Skyscrapers and high rises
By: Cynthia Phillips and Shana Priwer.
Contributors: Priwer, Shana.
Series: Frameworks
Publisher: Sharpe Focus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Armonk, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780765681218
Subjects: Skyscrapers -- Juvenile literature; Tall buildings -- Juvenile literature; Structural design -- Juvenile literature; Building failures -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Brief history of skyscrapers; title: Structural steel and the Chicago School Of Architecture; title: Elevators and communications; title: Facades and facing: exterior building materials; title: Mechanical and electrical systems; title: Forces of nature; title: Skyscraper disasters.