Skyscrapers
Spray, Sally2017
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This title for school students follows the development of skyscraper buildings as they have grown taller, more impressive and more awesome through engineering skill, design and ambition. This series gets to grips with the mind-boggling advances that have been made in engineering. Find out about awe-inspiring buildings and technology from books that are filled with fantastic artwork, diagrams, and explanations that make the awesome feats of engineering easy to understand as you are guided through a chronology of landmark engineering achievements from around the world. Super tall skyscrapers shape city skylines all over the world, but have you ever wondered how we make them so tall?
Main title:
Skyscrapers / by Sally Spray ; with artwork by Mark Ruffle.
Author:
Spray, SallyRuffle, Mark, illustrator
Imprint:
London, U.K. : Franklin Watts, 2017.©2017.
Collation:
31 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Interest grade level: Upper primary.; Secondary.
Contents:
Build it tall -- Home Insurance building -- Chrysler building -- Empire State building -- Willis tower -- Petronas twin towers -- 30 St. Mary Axe -- Taipei 101 -- Bahrain World Trade Center -- Burj Khalifa -- Bosco Verticale -- Shanghai Tower -- Fascinating facts -- Further information -- Glossary.
ISBN:
9781445155258 (hardback)
Dewey class:
720.483
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
347756
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 720.483 SKY | Available |