Where can you eat dinner under the sea? Which country has the most pyramids? Can a church become a swimming pool?
Including a stunning central gatefold map that opens out to reveal where all 80 structures are located, this book is a visual celebration of the incredible structures people have built throughout history and their cultural significance. From ancient wonders such as Stonehenge to bridges spanning countries, record breaking rollercoasters and hotels where even the beds are made of ice.
Discover a floating palace, a terracotta army, a cinema in a bank vault, and a building so tall that clouds form at the top!
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Explore the world's most fascinating buildings from castles to skyscrapers from your own living room! Covers a huge range of manmade structures from deep underground to outer space. Includes a beautiful central gatefold that opens up to display all 80 featured structures and where they are located on a map.
Vanished civilisations Pyramids FEATURE: Tools & technology Going
Underground Monumental statues Defensive structures FEATURE: The
builders Palaces of power Reaching for the sky Religious structures
Coping with climate change A material world FEATURE: Change of use
Famous landmarks Cars, ships and trains Getting from A to B FEATURE:
Reuse & recycle Places for pleasure Life after death Out of this world
What will we build next?
Location list: Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Libya, Cambodia, Crete, Mexico, Sudan,
USA, Egypt, UK, Italy, Croatia, China, Chile, Brazil, Syria, Morocco, France,
Siberia, Spain, India, Hungary, UAE, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia, Sweden,
Mali, Bolivia, South Africa, Maldives, Thailand, Australia, Belgium, Denmark,
Canada, Panama, Japan, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Antarctica, Outer space.
David Long (Author) David Long is a writer and journalist who has written many adult and children's books on topics such as London, popular science and the environment. His book Survivors (Faber & Faber) won the Blue Peter Book Award 2017.
Lou Baker Smith (Illustrator) Lou Baker Smith is a freelance illustrator and designer, working in book publishing and packaging design. Her work is diverse in subject matter and technique, the common thread that runs through it is a love of colour, textures and layers.
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