Donald Langmead Christine Garnaut Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats ABC CLIO 2001

Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats presents more than 200 achievements in architecture and structural engineering in all the inhabited continents, from prehistory to the present. An architect once described the built environment as "the manifestation of the human spirit in stone, wood, and steel." In this new volume, readers can explore the most innovative and magnificent architectural expressions of the human spirit, from pre-history to the present, from all parts of the world. Readers can visit the Acropolis and Chartres cathedral, along with less familiar places like the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, once the greatest city in sub-Saharan Africa, and China's 71 meter high, 1,200 year old Grand Buddha, carved from stone. They'll learn the secrets behind audacious engineering feats like the Panama Canal, the U.S. interstate highway system, and the Deltaworks in the Netherlands. They will discover that many of these awe-inspiring projects were not the work of trained architects and engineers, but of "underdeveloped" communities, where unified will, tight social organization, and shared commitment to a spiritual ideal were more important than the inventions of the Industrial Age. Cover LOC Page Contents Preface A Abomey Royal Palaces The Acropolis Afsluitdijk Airplane hangars Airship hangars Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge Alberobello trulli La Alhambra palace Alpine railroad tunnels Amsterdam Central Station Angkor Wat Appian Way Archigram Artemiseion Aswan High Dam Avebury Stone Circle B Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar's city Banaue rice terraces BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Baths of Caracalla The Bauhaus Bedouin tents Beijing-Hangzhou Canal Borobudur Temple Brasilia Bricks Brihadisvara Temple Brooklyn Bridge C Cahokia mounds Canal system Cappadocia: underground cities Central Artery/Tunnel Chandigarh Channel Tunnel Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel Chartres Cathedral (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady) Chek Lap Kok International Airport Ch'in Shi Huangdi's tomb CIAM (International Congresses of Modern Architecture) Circus Maximus Clifton Suspension Bridge Cluny Abbey Church III CN (Canadian National) Tower Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) Colossus Bridge, Schuylkill River Colossus of Rhodes Confederation Bridge, Prince Edward Island Coop Himmelb(l)au Crystal Palace Curtain walls D De Re Aedificatora De Stijl Deal Castle Deltaworks Ditherington Flax Mill Dome of the Rock (Qubbat As-Sakhrah) Dover Castle Durham Cathedral E Eames House Eiffel Tower Empire State Building Engineering Building English landscape gardens Erechtheion Erie Canal F Fallingwater Fera (Thera) Firth of Forth Railway Bridge Florence Cathedral dome Foundling Hospital Frederick C. Robie House G Galerie des Machines (Gallery of Machines) Garden city idea Gateway Arch Geodesic domes German Pavilion Golden Gate Bridge Grand Buddha Grand Coulee Dam La Grande Arche Great Pyramid of Cheops Great Wall of China Great Zimbabwe H Hadrian's Wall Hagia Sofia Halles Centrales (Central Markets) Hanging Gardens of Babylon Hezekiah's Tunnel Hippodamos of Miletus Hydraulic boat lifts I Industrialized building Inka road system Inuit snow houses Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale Itaipu Dam Itsukushima Shinto shrine J Jahrhunderthalle Jantar Mantar K King's College Chapel The Krak of the Knights L Lal Quila (the Red Fort) Lalibela rock-hewn churches Larkin Administration Building London Underground M Ma'dan reed houses Maiden Castle Maillart's bridges Maria-Pia Bridge Marib Dam Masjed-e-Shah (Royal Mosque) Maunsell sea forts Mausoleum at Halicarnassos Megalithic temples Menai Suspension Bridge Menier chocolate mill Mesa Verde Cliff Palace Meteora, Greece Mir space station Mishkan Ohel Haeduth (the Tent of Witness) Moai monoliths Mohenjo-Daro Mont-Saint-Michel Mount Rushmore Mycenae, Greece Mystra, Greece N Nazca Lines Nemrud Dagi Newgrange O Offa's Dike Orders of architecture Oresund Link P Paddington Station Palace of Minos Panama Canal Pantheon Parthenon Pennsylvania Station Persepolis Petra Pharos of Alexandria Pisa Cathedral: The Campanile (Leaning Tower) Pneumatic structures Pompidou Center (Beaubourg) Pont du Gard Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Postmodern architecture Potala Palace Q Qosqo, Peru Queen's House R The Red House Reichstag Reinforced concrete Renault Distribution Center Retractable roofs Roman concrete construction Royal Albert Bridge The Royal Pavilion S Sagrada Familia (Church of the Holy Family) St. Chapelle St. Denis Abbey Church St. Genevieve Library St. Katharine Dock St. Pancras Station St. Paul's Cathedral St. Peter's Basilica St. Pierre Cathedral San Paolo fuori la Mura (St. Paul's outside the Walls) Seikan Tunnel (Seikan Tonneru) Semmering Railway Shell concrete Shibam Shwedagon Pagoda Sigiriya (Lion Mountain) Skellig Michael Skyscrapers Snowy Mountains Scheme Solomon's Temple Statue of Liberty Stockton and Darlington Railway Storm Surge Barrier Suez Canal Sultan Ahmet Mosque Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Opera House T Taj Mahal Temple of Amun: The Hypostyle Hall Temple of the Inscriptions Tension and suspension buildings Thames Tunnel Theater of the Asklepieion Three Gorges Dam, Yangtze River Timgad, Algeria Tower Bridge Treasury of Atreus U Unite d'Habitation U.S. interstate highway system V Vehicle Assembly Building, John F. Kennedy Space Center Venice, Italy Villa Savoye W Washington Monument Watts Towers Weissenhofsiedlung World Trade Center Towers Glossary Index About the Authors Illustration Credits Encyclopedia Of Architectural And Engineering Feats Presents More Than 200 Achievements In Architecture And Structural Engineering In All The Inhabited Continents, From Prehistory To The Present. * 200+ A–z, Fully Cross-referenced Entries On Fascinating Structures Such As Angkor Wat, A Cambodian Temple Complex That Remains The Largest Religious Monument Ever Constructed * A Wealth Of Illustrations Covering Diverse Topics Such As Dams, Agrarian Terracing, Cathedrals, Temples, Bridges, Monuments, Palaces, Skyscrapers, Aqueducts, And Highway Systems * Numerous Photographs Of World Famous Structures Such As The Taj Mahal And The Pont Du Gard, And Lesser Known Wonders Such As Nazca Lines In Peru Depicting A 300 Foot Long Monkey * A Glossary Of Explanations For Many Architectural And Engineering Terms Used Around The Globe "This three-volume work bridges a long-existing gap by successfully filling the space between scholarly and popular coverage. Taking a global perspective, this 500-entry set contains articles on the full range of archaeological knowledge, including great discoveries, significant archaeologists, important organizations, major geographical areas, and key concepts."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2002 Presenting over 200 achievements in architecture and structural engineering in all the inhabited continents from prehistory to the present, this volume celebrates how humans have altered the landscape to create awe-inspiring architectural and engineering wonders that rival the most impressive structures created by nature.400 pp. This book presents over 200 achievements in architecture and structural engineering in all the inhabited continents from prehistory to present. A structure is included because of the importance of its technological advance, its refinement of existing systems, or its social significance