The Fantastic Cutaway Book of Giant Buildings - Softcover

Gr. 4^-7. This book's greatest feature is the wide variety of structures that it treats. Beginning with the Statue of Liberty, the book gives each building or category of buildings a double-page spread, including large, precise, color architectural renderings with cutaways and fact-filled captions to complement the graphics. Sixteen chapters cover such historical structures as the pyramids, the Parthenon, the Colosseum, churches, temples, and castles, as well as more modern opera houses, the Olympic stadium in Munich, dams, Grand Central Station, airports, Alcatraz, museums, and skyscrapers. The last chapters provide a look at the Biosphere II and future solutions to the world's housing crisis. While cutaways on some pages are limited, huge pictures and short descriptions make this a fun source for architectural fast facts. Abbreviated glossary; chronology. Susan DeRonne