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Cities In The Sky
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Author : Colin Uttley
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Cities In The Sky written by Colin Uttley and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Speculates on the lifestyles, food, interpersonal relations, health aspects, and technology of life in space stations and in colonies on other planets.
Cities In The Sky
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Author : Jason M. Barr
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2024-05-14
Cities In The Sky written by Jason M. Barr and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Architecture categories.
From one of the world’s top experts on the economics of skyscrapers—a fascinating account of the ever-growing quest for super tall buildings across the globe. The world’s skyscrapers have brought us awe and wonder, and yet they remain controversial—for their high costs, shadows, and overt grandiosity. But, decade by decade, they keep getting higher and higher. What is driving this global building spree of epic proportions? In Cities in the Sky, author Jason Barr explains all: why they appeal to cities and nations, how they get financed, why they succeed economically, and how they change a city’s skyline and enable the world’s greatest metropolises to thrive in the 21st century. From the Empire State Building (1,250 feet) to the Shanghai Tower (2,073 feet) and everywhere in between, Barr explains the unique architectural and engineering efforts that led to the creation of each. Along the way, Barr visits and unpacks some surprising myths about the earliest skyscrapers and the growth of American skylines after World War II, which incorporated a new suite of technologies that spread to the rest of the world in the 1990s. Barr also explores why London banned skyscrapers at the end of the 19th century but then embraced them in the 21st and explains how Hong Kong created the densest cluster of skyscrapers on the planet. Also covered is the dramatic result of China’s “skyscraper fever” and then on to the Arabian Peninsula to see what drove Dubai to build the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which at 2,717 feet, is higher than the new One World Trade Center in New York by three football fields. Filled with fascinating details for urbanists, architecture buffs, and urban design enthusiasts alike, Cities in the Sky addresses the good, bad, and ugly for cities that have embraced vertical skylines and offers us a glimpse to the future to see whether cities around the world will continue their journey ever upwards.
Cities In The Sky
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Author : Sarah Angliss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Cities In The Sky written by Sarah Angliss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Space colonies categories.
Speculates on the lifestyles, food, interpersonal relations, health aspects, and technology of life in space stations and in colonies on other planets.
City In The Sky
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Author : James Glanz
language : en
Publisher: Times Books
Release Date : 2014-01-21
City In The Sky written by James Glanz and has been published by Times Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-21 with History categories.
The definitive biography of the iconic skyscrapers and the ambitions that shaped them--from their dizzying rise to their unforgettable fall More than a year after the nation began mourning the lives lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center, it became clear that something else was being mourned: the towers themselves. They were the biggest and brashest icons that New York, and possibly America, has ever produced--magnificent giants that became intimately familiar around the globe. Their builders were possessed of a singular determination to create wonders of capitalism as well as engineering, refusing to admit defeat before natural forces, economics, or politics. No one knows the history of the towers better than New York Times reporters James Glanz and Eric Lipton. In a vivid, brilliantly researched narrative, the authors re-create David Rockefeller's ambition to rebuild lower Manhattan, the spirited opposition of local storeowners and powerful politicians, the bold structural innovations that later determined who lived and died, master builder Guy Tozzoli's last desperate view of the towers on September 11, and the charged and chaotic recovery that could have unraveled the secrets of the buildings' collapse but instead has left some enduring mysteries. City in the Sky is a riveting story of New York City itself, of architectural daring, human frailty, and a lost American icon.
Cities In The Sky
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Author : Thomas X. Teller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-16
Cities In The Sky written by Thomas X. Teller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-16 with categories.
Peter King is an ordinary, twenty-something engineer when a nuclear bomb hits Chicago. But instead of dying instantly, Peter - and the rest of Chicago - is transported to a void dimension where they must battle other transported cities to survive. Originally published as a web serial with over 60,000 reads on Wattpad, "Cities in the Sky" is a page-turning adventure unlike any other. Here's what people are saying: "I don't know how to say this. This is like the best book I have read in the entire world!" -@nopeihuess "My favorite book has always been Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game from 20 years ago... you are right up there TIED with my favorite book! I enjoyed every single second. Tom Teller, you've got some serious skill." -@jeffreybray "Thanks for helping me realize my joy of reading for the first time since elementary school. I saw the WP on Reddit and have been following Cities in the Sky ever since. If you ever get this published I will gladly buy a copy or 10. Outstanding work." -BuyMeaCoffee.com supporter
Cities From The Sky
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Author : Thomas J. Campanella
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2001-11-01
Cities From The Sky written by Thomas J. Campanella and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-01 with Architecture categories.
Fairchild to document nearly every corner of the United States, the Fairchild photographers produced maplike shots taken from high altitude along with low-angle, raking views that depict landmark buildings and news events in stunning detail."--BOOK JACKET.
City In The Sky
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Author : Curt Siodmak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
City In The Sky written by Curt Siodmak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Artificial satellites categories.
Pierre Bardou is a prisoner in space, an exile to an artificial satellite, which functions as a political prison. To make room for each incoming inmate, another has to be executed. Bardou's fellow prisoners are close to insanity when he comes up with a plan to "spacejack" a large satellite resort for the rich.
City In The Sky
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Author : Glynn Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Glynn Stewart
Release Date : 2015-04-15
City In The Sky written by Glynn Stewart and has been published by Glynn Stewart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-15 with categories.
TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO PEOPLES Erik Tarverro is a half-breed raised as a smith in the human city of Vidran. Hounded for his mixed blood and denied mastery in his craft, he leaps at the chance to join his father's people in the Sky City of Newport. There, he learns he is the only heir of an ancient and noble line. His father's name opens doors and gathers allies, but Erik must still struggle to understand both this strange new culture and his place within it. Fate will deny him a peaceful understanding, though, as the clouds of war gather - and his father's enemies have laid their eyes upon his City in the Sky.
Invisible Cities
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Author : Italo Calvino
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-12-14
Invisible Cities written by Italo Calvino and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-14 with Fiction categories.
Fifty-five fictional cities, each described in beautiful detail - each with a woman's name... In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote 'Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvellous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant.' This is a captivating meditation on culture, language, time, memory and the nature of human experience. 'Invisible Cities changed the way we read and what is possible in the balance between poetry and prose... The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a desert island' Jeanette Winterson 'Touches inexhaustibly on the essence of the human urge to create cities, be in cities, speak of cities' Guardian 'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday Times
The City Of The Sky
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Author : T. J. Keogh
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008-10
The City Of The Sky written by T. J. Keogh and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10 with Fiction categories.
In the mid-twenty-seventh century, humanity exists as two distinct civilizations separated by the vacuum of space. Content in their isolation, the Ozzaens, inheritors of the grand orbital city of Ansenar, virtually ignore their distant cousins on Earth. But things are about to change ... The mysterious Circularium Council has carefully manipulated events, bringing the long-estranged cultures into contact again. Their motives are unclear and there are those who fear the change and seek to undermine it for their own ends. Thrust into this volatile situation is young Sean Kenzie, the first Ozzaen ambassador, who discovers that he holds the key to a power much greater than he ever imagined. Sean quickly learns that political intrigue and diplomacy are dangerous and deadly games. Now, Sean must uncover the secret to his destiny, knowing that the fate of both civilizations rests in his hands. A skillful blend of rich detail and human emotion, The City of the Sky deftly portrays one man's ultimate battle between good and evil in an ever-changing world.