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ADDIS, BILL Building: 3,000 Years of Design, Engineering and Construction
ADDIS, BILL. Building: 3,000 Years of Design, Engineering and Construction. 640 pp., 786 color and b&w photographs, diagrams and floor plans. 4to, boards. London and New York, Phaidon Press, 2007. This comprehensive tome explores centuries of innovations in engineering and building construction. While giving an overview from the time of the pyramids in Egypt and the Parthenon in Greece, it concentrates on developments since the 17th and 18th centuries, including the first Chicago high-rises, the Sydney Opera House, and the latest "green" skyscrapers.
Offered for US$ 75.00 by: Ursus Books and Prints Ltd. - Book number: 122716