Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats presents more
than 200 achievements in architecture and structural engineering in
all the inhabited continents, from prehistory to the present. An
architect once described the built environment as "the
manifestation of the human spirit in stone, wood, and steel." In
this new volume, readers can explore the most innovative and
magnificent architectural expressions of the human spirit, from
pre-history to the present, from all parts of the world. Readers
can visit the Acropolis and Chartres cathedral, along with less
familiar places like the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, once the greatest
city in sub-Saharan Africa, and China's 71 meter high, 1,200 year
old Grand Buddha, carved from stone. They'll learn the secrets
behind audacious engineering feats like the Panama Canal, the U.S.
interstate highway system, and the Deltaworks in the Netherlands.
They will discover that many of these awe-inspiring projects were
not the work of trained architects and engineers, but of
"underdeveloped" communities, where unified will, tight social
organization, and shared commitment to a spiritual ideal were more
important than the inventions of the Industrial Age. 200+ A-Z,
fully cross-referenced entries on fascinating structures such as
Angkor Wat, a Cambodian temple complex that remains the largest
religious monument ever constructed A wealth of illustrations
covering diverse topics such as dams, agrarian terracing,
cathedrals, temples, bridges, monuments, palaces, skyscrapers,
aqueducts, and highway systems Numerous photographs of world famous
structures such as the Taj Mahal and the Pont du Gard, and lesser
known wonders such as Nazca Lines in Peru depicting a 300 foot long
monkey A glossary of explanations for many architectural and
engineering terms used around the globe
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