| Publication |
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
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| Description |
192pWhite Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Focuses on the connections between the planning and design problems involved in some of the most awe-inspiring structures and the solutions that are finally reached.
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| Contents |
Bridges -
Ponte Fabricio
Iron bridge
Britannia bridge
Garabit Viaduct
Firth of Forth
Golden Gate bridge
Ponte de Normandie
Tunnels -
Two ancient tunnels
Hoosac tunnel
Thames tunnel
Holland tunnel
The channel tunnel
The big dig
Dams -
Ita dam
Hoover dam
Aswan high dam
Itaipu dam
Domes -
Pantheon
Hagia Sophia
Sehzade mosque
St. Peter's Basilica
Les Invalides
St. Paul's Cathedral
United States Capitol
Astrodome
Skyscrapers -
Reliance building
Woolworth building
Chrysler building
Empire State building
John Hancock center
World trade center
Sears tower
Citigroup center
Petronas towers
Commerzbank Frankfurt
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| Standard Number |
9780618465279 Pb.
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