How skyscrapers are made / Duncan Michael

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Facts On File Publications, c1987Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 816016925
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 6230 .M53 1987
Contents:
All kinds of skycrapers -- What is a skycraper? -- Planning and design -- How construction is organized -- Foundations -- Steel structures -- Concrete structures -- Cladding the exterior -- Equipping the interior -- Servicing a skyscraper -- Stage by stage -- Who creates a skyscraper? -- Great skyscrapers of the world -- The world's tallest buildings -- Glossary -- Index and acknowledgments.
Summary: Explains how skyscrapers are built, from the preliminary designs through the floor by floor construction to the final building.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation COA General GC NA 6230 .M53 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017070

Includes index.

All kinds of skycrapers -- What is a skycraper? -- Planning and design -- How construction is organized -- Foundations -- Steel structures -- Concrete structures -- Cladding the exterior -- Equipping the interior -- Servicing a skyscraper -- Stage by stage -- Who creates a skyscraper? -- Great skyscrapers of the world -- The world's tallest buildings -- Glossary -- Index and acknowledgments.

Explains how skyscrapers are built, from the preliminary designs through the floor by floor construction to the final building.

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