High-Tech Ten Thousand Whys: Modern Architecture

Author: Xiao Ye
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: A comprehensive scan of today's high-tech world and its future. Illustrated with text and images, broadening horizons with new achievements and developments; easy to understand yet profound, spanning multiple fields and disciplines to expand wisdom. Explore the technology and civilization behind modern architecture. High technology is human-centered, and new wisdom is bridged by inquiry; connect the hearts and minds, and roam the ocean of knowledge. Skyscrapers and brick houses are not only human activity spaces and shelters but also living witnesses to civilization. Behind magnificent buildings lie the footprints of human technological struggles, and high technology endows modern architecture with the thoughts and souls of modern people. This book introduces readers to the rarely known technological essence behind the towering architectural marvels that reach the sky and dive into the depths of the sea. While learning about architecture, readers also gain a deeper understanding of human civilization.