The heights :
by Ascher, Kate.
Published by : Penguin Press, (New York, N.Y. :) Physical details: 207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. ISBN:9781594203039 :; 1594203032. Year: 2011
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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.
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