Bridges: Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature - Rilegato

Brown

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ISBN 10: 1845330803 ISBN 13: 9781845330804

Casa editrice: Mitchel Beazley, 2005

Riassunto

Bridges celebrates the technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction, and social history of more than 100 great bridges from around the world. Organised chronologically to follow the stages in the development of bridge construction, each chapter has an introduction, followed by in-depth consideration of specially chosen exemplary bridges. "Vital statistics" are given for each bridge discussed, such as location, date of construction, designer, materials, dimensions, and so on, accompanied by an account of the creation of the bridge, including difficulties overcome, hardships, and disasters endured, solutions conceived, and innovations refined and perfected to provide the basis for future progress. The final chapter moves on to the dawn of the new millennium examining the latest, ground-breaking designs and unbuilt projects.

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Recensione:

A seductive blend of technology, history, facts, statistics, and visual poetry" The Independent on Sunday

L'autore:

David J. Brown is a qualified librarian and Publications Co-ordinator for Ove Arup Partnership, the international building, civil, and structural engineering consultancy. He has been with the Partnership for over 35 years and is the editor of their quarterly Arup Journal. He is also the author of How They Were Built, a book for children which looks at the development of structure and architecture through some of the great buildings of the world.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mitchel Beazley
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1845330803
• ISBN 13: 9781845330804
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208