Curious constructions
Subtitle: a peculiar portfolio of fifty fascinating structures
By: written by Michael Hearst ; illustrated by Matt Johnstone
Contributors: Johnstone, Matt, 1982- ill
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2017
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781452144849
Subjects: Miscellanea; Buildings; Juvenile literature; Structural engineering
Description: Curious about constructions? Inside this book, you'll come face-to-face with 50 incredible structures, including: a fire-breathing octopus sculpture; the skateboard ramp you'd need to jump the Great Wall of China; a whole community of tree houses in Costa Rica; and a lifesize X-Wing Starfighter built of Legos. These and many more fascinating accounts of constructions both fantastically useful and gloriously unnecessary await inquisitive readers, aspiring engineers, and anyone who ever looked at a skyscraper and thought, "Yeah, but what if it had a roller coaster on top?."
Notes: 4567 Childrens Plus, Inc.

1120 Lexile.
Table of contents: title: Arecibo Observatory; title: Berkut oil rig; title: Biosphere 2; title: Bob Burnquist's mega ramp; title: Cathedral termite mounds; title: Coney Island parachute jump; title: Desert breath; title: Dyar tunnels; title: Eiffel Tower; title: El Polio mecanico; title: Fina Bellavist; title: Gateway Arch; title: Grand Canyon skywalk; title: Grand Central Terminal; title: Great Barrier Reef; title: Great Pyramid of Khufu; title: Great Wall of China; title: Harbin ice and snow sculptures; title: Hudson-Athens LIghthouse; title: International Space Station; title: Ithaa undersea restaurant; title: Jantar Mantar; title: Kingda Ka; title: Krzywy Domek; title: Large hadron collider; title: Lego X-Wing; title: Longaberger Building; title: Marsh Arab Reed Houses; title: Maunsell Forts; title: Millau Viaduct; title: Moai; title: Nautilus House; title: North Yungas Road; title: Palm Jumeirah; title: Paul Bunyan Statues; title: Petra; title: Ryugyong Hotel; title: Sagrada Fami lia; title: Seven churches of antarctica; title: Slauerhoffbrug; title: Social Pool; title: Stonehenge - Stratosphere Las Vegas; title: Svalbard Global Seed Vault; title: Taipei 101; title: Terracotta Warriors; title: Three Gorges Dam; title: Tower of David; title: Transcontinental Airway System; title: Watts Towers.