Who Built That? Skyscrapers: An Introduction to Skyscrapers and Their Architects

by Didier Cornille

Book Overview

Nothing in the built world captures the imagination like the skyscraper. Behind every soaring tower stands a designer with courageous vision and enough engineering know-how to pull off incredible feats of architectural derring-do. Who Built That? Skyscrapers is a colorful tour of the world's tallest buildings and the larger-than-life personalities who built them. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of each architect, illustrator Didier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616892706
• ISBN13: 9781616892708
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7