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Bridges: The Science and Art of the World's Most Inspiring Structures
 

Bridges: The Science and Art of the World's Most Inspiring Structures (Paperback)

By Blockley, David

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Bridges are remarkable structures. Often vast, immense, and sometimes beautiful, they can be icons of cities. David Blockley explains how to read a bridge, how they stand up, and how engineers design them to be so strong. He examines the engineering problems posed by bridges, and ...

ISBN 9780199645725
Published 8 May 2012 by Oxford University Press
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Dan Cruickshank's Bridges: Heroic Designs That Changed the World
 

Dan Cruickshank's Bridges: Heroic Designs That Changed the World (Hardback)

By Cruickshank, Dan

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This is Dan Cruickshank's personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society, industry and landscapes throughout the world -- bridges.

ISBN 9780007318186
Published 10 December 2010 by HarperCollins
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In Defence of Our Land: A Tour of New Zealand's Historic Harbour Forts
  

In Defence of Our Land: A Tour of New Zealand's Historic Harbour Forts (Paperback)

By Glackin, Russell

This easy-to-follow book is full of fascinating stories about New Zealand's wartime fort construction, of relics that now help form the character of many of our major harbour settlements, and of a time when the possibility of enemy warships in our waters was real.

ISBN 9780143011866
Published 29 June 2009 by Penguin
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DIY Solar Projects: How to Put the Sun to Work in Your Home
  

DIY Solar Projects: How to Put the Sun to Work in Your Home (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Publishing International, Creative

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Provides homeowners with do-it-yourself information on building and installing a wide variety of solar projects for use in the home. Projects include water heaters, lights, heat pumps, charging stations and supplemental electricity --

ISBN 9781589236035
Published 15 October 2011 by Rockport Publishers Inc.
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Miss Savidge Moves Her House: The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and Her House of a Lifetime

Miss Savidge Moves Her House: The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and Her House of a Lifetime (Paperback)

By Adams, Christine; McMahon, Michael

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'This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman's home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women' Daily Telegraph The hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extrao ...

ISBN 9781845135188
Published 13 May 2010 by Aurum Press Ltd
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Good Concrete Floors and Basements Practice
  

Good Concrete Floors and Basements Practice (Paperback, 2nd Edition)

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Using photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams, this text aims to ensure that building owners and users benefit from the advantages of a good concrete floor. It is designed as a day-to-day resource for building designers and specifiers, builders and contractors, and students.

ISBN 9781877330773
Published Wheelers - South Pacific
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Geology Applied to Engineering
 

Geology Applied to Engineering (Hardback)

By West, Terry R.

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Offering basic information on minerals and rocks, geological investigation techniques relating to construction and environmental concerns, this book contains engineering applications and examples.

ISBN 9780024258816
Published 16 November 1994 by Prentice Hall
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Stonework: Techniques and Projects - All the Information Needed to Use Stone Indoors and Out
 

Stonework: Techniques and Projects - All the Information Needed to Use Stone Indoors and Out (Paperback)

By McRaven, Charles

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Written for the novice stoneworker or homeowner, this work contains information needed to use stone indoors and out. Using step-by-step instructions, photographs and illustrations, McRaven offers information about different stone types, cutting and shaping instruction, landscapi ...

ISBN 9780882669762
Published 1 October 1997 by Storey Books
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Earth Architecture
 

Earth Architecture (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Rael, Ronald

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Dirt-as in clay gravel sand silt soil loam mud-is everywhere and it's free. The ground we walk on and grow crops in also just happens to be the most widely used building material on the planet. Civilizations throughout time have used it to create stable warm low-impact structu ...

ISBN 9781568989457
Published 5 July 2010 by Princeton Architectural Press
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To Get to the Other Side: A Personal Encounter with Some Bridges Around the World
 

To Get to the Other Side: A Personal Encounter with Some Bridges Around the World (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Norman, Robert G.

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Bridges are there, of course, to get us to the other side of a river or a highway. But as distinguished engineer Bob Norman points out, each has its own story to tell, whether it is New York's Brooklyn Bridge or a modest timber structure in a remote part of New Zealand. In thi ...

ISBN 9780473193638
Published 21 December 2011 by Slide Rule Press
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