Writer and engineer David Bennett presents the remarkable story of the rise of underground travel over the past 160 years. He traces technological progress and explores the architecture of the most dramatic and inspiring stations ever built, including the Bauhaus-influenced lines of Berlin's U-Bahn, the grandeur of the Moscow Metro's "socialist" architecture, and the exuberance of the Hollywood Red Line in Los Angeles. Thought-provoking, informative, and entertaining, Metroreveals historical facts, heroic achievements, and beautiful architectural details.
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David Bennett is a chartered civil engineer who has written a number of publications on building and construction engineering, including the highly successful books Skyscraper, The Architecture of Bridge Design, Rollercoaster, and The Creation of Bridges. He is a construction marketing consultant and writes regularly for professional journals on civil engineering, building, and architecture.
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Good. In Metro, writer and engineer David Bennett gives a comprehensive insight into the rise of underground travel over the past 150 years. He traces the technological progress - from the risky breakthroughs in tunnelling techniques that made underground travel possible to the innovations that have made it safer and more pleasant. He also explores the architecture of the most dramatic and inspiring stations ever built. Metro also takes an in-depth look at the cultural phenomena, such as poster art and graffiti, that have flourished on underground systems around the world. Thought-provoking, informative, entertaining, and expansively illustrated with 200 photographs, Metro reveals historical facts, heroic achievements, beautiful architectural details, and the secrets of subterranean engineering, and will appeal to historians, designers, architects, rail enthusiasts, and world travellers alike. N° de réf. du vendeur 00105792795
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Good. In Metro, writer and engineer David Bennett gives a comprehensive insight into the rise of underground travel over the past 150 years. He traces the technological progress - from the risky breakthroughs in tunnelling techniques that made underground travel possible to the innovations that have made it safer and more pleasant. He also explores the architecture of the most dramatic and inspiring stations ever built. Metro also takes an in-depth look at the cultural phenomena, such as poster art and graffiti, that have flourished on underground systems around the world. Thought-provoking, informative, entertaining, and expansively illustrated with 200 photographs, Metro reveals historical facts, heroic achievements, beautiful architectural details, and the secrets of subterranean engineering, and will appeal to historians, designers, architects, rail enthusiasts, and world travellers alike. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN1840008385G
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