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Building big / David Macaulay.
Van Pelt Library PS3563.A252 B85 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macaulay, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Juvenile literature.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2000]
- Summary:
- Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here and not over there? These are the kinds of questions that David Macaulay asks himself when he observes an architectural wonder. These questions take him back to the basic process of design in which all structures begin, a process that proceeds from the realization of a need for the structure to the struggles of the engineers and designers to map out and create the final construction.
- David Macaulay, as only he can, engages readers' imaginations and gets them thinking about structures they see and use every day -- bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers, domes, and dams. In Building Big he focuses on the connections between the planning and design problems and the solutions that are finally reached. Whether a structure is imposing or inspiring, he shows us that common sense and logic play just as important a part in architecture as do imagination and technology. As always, Mr. Macaulay inspires readers of all ages to look at their world in a new way.
- Contents:
- Bridges 9
- Ponte Fabricio 11
- Iron Bridge 15
- Britannia Bridge 16
- Garabit Viaduct 20
- Firth of Forth 24
- Golden Gate Bridge 30
- Ponte de Normandie 52
- Tunnels 57
- Two Ancient Tunnels 58
- Hoosac Tunnel 60
- Thames Tunnel 69
- Holland Tunnel 76
- The Channel Tunnel 78
- The Big Dig 87
- Dams 93
- Ita Dam 94
- Hoover Dam 111
- Aswan High Dam 118
- Itaipu Dam 122
- Domes 129
- Pantheon 131
- Hagia Sophia 136
- Sehzade Mosque 140
- St. Peter's Basilica 141
- Les Invalides 144
- St. Paul's Cathedral 144
- United States Capitol 145
- Astrodome 154
- Skyscrapers 161
- Reliance Building 162
- Woolworth Building 166
- Chrysler Building 167
- Empire State Building 168
- John Hancock Center 174
- World Trade Center 175
- Sears Tower 176
- Citigroup Center 179
- Petronas Towers 180
- Commerzbank Frankfurt 186.
- Notes:
- "Walter Lorraine books."
- ISBN:
- 0395963311
- OCLC:
- 43993464
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