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1) Castle
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this first-ever standalone full-color edition, Castle is lavishly reborn in digitally finished drawings rendered with felt-tip markers and colored pencils. Factual and artistic details shine in light of newly researched information. With characteristic zest and wit, David Macaulay retraces the planning and construction of Lord Kevin’s fictional castle. Architecture enthusiasts of all ages will marvel at the staggering possibilities of human imagination...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
As seen on CBS News Sunday Morning.
Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates his worldwide bestseller to capture the latest developments in the technology that most impacts our lives. What possible link could there be between parking meters and meat grinders, jumbo jets and jackhammers, remote control and rockets, electric guitars and egg beaters? Macaulay explains them all!
Famously packed with information
...8) Pyramid
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1975
Language
English
Description
Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
9) Building big
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here and not over there? These are the kinds of questions that David Macaulay asks himself when he observes an architectural wonder. These questions take him back to the basic process of design from which all structures begin, from the realization of a need for the structure to the struggles of the engineers and designers to map out and create the final construction. As...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An extended picture book about the history and construction of the steamship SS United States, its designer William Francis Gibbs, and author/illustrator David Macaulay's personal story of immigration to America on board the SS United States."--Provided by publisher.
14) Built to last
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created.
19) Unbuilding
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1980
Language
English
Description
This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.
20) Cathedral
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated look at the step-by-step building of a thirteenth-century Gothic cathedral.


