Ascher, Kate.
The heights : anatomy of a skyscraper / Kate Ascher ; art direction by Design Language ; research by Rob Vroman. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Press, 2011. - 207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some 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
Skyscrapers.
NA6230 / .A83 2011
720.483 / AKT
The heights : anatomy of a skyscraper / Kate Ascher ; art direction by Design Language ; research by Rob Vroman. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Press, 2011. - 207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some 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
Skyscrapers.
NA6230 / .A83 2011
720.483 / AKT