What does it feel like to find the city's edges, to explore its hidden tunnels and scale its skyscrapers? In Explore Everything, Bradley L Garrett tells the story of his adventures with the London Consolidation Crew, an infamous urban exploration collective, as they cross bounda…
A history of the World Trade Center discusses such topics as its builders' determination to raise the towers in spite of challenging natural and political forces, and the mystery surrounding their collapse on September 11.
This volume could be considered both the biography and the autopsy of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that stood in New York City from the late 1960s until September 11, 2001. This work is organized in three parts: Chapters 1 through 7 chronicle the long and arduous bu…
A history of the World Trade Center discusses such topics as its builders' determination to raise the towers in spite of challenging natural and political forces, and the mystery surrounding their collapse on September 11.
Presents an architectural biography of the World Trade Center and its impact on New York's financial services, real estate, and culture.
Presents an architectural biography of the World Trade Center and its impact on New York's financial services, real estate, and culture.
Presents an architectural biography of the World Trade Center and its impact on New York's financial services, real estate, and culture.
Presents an architectural biography of the World Trade Center and its impact on New York's financial services, real estate, and culture.
The structural challenges of building 800 metres into the sky are substantial, and include several factors which do not affect low-rise construction. This book focusses on these areas specifically to provide the architectural and structural knowledge which must be taken into acc…
"The structural challenges in building anything that reaches 800 metres into the sky are substantial, particularly for tall buildings. The aim of this book is to provide the basic architectural and structural knowledge which must specifically be taken into account in the design …
"The structural challenges in building anything that reaches 800 metres into the sky are substantial, particularly for tall buildings. The aim of this book is to provide the basic architectural and structural knowledge which must specifically be taken into account in the design …
Diagrids are load-bearing structures made of steel diagonal grids. They were first used in the great buildings of the turn of the millennium, such as the Swiss Re Tower in London ("The Gherkin") and the Hearst Magazine Tower in New York City. Dagrids owe their ensuing popularity…
