Hawkes, Nigel,

Structures : the way things are built / Nigel Hawkes. - 1st U.S. pbk. edition. - 240 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Statue of Liberty -- Mount Rushmore -- Pyramids -- Vatican Palace -- Crystal Palace -- Eiffel Tower -- Epcot Dome -- Sydney Opera House -- Biosphere II -- Great Wall of China -- Panama Canal -- Grand Coulee Dam -- The Iron Bridge -- The Catacombs -- Electron-Position Collider -- Great Tunnels -- Hubble Space Telescope.

0020005105 9780020005100 0785728333 9780785728337

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Building--History
Underground construction--History
Buildings--History
Civil engineering--History

TA19 / .H39 1993

624.09