The heights :
Ascher, Kate.
The heights : anatomy of a skyscraper / Anatomy of a skyscraper Kate Ascher ; art direction by Design Language ; research by Rob Vroman. - New York : Penguin Press, 2011. - 207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
History -- Building it. Design ; Foundations ; Structure ; The skin ; Construction -- Living in it. Elevators ; Power, air, and water ; Communications -- Supporting it. Life safety ; Maintenance ; Sustainability -- Dreaming it. The future.
A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.
9781594203039 1594203032
2011276231
015856474 Uk
Skyscrapers.
NA6230 .A83 2011
The heights : anatomy of a skyscraper / Anatomy of a skyscraper Kate Ascher ; art direction by Design Language ; research by Rob Vroman. - New York : Penguin Press, 2011. - 207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
History -- Building it. Design ; Foundations ; Structure ; The skin ; Construction -- Living in it. Elevators ; Power, air, and water ; Communications -- Supporting it. Life safety ; Maintenance ; Sustainability -- Dreaming it. The future.
A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.
9781594203039 1594203032
2011276231
015856474 Uk
Skyscrapers.
NA6230 .A83 2011