Please Explain: Skyscrapers

vor 13 Jahren

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Please Explain (The Leonard Lopate Show)

In Please Explain, we set aside time every Friday afternoon to get to the bottom of one complex issue. We’ll back up and review the basic facts and principles of complicated issues across a broad range of topics — history, politics, science, you name i...

Kunst , Gesellschaft , Politiknachrichten

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vor 13 Jahren

Kate Ascher, author of The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper, and Carol Willis, founder, director, and curator of the Skyscraper Museum, discuss the history and future of tall buildings--from Chicago's 17-story Auditorium Building to Dubai's 160-story Burj Khalifa. They'll explain how they're built, how they work, and how they've changed cities.