GREAT MODERN STRUCTURES: 100 YEARS OF ENGINEERING GENIUS
Book ID/图书代码： 02670007B13465
English Summary/英文概要： "Great Modern Structures" is a compendium of 75 remarkable engineered structures built between 1900 and the present day. From buildings and bridges to monuments and telecoms towers, the book illustrates the best and most technically challenging work of engineers, builders and architects across the world. Many of the structures are record breakers, while others will have more modest reasons for inclusion, such as sheer inventiveness, complexity and beauty. For every structure featured, the authors explain the particular challenges that went into making it, thus bringing to life the complexities involved in turning a concept into a built reality. Importantly, this book is aimed at a general audience, so it will be accessible and comprehensible to a lay reader. Beautifully illustrated with awe-inspiring photographs, engineering diagrams and blueprints, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in the wonders of science, design and engineering. Contents
Approximately 75 structures from around the world will feature under the following categories: Height; Span; Volume; Surface; Power.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《大建筑》从高度、跨度、规模、外观和力量方面，将众多的构筑物进行了分类，借此记录了结构工程师是如何从潜在的边界中跳脱出来，突破外形和材料的限制，建造出比以前更高、更长、更复杂的结构。书中既有像迪拜的哈利法塔这样的高楼，也有如澳大利亚悉尼的海港大桥、法国南部的米洛高架桥等桥梁，还有北京和伦敦的奥林匹克体育场。而一些颇具创新性的结构，例如北海的特罗尔天然气A平台，则足以体现出设计者和建设者的智慧。对于不同条目下的每座建筑，作者都探讨了特殊结构设计的复杂性、施工中遇到的挑战，以及建筑物是如何与建筑工程史的背景融为一体，并讲述了工程师、建筑师和施工人员的技巧和创造力。
《大建筑》中还特别提到了很多重要的建筑师和工程师，包括诺曼·福斯特、弗兰克·盖里、扎哈·哈迪德、伦佐·皮亚诺、理查德·罗杰斯、埃罗·沙里宁、密斯·凡·德·罗和弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特等。这是一部兼具专业性和趣味性的作品，书中所有的设想都已成为现实，因此能够激发人们无尽的想象力。(JD)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫·利特菲尔德（David Littlefield），《建筑设计》、《蓝图》（Blueprint）、《英国皇家建筑师学会杂志》（RIBA Journal）和《设计周刊》（Design Week）等杂志的长期撰稿人，伦敦切尔西艺术与设计学院的访问学者，讲授室内和空间设计，并在巴斯大学讲授建筑学。著有《现代建筑：伦敦》（Modern Architecture: London）、《建筑师的实践指导》（An Architect’s Guide to Running a Practice）和《重建伦敦》（London Regeneration）。
David Littlefield regularly contributes to titles such as Building Design, Blueprint, Design Week and the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Journal. He is a visiting tutor at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, teaching interior and spatial design, and a visiting tutor at Bath University, England, where he teaches architecture. He is the author of Modern Architecture: London (Carlton) and An Architect’s Guide to Running a Practice (The Architectural Press).
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