andreas, Bode, Adrian, Frey, Michael

ISBN 10: 3791321048 / ISBN 13: 9783791321042

Published by Prestel Publishing, 2000

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where We Live
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791321048
• ISBN 13: 9783791321042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.772 pounds

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Synopsis

English (translation)
Original German

Reviews

Grade 3-5-Cursory glances at two topics dealing with architecture and construction. Where We Live offers a hodgepodge of facts about the methods and materials humans have used to create shelter for themselves over the ages. Dark type is frequently placed on dark illustrations, and captions and text are often scattered around the double-page spreads. Philip Wilkinson's Building (Knopf, 1995) is broader in scope and presents information in a more interesting and lively manner. Joe and the Skyscraper traces the construction of the Empire State Building through the eyes of a 16-year-old water boy who worked on the project. Original photographs, many by Lewis W. Hine, offer fascinating views from the girders and pulleys. A note tells readers that Joe Carbonelli actually worked on the building but nothing indicates that the events chronicled are based on fact and details are sketchy. Most collections will be better served by Craig A. Doherty's The Empire State Building (Blackbirch, 1997).
Jeanette Larson, Texas State Library, Austin
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

In the Adventures in Architecture series, a volume that takes readers on an exploration of human shelter from the elements and potential attackers. The advantage of each style of homefrom cave lodgings to futuristic fantasy utopias that walkand how it was created is explained in terms of a particular society's needs and work: nomads that hunted buffalo, tree dwellers, fishermen, farmers, kings, counts, gypsies, or circus acts. Full-color photographs are grouped in a way that links cultures and vastly different time periods together, while children are encouraged to allow their own ``wild ideas'' about architecture to flourish. A novel approach to a much-studied subject, ideal for use in the classroom or for research. (Picture book. 5-10) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.