Building Big
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Published: May 10, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780618465279
First sentence: All the structures in this book willingly reveal important things about why and how they were built if we know what to look for.
Description: A companion book to the PBS television series about the creation of bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers, domes, and dams, focusing on the connections between the main planning and design problems that had to be solved and the solutions that were ultimately constructed.