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Dan Cruickshank's Bridges: Heroic Designs That Changed the World

Door Dan Cruickshank

Categorie
Bruggen
Boeknummer
#407252-XS15
Titel
Dan Cruickshank's Bridges: Heroic Designs That Changed the World
Auteur
Cruickshank, Dan
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Druk
1e druk
Uitgeverij
London : Collins
Jaar van uitgave
2010
ISBN10
0007318189
ISBN13
9780007318186
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original silver lettered black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous (full page) illustrations (mostly photographs) in colour and b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Dan Cruickshank's personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society, industry and landscapes throughout the world - bridges. Bridges define places. Imagine San Francisco without the Golden Gate Bridge, Manhattan without the Brooklyn Bridge, or Sydney without Sydney Harbour Bridge. Not only this, but they are spectacles of engineering, and have influenced the development of cultures, economies, environments and lives in more ways than we can count. Now, Dan Cruickshank looks at what bridges mean to us, and draws on some of his personal favourites from all over the world to tell the story of their architectural, cultural and aesthetic influence. Chapters include: EMPIRE - Bridges from the Roman and ancient world N... (Lees verder)ATURE AGAINST NATURE -Timber bridges REVOLUTION - Pioneering structural designs from North America and Europe UNITING PEOPLE - Bringing nations, cities, and communities together VISIONS - Contemporary structures
Pagina's
384
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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