Great building : stories of the past [Text]
by Kent, Peter.
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BookPublisher: Oxford University Press. 2001Edition: 1 st ed.Description: 47 p., col.ill.; 31 cm.ISBN: 0199107831.Subject(s): Building structures | Buildings | Buildings - History | Technology
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Some of the world's great buildings have incredible facts, figures and stories behind them. This book reveals the amazing people who created each structure, and how their ideas became reality.There are the stories about Great Pyramid, Great wall of China, Beauvais Cathedral, Eddystone Lighthouse, Brooklyn Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Panama canal, Woolworth building, and Chek Lap Kok airport.