Main entry:

Hawkes, Nigel.

Title & Author:

Structures : the way things are built / Nigel Hawkes.

Edition:

Marshall ed.

Publication:

New York : Macmillan, 1990.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 235) and index.
Introduction -- Location map -- [pt. 1]. Monolithic memorials -- London's Egyptian Obelisk -- The Terracotta Army -- The Granite Icon -- Monument to Freedom -- Builders of a Nation -- Monument to Victory -- [pt. 2]. Architectural achievements -- Shrine to the God of the Wind -- Legendary Mexican Tomb -- Pyramids : shrines of the ancients -- Stronghold of the Crusaders -- The Sacred City -- The Imperial Labyrinth -- Paxton's inspiration from nature -- Paxton's influence -- Gaudi's Gothic masterpiece -- Gaudi's creative genius -- Stairway to the sky -- Eiffel's other works -- The steel and concrete forest -- The geodesic golfball -- The glass tent -- Australia's architectural symbol -- The ultimate stadium -- Symbol of a city -- The tallest towers -- A private Xanadu -- The biggest church in the world -- World within a world.
[pt. 3]. Feats of civil engineering -- The longest bastion -- Joining the oceans -- Canals across the world -- LInes across a nation -- Tracks through the Taiga -- A concrete triumph -- Harnessing the power of water -- Taming the seas -- Conquest of the Alps -- The world's greatest highways -- Darby's metal masterpiece -- The longest span -- Bridges of distinction -- Massive seabed structure -- Generators of the future -- Nuclear Goliath -- Harness of the sun -- [pt. 4]. Underground engineering achievements -- Subterranean mausoleum -- Factory beneath a mountain -- Giant collision tunnel -- Railroad under the sea -- Great tunnels -- [pt. 5]. Astronomical constructions -- Cosmic time machine -- The ultimate radio telescope -- Recorder of the heavens -- Gazetteer -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

Summary:

The stories behind more than 80 of the world's most extraordinary feats of building.

ISBN:

0025491059
9780025491052

Subject:

Civil engineering History.
Buildings History.
Underground construction History.
Civil engineering -- History.
Buildings -- History.
Underground construction -- History.
Génie civil Histoire.
Constructions Histoire.
Constructions souterraines Histoire.
Buildings.
Civil engineering.
Underground construction.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 58558
Call No.: ID:90-B6918
Status: Available