The Story of Buildings

By Patrick Dillon, Stephen Biesty (Illustrator)

Discover the secrets behind history's most iconic buildings.

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96 pages· 24,702 words· Est. 3.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Journey through time with stories of iconic structures, from ancient pyramids to modern marvels. Uncover the mysteries of architecture and the visionaries who shaped our world. What secrets do these walls hold?

From the publisher

Aspiring architects will be in their element! Explore this illustrated narrative history of buildings for young readers, an amazing construction in itself. We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them. We go to school in them. We work in them. But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? Why did they start to decorate them in different ways? From the pyramid erected so that an Egyptian pharaoh would last forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center designed by two young architects, Patrick Dillon’s stories of remarkable buildings – and the remarkable people who made them – celebrates the ingenuity of human creation. Stephen Biesty’s extraordinarily detailed illustrations take us inside famous buildings throughout history and demonstrate just how these marvelous structures fit together.

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