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020 _a9781594203039
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050 0 0 _aNA6230 .A83 2011
100 1 _aAscher, Kate.
245 1 4 _aThe heights :
_banatomy of a skyscraper /
_cKate Ascher ; art direction by Design Language ; research by Rob Vroman.
246 3 0 _aAnatomy of a skyscraper
260 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Press,
_c2011.
300 _a207 p. :
_bill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ;
_c29 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aHistory -- 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.
520 _aA 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.
650 0 _aSkyscrapers.
710 2 _aDesign Language (Design studio)
942 _2lcc
_cBOOKS