Structures: The Way Things Are Built

Hawkes, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0025491059 / ISBN 13: 9780025491052

Published by Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1990

About this Item

Light wear to edges. Light rubbing/bumping to edges of boards. Interior clean and unmarked.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1769716766354

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structures: The Way Things Are Built
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0025491059
• ISBN 13: 9780025491052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Art & Design

About this title

Synopsis

In this dazzling book, readers who are intrigued by the way things work will find breathtaking accounts of the way they are built. From the Great Wall of China to the forbidden City, from the Great Wall of China to the Forbidden City, from the Statue of Liberty to Mount Rushmore, Structures reveals the personal stories and the technical genius behind 37 feats of architectural and civil engineering. 500 illustrations and photographs.

Reviews

Presenting the fascinating stories behind more than 40 of the world's most extraordinary building feats, this book covers architectural achievements like London's Crystal Palace, monolithic memorials like Mount Rushmore, underground masterpieces like Rome's catacombs, and civil engineering marvels like the Trans Siberian Railway. Also included are palaces, churches, sculptures, bridges, dams, canals, railways, and tunnels, all selected because of their "boldness, scale or sheer eccentricity." For each structure, an illuminating essay recounts the origins, design and construction. Accompanying photographs, working diagrams, cutaway drawings, and etchings help the reader understand the way the structure was built. The book finishes with a gazetteer that contains brief descriptions of other famous structures such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Taj Mahal. A well-written narrative recommended for academic and large public libraries.
- Sarojini Bala chandran, Auburn Univ. Lib., Ala.
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