Building Big.Building Big. David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers , 2004. Illus., softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. , 192 pp., $12.95. The author/illustrator uses his analytical skills to show us how bridges, tunnels, dams, domes, and skyscrapers are constructed. The text deals with design issues: function, appropriate materials, methods of construction, and aesthetics. A Roman bridge from 62 BC and a 1977 skyscraper skyscraper, modern building of great height, constructed on a steel skeleton. The form originated in the United States. Development of the Form Many mechanical and structural developments in the last quarter of the 19th cent. are shown to share some common concerns--even as the unique problems each faced is made clear. The many line drawings describing the processes involved help make the various complexities more comprehensible com·pre·hen·si·ble adj. Readily comprehended or understood; intelligible. [Latin compreh . As art teachers expand their curriculum horizons to include more design objects, this book will be turned to as a significant resource. Middle school students can find value in studying the visuals, and the chapters can be incorporated into teacher presentations. |
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