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9780823961092

Skyscrapers

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  • ISBN13:

    9780823961092

  • ISBN10:

    0823961095

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-08-01
  • Publisher: Powerplus
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Table of Contents

The Language of Skyscrapers
6(2)
What Is a Skyscraper?
8(2)
Why Build Skyscrapers?
10(2)
Getting Inside: How Do Skyscrapers Work?
12(2)
Starting the Design
14(2)
From Design to Construction
16(2)
Getting Down: Skyscraper Foundations and Basements
18(2)
Looking Up: Structural Framing
20(2)
A Skyscraper's Skin
22(2)
Interiors
24(2)
New York's Most Famous
26(2)
The World Trade Center and Sears Tower
28(2)
The Bank of China and the Jin Mao Tower
30(2)
The Petronas Towers
32(2)
A Tower Inside
34(2)
The Bridge Between the Giants
36(2)
A Vertical Town: The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
38(2)
Mechanical Systems
40(2)
The Future
42(2)
Glossary 44(2)
Additional Resources 46(1)
Index 47(1)
About the Author/Credits 48

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