Manmade Wonders of the World - Hardcover

DK

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241340713 ISBN 13: 9780241340714

Publisher: DK, 2019

Discover and explore the most incredible statues, monuments, temples, bridges, and ancient cities with this unparalleled survey of the most famous buildings and structures created by humans.

From Stonehenge to the Sagrada Familia, from the Great Wall of China to the Burj Khalifa, Manmade Wonders of the Worldplots a continent-by-continent journey around the world, exploring and charting the ingenuity and imagination used by different cultures to create iconic buildings. This truly global approach reveals how humans have tackled similar challenges - such as keeping the enemy out or venerating their gods - in vastly different parts of the world. As writer, historian, and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank writes in his foreword, "reading this book is like taking a journey through the world not only of the present but also of the past, because the roots of many wonders lie in antiquity."

By combining breathtaking photography with 3D cutaway artworks, floorplans, and other illustrations, the hidden details and engineering innovations that make each building remarkable are revealed.

Featuring the most visited monuments in the world - such as the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, and Machu Picchu - as well as some hidden gems, Manmade Wonders of the World can help you to map out the trip of a lifetime or simply be enjoyed as a celebration of the world that humans have built over thousands of years.

About the Author:

Spokesperson- Dan Cruickshank is a writer, art historian, architectural consultant, and broadcaster. He has made numerous history and culture programmes for the BBC, including Around the World in Eighty Treasures, Adventures in Architecture, Egypt- an Architectural History, House Detectives, Britain's Best Buildings, Marvels of the Modern Age, The Country House Revealed, Bridges that Shaped London, and Britain's Royal Palaces. The author of several books, he is also the editor of the 20th edition of Sir Banister Fletcher's History of Architecture. Cruickshank is also an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, was an editor on The Architects' Journal and The Architectural Review, and was a visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield.

• Publisher: DK
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0241340713
• ISBN 13: 9780241340714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336