Skyscrapers
Title:
Skyscrapers
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Explores the world of skyscrapers, looking at the function, uses, safety features, and architectural details of early and modern-day skyscrapers, and discussing the criteria by which skyscrapers are judged to be "tallest." Includes a fold-out diagram.
Year Published:
2007
Series:
Physical Description:
36 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Note:
Includes fold-out pages.
Includes index.
Contents:
Skyscrapers -- Early skyscrapers -- The world's tallest -- Super skyscrapers -- Twin towers -- Steel frames -- Reinforced concrete -- Cross-bracing -- Fighting nature -- Extreme temperatures -- Green skyscrapers -- Special skyscrapers -- Tall towers.
ISBN:
9781595663719
Publisher:
Laguna Hills, CA : QEB Pub., c2007.
