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Title Bridges : an introduction to ten great bridges and their designers / Didier Cornille ; translated by Yolanda Stern Broad.
Author Cornille, Didier, 1951- author, illustrator.
Publication Info. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.
©2016
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 Alafaya  J 624.2 COR    Check Shelves
 North Orange  J 624.2 COR    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 624.2 COR    Check Shelves
Edition First edition, English edition.
Description 93 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Who built that?
Note Originally published in France under title: Tous les ponts sont dans la nature, ©2014.
Contents 1779, Iron bridge: the first cast-iron bridge (Thomas Farnolls Pritchard) -- 1883, Brooklyn Bridge: a New York adventure (John Roebling, Washington Roebling & Emily Warren) -- 1890, Forth Bridge: a steel dinosaur (Sir John Fowler & Sir Benjamin Baker) -- 1930, Plougastel Bridge: an all-concrete bridge (Eugène Freyssinet) -- 1932, Sydney Harbour Bridge: the coathanger (John Jacob "Job" Crew Bradfield) -- 1937, Golden Gate Bridge: the golden span (Joseph Baermann Strauss) -- 1974, Rio-Niterói Bridge: crossing the Guanabara Bay (Jean Muller) -- 2004, Millau Viaduct: a journey across the sky (Norman Foster & Michael Virlogeux) -- 2012, Peace Bridge: a futuristic walkway spanning the Bow River (Santiago Calatrava) -- 2013, MuCEM Footbridge: a gentle stroll down to the sea (Rudy Ricciotti).
Summary "In Who Built That? Bridges, Didier Cornille presents ten of the most important bridges in the world, from the first in cast iron to the longest in pre-stressed concrete in the southern hemisphere, to the tallest in the world. Introducing each engineer or architect, the main concepts of their work, and some of their most important projects in charming drawings and accessible text, Bridges is a fun primer for readers of all ages interested in learning more about these magnificent structures. His detailed drawings of bridges and their construction provide original insight into the development of the engineering and architectural concepts behind each span."--Back cover.
Subject Bridges -- Juvenile literature.
Bridges -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Bridges -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.
Civil engineers -- Juvenile literature.
Architecture -- Juvenile literature.
Bridges.
Added Author Broad, Yolanda Stern, 1942- translator.
Added Title Tous les ponts sont dans la nature. English
Who built that? Bridges
ISBN 9781616895167 (hardback) : $17.95
1616895160 (hardback)
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