TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawkes,Nigel
TI  - Structures: the way things are built 
SN  - 0025491059 :
AV  - TA19 H38 1990
U1  - 624/.09 20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York
PB  - Macmillan
KW  - Civil engineering
KW  - History
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Underground construction
KW  - Génie civil
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Constructions
KW  - Constructions souterraines
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 235) e índice; 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 --; [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
N2  - The stories behind more than 80 of the world's most extraordinary feats of building
ER  -