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Skyscraper Manual
The world's first skyscraper was the ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago (1885). Today the highest skyscraper is the 163-storey tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The Haynes Skyscraper Manual is fully illustrated and takes the reader through the fascinating design and construction process, interspersed with intriguing facts and figures. .
• From 1885 Chicago to the 163-storey Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2020 • Skyscraper-construction, from initial concepts through to modern-day building methods • Both authors are civil engineers • Fully illustrated with more than 200 stunning photographs and technical drawings
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It’s hard to believe that the world's first skyscraper was built in 1885 – the ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago. Little more than a century later, the highest skyscraper is the 163-storey Burj Khalifa in Dubai, standing 828 metres tall. The 1,000-metre Kingdom Tower in Jeddah was expected to take first place in 2020, but construction has been halted and it remains unfinished.
The designs are becoming more extraordinary, but behind all the steel and glass how is a skyscraper logistically constructed? The Haynes Skyscraper Manual takes the reader, be they armchair enthusiast or architect, through the fascinating process, from initial concepts through to modern-day building methods.
Interspersed with intriguing facts and figures, the Skyscraper Manual is fully illustrated with stunning photographs and technical drawings.
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ISBN: 9781785211096
Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 September 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Illustration: 200 Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 830g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Alexandra Wynne is deputy editor of New Civil Engineer magazine. Dave Parker was the editor of the Tall Buildings Reference Book (Routledge) and is technical editor emeritus for New Civil Engineer magazine.
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