Dan Cruickshank's bridges : heroic designs that changed the world / Dan Cruickshank
2010, 1st edition. London : Collins. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #333629
ISBN: 9780007881086
Physical description: 384 p.: col. ill.; 24 cm. Notes:
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 366-369) and index. Subjects: Bridges. Bridges History.
Bridges Design and construction. Bridges Social aspects. Bridges Social aspects. Bridges; Pictorial works. Genre:
Bibliography. Illustrated.
Summary: Bridges define places. Imagine San Francisco without the Golden Gate Bridge, Manhattan without the Brooklyn Bridge, or Sydney without Sydney Harbour Bridge. Dan Cruickshank looks at what bridges mean to us, and draws on some of his personal favourites to tell the story of their architectural and cultural influence.
Price: €14.95