Dan Cruickshank’s Bridges : Heroic Designs That Changed the World – Dan Cruickshank

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Dan Cruickshank’s personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society, industry and landscapes throughout the world – bridges.

Bridges define places. Imagine San Francisco without the Golden Gate Bridge, Manhattan without the Brooklyn Bridge, or Sydney without Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Not only this, but they are spectacles of engineering, and have influenced the development of cultures, economies, environments and lives in more ways than we can count. Now, Dan Cruickshank looks at what bridges mean to us, and draws on some of his personal favourites from all over the world to tell the story of their architectural, cultural and aesthetic influence.

Chapters include:
EMPIRE – Bridges from the Roman and ancient world
NATURE AGAINST NATURE -Timber bridges
REVOLUTION – Pioneering structural designs from North America and Europe
UNITING PEOPLE – Bringing nations, cities, and communities together
VISIONS – Contemporary structures

Condition : Hardcover. Internally tight and fresh and clean, free from inscriptions. Dust wrapper very good. A heavy boo. 384 pages and colour photographs lots of reference. See our own picture for quality control

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SKU: 9780007318186 Category: Title: Dan Cruickshank's Bridges : Heroic Designs That Changed the World
Author: Dan Cruickshank
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Year: 2021
ISBN10: 0007318189
ISBN13: 9780007318186
Condition: Mint
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 1017

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Dan Cruickshank’s personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society, industry and landscapes throughout the world – bridges.

Bridges define places. Imagine San Francisco without the Golden Gate Bridge, Manhattan without the Brooklyn Bridge, or Sydney without Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Not only this, but they are spectacles of engineering, and have influenced the development of cultures, economies, environments and lives in more ways than we can count. Now, Dan Cruickshank looks at what bridges mean to us, and draws on some of his personal favourites from all over the world to tell the story of their architectural, cultural and aesthetic influence.

Chapters include:
EMPIRE – Bridges from the Roman and ancient world
NATURE AGAINST NATURE -Timber bridges
REVOLUTION – Pioneering structural designs from North America and Europe
UNITING PEOPLE – Bringing nations, cities, and communities together
VISIONS – Contemporary structures

Condition : Hardcover. Internally tight and fresh and clean, free from inscriptions. Dust wrapper very good. A heavy boo. 384 pages and colour photographs lots of reference. See our own picture for quality control

Additional information

Weight 1.27 kg
Dimensions 24.6 × 17.6 × 3.3 cm

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