Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats

Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats
Publisher: ABC-Clio Inc | ISBN: 157607112 | edition 2001 |CHM | 388 pages | 5.65 mb

Grade 9 Up-Cities, tents, teepees, tunnels, tombs, rapid transit systems, bridges, gardens, cathedrals, skyscrapers and even a space station are just some of the “feats” included in this authoritative survey. From prehistory to the present, high-tech to low, more than 200 architectural and engineering achievements have been selected that reflect “humanity's propensity to `just do it'— against the odds” and the “social imperatives that stimulated people to push the available technology to its limits”. The volume includes articles on structures that are frequent subjects of reports (“Empire State Building”, “Great Wall of China”) and lesser-known works, as well as selected design movements

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