Hardcover. Condition: New. Half the world's 50 tallest skyscrapers are in China, a testament to the country's new-found prosperity and global ambition. This is a comprehensive guide to the contemporary design, engineering and technology that was used to create them, by a world expert on tall buildings. It features extensive colour photographs, architectural diagrams and cross-sections of giant towers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and the emerging super-cities in the provinces.
Language: English
Published by Images Publishing Group, Mulgrave, Victoria, 2001
ISBN 10: 1864700750 ISBN 13: 9781864700756
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket's edges are lightly creased and worn. The page edges are a little tanned. 224 pages with coloured photographs. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size H: 11"-12" Tall (279-304mm).
Language: English
Published by The Images Publishing Group, Victoria, Australia, 2006
ISBN 10: 1876907819 ISBN 13: 9781876907815
Seller: Peter Rhodes, Southampton, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. First Hardback Edition. 305 x 230mm. pp. 240. English text. Volume showcasing tallest building of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Includes Burj Dubai, Moscow City Tower, Kone Building and Monte Laa Porr Tower. Colour and black and white illustrations. Bound in original blue boards. Housed in pictorial dust jacket. Light wave to top edge of pages and some rumpling to top front edge of dust jacket, otherwise clean. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. 1.5kg. Extra postage overseas.
Published by Images Melbourne 2001, 2001
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy quarto 224pp., colour & b/w plates, plans, indexes, Colour photos, profiles & plans of 100 buildings.
Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 310mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). 303pp. The Master Architect Series, Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. glassqq.