Skyscrapers

副标题: A History of the World's Most Extraordinary Buildings

ISBN: 9781579127879

出版社: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

出版年: 2008-10-01

页数: 160

定价: USD 24.95

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Packed into an innovative towering format, this informative and entertaining architectural history showcases the world's most stunning high rise buildings in striking photographs, and reveals the inside story of how and why each structure was built.Amongst the 60 buildings showcased, are: Washington Monument, DC; Eiffel Tower, Paris; Ulm Cathedral, Germany; Fuller Flatiron Building, NY; Woolworth Building, NY; Chrysler Building, NY; Empire State Building, NY; Seagram Building, NY; Pirelli Tower, Milan; Pan Am Building, NY; Lake Point Tower, Chicago; John Hancock Tower, Boston; World Trade Centre, NY; Sears Tower, Chicago; Messeturm, Frankfurt; Canary Wharf Tower, London; Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur; Landmark Tower, Yokohama; OUB Centre, Singapore; Bank of China, Hong Kong; DG Bank Headquarters, Frankfurt; and, Kuningan Persada Tower, Jakarta.