David Salariya

Joanne Jessop

Shows the structure and use of famous modern buildings from the Royal Pavilion in Brighton to Kansai Airport, and describes how they were built.

The X Ray Picture Book of Big Buildings of the Modern World

Readers will be intrigued with these book's expansive, X-ray vision of the world. Packed with full-color illustrations, magnifications and cutaways, combined with a fascinating text, these books tackle topics from architecture to animals. From the highly acclaimed David Salariya, of Timelines fame. Includes a glossary and an index. Discover the construction techniques, the building materials, and the stories behind the biggest, boldest, and most bizarre buildings in today's world, including the British Royal Pavilion, the Statue of Liberty, and the Kansai Airport in Japan still under construction.

Joanne Jessop

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