Describes how the people start making buildings and how did they learn to make them.

Filmed in October 2008 at the second international conference on the changing state of materials in architecture with the participation of prominent architects and engineers, hosted by Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture. Concrete is entering a renewed era of development with worldwide implications and under radically new economic circumstances. What are the futures of concrete in architecture and engineering in terms of technologies...

An easy-to-understand overview of the physical sciences including materials, forces, structures, solids, liquids, and gases.

A new blue-chip series that reveals the extraordinary feats of engineering hidden in the world's most spectacular manmade structures. Each episode uses cutting-edge CGI to strip down construction layer by layer. Each time a layer is removed, buildings are reduced to their skeletons, revealing game-changing innovation analyzed by world-class industry players.

This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings. Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section slice or exploded view reveals what's going on inside. See the people swarming inside the Empire State Building, the workers busy backstage at...

Hoping to relieve the stress of alarming overpopulation, Tokyo's construction industry is exploring the possibility of building a city in Tokyo Bay. Witness the impossible dream of city planners: to build a massive pyramid over the water, with skyscrapers suspended from its enormous frame.

"From skyscrapers to bridges, meet the extraordinary people who helped build some of the world's architectural marvels"--