Tours géantes et autres super mégastructures

This documentary-style book, part of the 'Mégastructures' collection, presents gigantic and sensational architectural and engineering projects from around the world. The book explores the challenges of constructing immense structures like skyscrapers, masts, towers, and offshore platforms, and delves into their durability and history. The narrative highlights the enduring human fascination with building tall structures, which have long been symbols of wealth and power. It notes the shift in record-breaking construction from North America to countries like Malaysia (Petronas Towers) and China (Shanghai World Financial Center) since the 1990s. A special quadruple fold-out page features the Burj Khalifa and outlines the main steps of its construction. The book is filled with astonishing facts—such as the CN Tower being struck by lightning over 75 times a year—and each section includes 'Mega-fact' sidebars, technical sheets, and records to capture the imagination of young readers.

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