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SuperStructures : the world's greatest modern structures / Neil Parkyn.

By: Parkyn, Neil, 1943-.
Publisher: London : Merrell, 2004Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm.ISBN: 1858942381 (hbk.).Subject(s): Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Buildings | Civil engineering | Structural engineering | Curiosities and wondersDDC classification: 724.6
Contents:
Introduction -- Communications: Waterloo International Terminal ; Oriente Station ; Lehrter Station ; Jubilee Line Extension ; Wuppertal Suspension Railway ; Maglev Train ; TWA Flight Center ; Haj Terminal ; Hong Kong International Airport ; Madrid New Area Terminal ; Cardington Hangars ; Gargolifter Airship Hangar ; Rotterdam Europort ; Yokohama Port Terminal ; Falkirk Wheel ; Channel Tunnel ; Laerdal-Aurland Road Tunnel ; Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge ; Albert-Louppe Bridge ; Sydney Harbour Bridge ; Salginatobel and Schwandbach Bridges ; Bailey Bridges ; Ganter Bridge ; Alamillo Bridge ; Pont de Normandie ; Erasmus Bridge ; Øresund Link ; Millau Motorway Viaduct ; Chain Home Radar Towers ; Torre de Collserola -- Energy and natural forces: Dams of the TVA ; Aigle Dam ; Aswan High Dam ; Three Gorges Dam ; Freudenau Hydroelectric Power Station ; Solar Furnace ; Venice Flood Defences ; Dutch Sea Barrier ; Thames Barrier ; Tidal Surge Barrier ; Mulberry Harbours -- Discovery and exploration: Lovell Radio Telescope ; Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory ; William Herschel Telescope ; Hubble Space Telescope ; Full-Scale Wind Tunnel ; ONERA wind tunnel ; CERN Large Hadron Collider ; Vehicle Assembly Building -- Leisure: Giant Ferris Wheel ; Top Thrill Dragster ; Eden Project ; Downland Gridshell ; Palazzetto dello Sport ; Munich Olympic Stadium ; Telstra Stadium ; Wembley National Stadium -- SuperStructures of tomorrow.
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Floor 4, Shelf 31 , Side 1, TierNo 2, BayNo 2

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Communications: Waterloo International Terminal ; Oriente Station ; Lehrter Station ; Jubilee Line Extension ; Wuppertal Suspension Railway ; Maglev Train ; TWA Flight Center ; Haj Terminal ; Hong Kong International Airport ; Madrid New Area Terminal ; Cardington Hangars ; Gargolifter Airship Hangar ; Rotterdam Europort ; Yokohama Port Terminal ; Falkirk Wheel ; Channel Tunnel ; Laerdal-Aurland Road Tunnel ; Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge ; Albert-Louppe Bridge ; Sydney Harbour Bridge ; Salginatobel and Schwandbach Bridges ; Bailey Bridges ; Ganter Bridge ; Alamillo Bridge ; Pont de Normandie ; Erasmus Bridge ; Øresund Link ; Millau Motorway Viaduct ; Chain Home Radar Towers ; Torre de Collserola -- Energy and natural forces: Dams of the TVA ; Aigle Dam ; Aswan High Dam ; Three Gorges Dam ; Freudenau Hydroelectric Power Station ; Solar Furnace ; Venice Flood Defences ; Dutch Sea Barrier ; Thames Barrier ; Tidal Surge Barrier ; Mulberry Harbours -- Discovery and exploration: Lovell Radio Telescope ; Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory ; William Herschel Telescope ; Hubble Space Telescope ; Full-Scale Wind Tunnel ; ONERA wind tunnel ; CERN Large Hadron Collider ; Vehicle Assembly Building -- Leisure: Giant Ferris Wheel ; Top Thrill Dragster ; Eden Project ; Downland Gridshell ; Palazzetto dello Sport ; Munich Olympic Stadium ; Telstra Stadium ; Wembley National Stadium -- SuperStructures of tomorrow.