Structures: The Way Things Are Built

By Nigel Hawkes

Book Overview

The Fascinating Stories Behind the World's Most Extraordinary Feats of Building "Informative, enlightening, [with] brisk prose and striking color photos and diagrams." -Parade Magazine From the ancient to the modern, from the 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. Structures pays tribute to these awe-inspiring feats of human creation. Here from every continent are the superlative achievements of architecture and engineering: the largest, longest, highest, most massive, and most ambitious structures ever made by human hands. Their origins, design, and construction are recounted in entertaining and informative text and illuminated with a wealth of photographs, working diagrams, cutaway drawings, and etchings that bring the work to life. Structures is both an anatomy and a celebration of the triumphant alliance of human technology and human spirit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0020005105
• ISBN13: 9780020005100
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.6" x 9.0"