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.
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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.
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New. Book. 48mo-over 3"-4" tall. New York, NY, Macmillan, 1993. First edition in paperback. 9x11.5" paperback with pictorial cover, illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 240 pp. From the ancient to the modern, from bizarre to the noble, the world's man-made structures stand as unsurpassed examples of the ingenuity and muscle required to transform a vision into miraculous reality. This book pays tribute to these awesome, inspiring feats of human creation. A beautiful book to browse, full of information for those who are fans of spectacular architecture. New.
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New in fine dust jacket. pp. 240. Cloth bound. Marshall edition. Includes monolithic memorials, architectural achievements, feats of civil enginmeering, underground engineering achievements and astronomical constructions. Excellent photographs and drawings. Appendices: Gazetteer. Bibliography. Index. Acknowledgments. 240pp. Pristine book. Crisp, clean, tight, never opened /read. DJ scuffed with small crumples at the corners. Adult nonfiction. General audience.