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- catalog abstract "The stories behind more than 80 of the world's most extraordinary feats of building.".
- catalog contributor b2851889.
- catalog created "1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1990.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235)".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Location map -- [pt. 1]. Monolithic memorials -- London's Egyptian Obelisk -- The Terracotta Army -- The Granite Icon -- Monument to Freedom -- Builders of a Nation -- Monument to Victory -- [pt. 2]. Architectural achievements -- Shrine to the God of the Wind -- Legendary Mexican Tomb -- Pyramids : shrines of the ancients -- Stronghold of the Crusaders -- The Sacred City -- The Imperial Labyrinth -- Paxton's inspiration from nature -- Paxton's influence -- Gaudi's Gothic masterpiece -- Gaudi's creative genius -- Stairway to the sky -- Eiffel's other works -- The steel and concrete forest -- The geodesic golfball -- The glass tent -- Australia's architectural symbol -- The ultimate stadium -- Symbol of a city -- The tallest towers -- A private Xanadu -- The biggest church in the world -- World within a world.".
- catalog description "The stories behind more than 80 of the world's most extraordinary feats of building.".
- catalog description "[pt. 3]. Feats of civil engineering -- The longest bastion -- Joining the oceans -- Canals across the world -- LInes across a nation -- Tracks through the Taiga -- A concrete triumph -- Harnessing the power of water -- Taming the seas -- Conquest of the Alps -- The world's greatest highways -- Darby's metal masterpiece -- The longest span -- Bridges of distinction -- Massive seabed structure -- Generators of the future -- Nuclear Goliath -- Harness of the sun -- [pt. 4]. Underground engineering achievements -- Subterranean mausoleum -- Factory beneath a mountain -- Giant collision tunnel -- Railroad under the sea -- Great tunnels -- [pt. 5]. Astronomical constructions -- Cosmic time machine -- The ultimate radio telescope -- Recorder of the heavens -- Gazetteer -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.".
- catalog extent "240 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Structures.".
- catalog identifier "0025491059".
- catalog isFormatOf "Structures.".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Macmillan,".
- catalog relation "Structures.".
- catalog subject "624/.09 20".
- catalog subject "Buildings History.".
- catalog subject "Civil engineering History.".
- catalog subject "TA19 .H28 1990".
- catalog subject "Underground construction History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Location map -- [pt. 1]. Monolithic memorials -- London's Egyptian Obelisk -- The Terracotta Army -- The Granite Icon -- Monument to Freedom -- Builders of a Nation -- Monument to Victory -- [pt. 2]. Architectural achievements -- Shrine to the God of the Wind -- Legendary Mexican Tomb -- Pyramids : shrines of the ancients -- Stronghold of the Crusaders -- The Sacred City -- The Imperial Labyrinth -- Paxton's inspiration from nature -- Paxton's influence -- Gaudi's Gothic masterpiece -- Gaudi's creative genius -- Stairway to the sky -- Eiffel's other works -- The steel and concrete forest -- The geodesic golfball -- The glass tent -- Australia's architectural symbol -- The ultimate stadium -- Symbol of a city -- The tallest towers -- A private Xanadu -- The biggest church in the world -- World within a world.".
- catalog tableOfContents "[pt. 3]. Feats of civil engineering -- The longest bastion -- Joining the oceans -- Canals across the world -- LInes across a nation -- Tracks through the Taiga -- A concrete triumph -- Harnessing the power of water -- Taming the seas -- Conquest of the Alps -- The world's greatest highways -- Darby's metal masterpiece -- The longest span -- Bridges of distinction -- Massive seabed structure -- Generators of the future -- Nuclear Goliath -- Harness of the sun -- [pt. 4]. Underground engineering achievements -- Subterranean mausoleum -- Factory beneath a mountain -- Giant collision tunnel -- Railroad under the sea -- Great tunnels -- [pt. 5]. Astronomical constructions -- Cosmic time machine -- The ultimate radio telescope -- Recorder of the heavens -- Gazetteer -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.".
- catalog title "Structures : the way things are built / Nigel Hawkes.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".