Skyscrapers: a history of the world's most extraordinary buildings

This completely revised and full-color edition presents 10 new buildings, among them The Shard in London (2012, Renzo Piano), the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong (2010, Kohn Pedersen Fox), the Shanghai Tower (2014, Gensler Architects), and the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah (2018, Adrian Smith),...

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Hauptverfasser: Dupré, Judith 1956- (VerfasserIn), Smith, Adrian D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ©2013
Ausgabe:[Rev. and updated ed.]
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Zusammenfassung:This completely revised and full-color edition presents 10 new buildings, among them The Shard in London (2012, Renzo Piano), the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong (2010, Kohn Pedersen Fox), the Shanghai Tower (2014, Gensler Architects), and the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah (2018, Adrian Smith), which will be the tallest building in the world when completed. Arranged chronologically by date of building construction, each informative spread has photos of the featured building from various angles, building plans, diagrams, the building's historical background, and technological information. Skyscrapers also offers additional information on such topics as the ancient roots of skyscrapers and visionary cities of the future...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 170) and index
Beschreibung:176 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 47 cm
ISBN:9781579129422
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