Skyscrapers
Title:
Skyscrapers
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Explores key types of skyscrapers throughout the world, discussing materials and construction technologies as well as the functions and locations of important skyscrapers.
Year Published:
2006
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Edition:
New ed.
Contents:
About skyscrapers -- Skyscrapers in the past -- Foundations -- Skyscraper frames -- Skyscraper services -- Skyscraper materials -- Designing a skyscraper -- Preparing the site -- Erecting the frame -- Floors, walls, and services -- Skyscrapers in use -- Skyscraper disasters -- Skyscraper facts.
Reading Grade level:
6.1.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781403479044
Publisher:
Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2006.
