Skyscraper Manual: From concepts to construction methods

by Alexandra Wynne and Dave Parker

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It's hard to believe that the world's first skyscraper was built in 1885 - the ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago. Little more than a century later the highest skyscraper is the 163-storey Burj Khalifa in Dubai, standing 828 metres tall. The 1,000-metre Kingdom Tower in Jeddah was expected to take first place in 2020, but construction has been halted and it remains unfinished.

The designs are becoming more extraordinary, but behind all the steel and glass how is a skyscraper logistically constructed? The Haynes Skyscraper Manual takes the reader, be they armchair enthusiast or architect, through the fascinating process, from initial concepts through to modern-day building methods. Interspersed with intriguing facts and figures, the Skyscraper Manual is fully illustrated with stunning photographs and technical drawings.
  • ISBN10 1785211099
  • ISBN13 9781785211096
  • Publish Date 7 September 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Haynes Publishing Group
  • Imprint J H Haynes & Co Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 192
  • Language English