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Sto caricando le informazioni... Unbuilding (originale 1980; edizione 1980)di David Macaulay (Autore), David Macaulay (Illustratore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Once you get past the absurd but brilliant premise that an Arabian prince purchased the Empire State Building just to have it moved overseas, David Macaulay's illustrated account of the "unbuilding" of the iconic skyscraper is a joy. It's clear and intelligent about the various devices and methods used for taking a building apart, and in turn the reader learns about how a building goes together. After all, the depiction of the unbuilding is from top to bottom, mirroring the way the building went up. But the book is more than a way of describing construction; it's also a fable about the modern world, with an ending even more bizarre than the book's premise. In "Wolkenkrabber" besluit een rijke eigenaar van een Arabische oliemaatschappij om het Empire state building te kopen, te demonteren en in de Arabische woestijn weer op te bouwen als hoofdkantoor van zijn onderneming. In dit boek geeft Macaulay weer wat er komt kijken bij de demontage van dit gebouw, zodat men tevens een goed inzicht krijgt in hoe het destijds opgebouwd is. Evenals zijn andere boeken een aanrader! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Yes, I'm a sucker for Macaulay.
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It's fiction, but it's wonderfully educational. It would never have occurred to me to ask how one would de-construct the Empire State building, assuming one wanted to. But I marvel at the engineering necessary to un-build. Plus, more cool stuff about the building of the Empire State than I knew before.
2013 May 5
It's spring and a woman's fancy returns to the Empire State Building. I love this book.
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