Built to Last: The How and Why Behind Buildings

Macaulay, David

ISBN 10: 0547342403 / ISBN 13: 9780547342405

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2010

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Hardcover. First Printing. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Built to Last: The How and Why Behind Buildings
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547342403
• ISBN 13: 9780547342405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Books

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Synopsis

David Macaulay, author of The Way Things Work, explains three of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created.

Inspired by his classic and award-winning Castle, Cathedral, and Mosque, Built to Last offers an engaging and in-depth look into architecture and design. Macaulay has revised texts based on updated research, created gorgeous new drawings, in some cases wholly reimagined scenes, while bringing Castle and Cathedral to life in full color for the very first time. The resulting illustrations add to the reader's understanding of these buildings, capturing intriguing new perspectives and depth of detail in structure and atmosphere.

This impeccably researched volume is not only a necessary addition to the bookshelf of any David Macaulay or architecture fan but will delight readers of all ages who are experiencing his work for the first time.

About the Author

David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given "to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations." Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.