Skyscrapers
Discusses the construction of skyscrapers focusing on materials, size, weight, and type.
720
year: 2012
copies: 10
call number/section: 720
lexile: 850
Skyscrapers
Details some of the innovations that enabled the building of taller and taller buildings, describes the various schools of skyscraper architecture, and explores the history of several famous skyscrapers.
720
year: 2000
copies: 5
call number/section: 720
lexile:
One World Trade Center
Describes the rebuilding of the World Trade Center after it was destroyed on September 11, 2001.
725
year: 2015
copies: 4
call number/section: 725
lexile:
subjects: skyscrapers [X], architecture [X], american history and culture, world trade center, office buildings, new york (n.y.), united states
Record-breaking Building Feats
What is the oldest building in the world? How big is the largest space station? How tall are the biggest skyscrapers? Find out all about the brilliant buildings that set world records—from the tallest and longest to the busiest and the most expensive—all in stunningly designed infographics.
720.2
year: 2015
copies: 2
call number/section: 720.2
lexile: 1140
subjects: buildings, architecture [X], skyscrapers [X], supermarkets, museums, zoos, aquariums, palaces, bridges, towers
13 Skyscrapers Children Should Know
Profiles thirteen famous skyscrapers around the world, from the Woolworth Building to the Burj Khalifa.
720
year: 2016
copies: 1
call number/section: 720
lexile:
One World Trade Center
"[An introduction to] One World Trade Center, which is also known as the Freedom Tower.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: national monuments, skyscrapers [X], architecture [X], structural design, world trade center site (new york, n.y.), readers (publications)
20 Fun Facts About The Empire State Building
Readers will aspire to see the Empire State Building this architectural wonder in person.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: empire state building (new york, n.y.), architecture [X], building, construction workers, skyscrapers [X], new york (n.y.)