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The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond Hardcover - 2014

by Patrick Dillon; Stephen Biesty (Illustrator)

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Patrick Dillon is an architect and historian. He is the author of The Story of Britain from the Norman Conquest to the European Union, a narrative history for children, and of two highly acclaimed history books for adults. On writing The Story of Buildings, he says, "My two favorite things are stories and buildings. Telling stories about buildings is as good as it gets." Patrick Dillon lives in London.

Stephen Biesty is the creator of Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide since its publication in 1992. He lives in Somerset, England.

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  • Title The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond
  • Author Patrick Dillon; Stephen Biesty (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press (MA)
  • Date 2014-03-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780763669904 / 0763669903
  • Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.4 x 10 x 0.7 in (28.96 x 25.40 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 1060
  • Library of Congress subjects Structural engineering, Buildings
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013943096
  • Dewey Decimal Code 690

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The best buildings are more than the sum of their prosaic parts—they are meeting places of imagination and practicality, embodiments of man both as he is and as he aspires to be. It is these rather elusive architectural qualities that Stephen Biesty captures brilliantly in his warm, finely drawn illustrations for "The Story of Buildings." Here, in honey-colored drawings on creamy paper, young readers ages 10-16 (and their parents) can explore famous structures along a timelines from antiquity to the present. ... [A] sympathetic and highly readable chronicle of man's most enduring means of cultural expression.
—The Wall Street Journal

Clear explanations of basic building concepts (cantilevers, arches and domes, reinforced concrete) are balanced with discussions of more abstract principles such as symmetry, geometry, and pattern. But the volume is truly set apart by Biesty’s elaborate, meticulously detailed, and clearly labeled drawings (some stretching across two large-format pages plus two half-page fold-outs). ... Biesty here adds a kaleidoscopic yet tightly integrated visual dimension that will transfix readers.
—School Library Journal (starred review)

Biesty’s precisely drawn, finely detailed architectural views supply the highlights for this ... survey of homes and prominent buildings through the ages. ... Broad of historical (if not international) scope and with illustrations that richly reward poring over.
—Kirkus Reviews

This large, handsome volume combines broad discussions of architectural history with exceptional drawings of significant buildings from ancient to modern times. ... An English architect, Dillon clearly knows his subject and presents it in a readable way. ... Intricate and precise, Biesty’s colored-pencil drawings offer viewers a good sense of the scale as well as the form and presence of each building. Through his signature cross sections, details of interiors and construction can be seen as well.
—Booklist

Citations

  • Booklist, 04/15/2014, Page 43
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 06/01/2014, Page 511
  • Horn Book Magazine, 07/01/2014, Page 114
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2014, Page 178
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2014, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2014, Page 186

About the author

Patrick Dillon is an architect and historian. He is the author of The Story of Britain from the Norman Conquest to the European Union, a narrative history for children, and of two highly acclaimed history books for adults. On writing The Story of Buildings, he says, "My two favorite things are stories and buildings. Telling stories about buildings is as good as it gets." Patrick Dillon lives in London.

Stephen Biesty is the creator of Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide since its publication in 1992. He lives in Somerset, England.

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