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Skyscrapers -- Design and construction.
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Ascher, Kate.
Skyscrapers -- Design and construction.
MARC Display
The
heights
:
anatomy
of a
skyscraper
/ Kate Ascher ; art direction by Design Language ; research by Rob Vroman.
by
Ascher, Kate.
Penguin Press, 2011.
Call #:
720.483 A813h
Subjects
Skyscrapers -- Design and construction.
ISBN:
9780143124085 (pbk.)
9781594203039
1594203032
Description:
207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
History -- Building it. Design ; Foundations ; Structure ; The skin ; Construction -- Living in it. Elevators ; Power, air, and water ; Communications -- Supporting it. Life safety ; Maintenance ; Sustainability -- Dreaming it. The future.
Summary:
A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.
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Design Language (Design studio)
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