The heights
Subtitle: anatomy of a skyscraper
By: Kate Ascher ; art direction by Design Language ; research by Rob Vroman
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781594203039
Subjects: Skyscrapers
Other titles: Anatomy of a skyscraper
Description: A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: History; title: Building it. Design ; Foundations ; Structure ; The skin ; Construction; title: Living in it. Elevators ; Power, air, and water ; Communications; title: Supporting it. Life safety ; Maintenance ; Sustainability; title: Dreaming it. The future.