High-Tech 100,000 Whys -- Modern Architecture: Modern Architecture

Author: Xiao Ye
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Provides a comprehensive scan of today's high-tech world and its future. Illustrated with both text and images, showcasing new achievements and developments that broaden horizons; easy to understand yet profound, covering multiple fields and disciplines to greatly enhance wisdom. Explores the technology and civilization behind modern architecture. High technology is people-oriented, and new wisdom is a bridge for inquiry; it builds bridges of the mind and allows readers to 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 structures lie the traces of human technological struggles, while high technology endows modern buildings with the thoughts and souls of modern people. This book introduces readers to the little-known technological essence behind towering skyscrapers and deep-sea architectural marvels. While learning about architecture, readers also gain a deeper understanding of human civilization.