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The
skyscraper is perhaps the most recognizable icon of the modern urban landscape. Providing offices, homes, restaurants, and shopping to
thousands of inhabitants, modern skyscrapers function as small cities-
with infrastructure not unlike that hidden beneath our streets. At the time of year when your looking for a book on all things urban then The Heights by Kate Ascher, author of The Works: Anatomy of a City provides a great graphic tour through the inner workings of skyscrapers.
Exploring
the interconnected systems that make life liveable in the sky Kate
provides a unique illustrated view of the development, operation, safety
and history of the skyscraper. Just how do skyscrapers sway in the
wind, and why exactly is that a good idea? How can a modern elevator be
as fast as an airplane? Why are skyscrapers in Asia safer than those in
the United States and onwards....
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