Twin Towers

Twin Towers
Title Twin Towers PDF eBook
Author Angus K. Gillespie
Publisher Thorndike Press
Pages 430
Release 2002
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780783897851

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This is a unique history that covers the complete life of the Twin Towers: the sky-high hopes during their planning and construction, the years during which they stood at the pinnacle of the Manhattan skyline, their symbolic meaning to the city, the nation, and the world-and, in a new chapter written for this edition, their heartbreaking demise on September 11, 2001. The New York Times bestseller-now with photographs and a new updated chapter.

One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center
Title One World Trade Center PDF eBook
Author Judith Dupré
Publisher Little, Brown
Pages 562
Release 2016-04-26
Genre Architecture
ISBN 0316353590

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From the bestselling author of Skyscrapers, the behind-the-scenes story of the most extraordinary building in the world: One World Trade Center. The new World Trade Center represents one of the most complex collaborations in human history. Nearly every state in the nation, a dozen countries around the world, and more than 25,000 workers helped raise the tower, which consumed ninety million pounds of steel, one million square feet of glass, and enough concrete to pave a sidewalk from New York to Chicago. With more than seventy interviews with the people most intimately involved, and unprecedented access to the building site, suppliers, and archives, Duprè unfurls the definitive story of fourteen years of conflict and controversy-and its triumphant resolution. This fascinating, oversize book delivers new insight into the 1,776-foot-tall engineering marvel, from design and excavation through the final placement of its spire. It offers: Access to the minds of world-class architects, engineers, ironworkers, and other tradespeople Panoramas of New York from One World Observatory-1,268 feet above the earth Dramatic cutaways that show the building's advanced structural technologies A time-lapse montage showing the evolution of the sixteen-acre site Chronologies tracking design, construction, and financial milestones, with rare historic photographs It also features extensive tour of the entire Trade Center, including in-depth chapters on Two, Three, Four, and Seven World Trade Center; the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; Liberty Park; St. Nicholas National Shrine; and the soaring Transportation Hub. One World Trade Center is the only book authorized by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and the one book necessary to understand the new World Trade Center in its totality. This is a must-have celebration of American resilience and ingenuity for all who are invested in the rebuilding of Ground Zero.

City in the Sky

City in the Sky
Title City in the Sky PDF eBook
Author James Glanz
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 444
Release 2003-11-12
Genre Architecture
ISBN 0805074287

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Like David McCullough's "The Great Bridge, City in the Sky" is a riveting story of New York City itself, of architectural daring, human frailty, and a lost American icon.

Men of Steel

Men of Steel
Title Men of Steel PDF eBook
Author Karl Koch
Publisher Crown
Pages 444
Release 2002
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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Written by the co-owner of the construction company which built the World Trade Center, this fascinating account tells of the Karl Koch Erecting Company's rise from its formation in 1906 and how this family-owned company beat out larger companies to win the contract to build the Twin Towers. 8-page photo insert. 10 diagrams.

Sandfuture

Sandfuture
Title Sandfuture PDF eBook
Author Justin Beal
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 273
Release 2021-09-14
Genre Architecture
ISBN 0262367181

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An account of the life and work of the architect Minoru Yamasaki that leads the author to consider how (and for whom) architectural history is written. Sandfuture is a book about the life of the architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), who remains on the margins of history despite the enormous influence of his work on American architecture and society. That Yamasaki’s most famous projects—the Pruitt-Igoe apartments in St. Louis and the original World Trade Center in New York—were both destroyed on national television, thirty years apart, makes his relative obscurity all the more remarkable. Sandfuture is also a book about an artist interrogating art and architecture’s role in culture as New York changes drastically after a decade bracketed by terrorism and natural disaster. From the central thread of Yamasaki’s life, Sandfuture spirals outward to include reflections on a wide range of subjects, from the figure of the architect in literature and film and transformations in the contemporary art market to the perils of sick buildings and the broader social and political implications of how, and for whom, cities are built. The result is at once sophisticated in its understanding of material culture and novelistic in its telling of a good story.

What Were the Twin Towers?

What Were the Twin Towers?
Title What Were the Twin Towers? PDF eBook
Author Jim O'Connor
Publisher Penguin
Pages 114
Release 2016-05-10
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0451532775

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Discover the true story of the Twin Towers—how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed. When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architectural wonder. At 1,368 feet, they clocked in as the tallest buildings in the world and changed the New York City skyline dramatically. Offices and corporations moved into the towers—also known as the World Trade Center—and the buildings were seen as the economic hub of the world. But on September 11, 2001, a terrorist attack toppled the towers and changed our nation forever. Discover the whole story of the Twin Towers—from their ambitious construction to their tragic end.

Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster

Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster
Title Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster PDF eBook
Author David Icke
Publisher Bridge of Love Publications UK
Pages 548
Release 2002
Genre History
ISBN 9780953881024

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Since the horrendous day of September 11th 2001, the people of the world have been told the Big Lie. The official story of what happened on 9/11 is a fantasy of untruth, manipulation, contridiction and anomaly. David Icke has spent well over a decade uncovering the force that was really behind those attacks and has travelled to 40 countries in pursuit of the truth. He has exposed their personnel, methods and agenda in a series of books and videos.