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Find out how the world's largest construction projects are designed and built.

Provides a definition for skyscrapers, their purpose, basic construction, and the names of some of the tallest skyscrapers.

Learn about some of the world's tallest structures. Find out how we measure height and see how different types of structures compare.

Regardless of whether it was "too early" in 2006 to dramatize the events of September 11, 2001, World Trade Center succeeds as a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of those who served at Ground Zero in the wake of terrorist attacks on the WTC's twin towers in New York City.

Documents Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS, 2001 with raw and powerful honesty.

Presents the history of New York City's World Trade Center, examining its relation to twentieth-century economics, politics, and social issues, and discussing the acts of terrorism of which it has been the target.

This book explores the purpose of the construction of the World Trade Center, the court challenges of merchants who opposed the World Trade Center, the construction of the twin towers and other buildings, the settling in of more than 400 businesses, and the 2001 destruction of the towers.

Examines the history of the world's tallest buildings, including some of the challenges faced in design and construction and how their builders tested the limits of technology.

A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.

Chronicles the history of the World Trade Center from its first blue-prints through the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, exploring how the towers were created, what they symbolized, and how the world was impacted by their destruction.

A big city skyscraper, lonely when the workers go home at night finds a new and happy life in the country as the home for the forest animals.

Diagrams, illustrations, and photos show the different stages involved in building a skyscraper.