Buildings and structures
By: Andrew Solway
Series: Sci-hi: Science and technology
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781410942715; 9781410942807
Subjects: Building; Buildings; Juvenile literature; Structural engineering
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Strung on a wire; title: Girders, trusses, and cantilevers; title: Arches; title: From arches to domes; title: Building high; title: Feature: burj khalifa; title: Building new homes; title: Earthquake proofing; title: Holding back the river; title: Canals; title: Going underground; title: The structures of the future; title: Fact file.