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Bridges : an introduction to ten great bridges and their designers / Didier Cornille ; translated by Yolanda Stern Broad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cornille, Didier, 1951- author, illustrator.
- Series:
- Cornille, Didier, 1951- Who built that?
- Who built that?
- Standardized Title:
- Tous les ponts sont dans la nature. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Bridges--Juvenile literature.
- Bridges.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 93 pages : illustrations ; 33 x 15 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- "In Who Built That? Bridges, illustrator Didier Cornille presents ten of the most important bridges in the world, from the world's first cast-iron bridge (The Iron Bridge) to the longest pre-stressed concrete bridge in the southern hemisphere (The Rio-Niteroi Bridge) to the tallest bridge in the world (the Millau Viduct). Introducing each engineer or architect, the main concepts of their work, as well as some of their most important projects in charming drawings and accessible text, Bridges is a fun primer for anyone interested in learning more about these incredible structures. Didier's step-by-step drawings of bridges ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge (1883) and the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932) to Santiago Calatrava's Peace Bridge (2012) and Rudy Ricciotti's MuCEM Footbridge (2013), provide original insight into the development of the engineering and architectural concepts behind each bridge"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1779
- Iron Bridge: The First Cast-Iron Bridge Thomas Farnolls Pritchard
- 1883
- Brooklyn Bridge: A New York Adventure John Roebling, Washington Roebling & Emily Warren
- 1890
- Forth Bridge: A Steel Dinosaur Sir John Fowler & Sir Benjamin Baker
- 1930
- Plougastel Bridge: An All-Concrete Bridge Eugene Freyssinet
- 9132
- Sydney Harbour Bridge: The Coathanger John Jacob "Job" Crew Bradfield
- 1937
- Golden Gate Bridge: The Golden Span Joseph Baermann Strauss
- 1974
- Rio-Niteroi Bridge: Crossing The Guanabara Bay Jean Muller
- 2004
- Millau Viaduct: A Journey Across The Sky Norman Foster & Michel Virlogeux
- 2012
- Peace Bridge: A Futuristic Walkway Spanning The Bow River Santiago Calatrava
- 2013.
- Notes:
- Originally published in France under title: Tous les ponts sont dans la nature, c. 2014.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781616895167
- 1616895160
- OCLC:
- 935196260
- Publisher Number:
- 99990749527
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