Building Big - DVD Collection

The biggest. The brightest. The best. See the world´s superstructures like never before!

Award-winning author-illustrator - and captivating storyteller - David Macaulay (The Way Things Work) goes to extremes with five really big adventures that explore the greatest manmade wonders of the world. The series introduces the courageous creators and builders and reveals the deadly disasters and personal triumphs behind these breathtaking structures. Spectacular film footage, dramatic recreations and David´s unique illustrations excite, explain and entertain in a big way.

Tower above the clouds on the Golden Gate; build the Brooklyn Bridge, and explore Europe´s groundbreaking spans in Bridges.

Discover 2000 years of architectural wonders as Domes explores the Houston Astrodome, St. Peter´s Cathedral, the geodesic domes of Buckminster, Fuller and more.

Go to the top of the skyline for the tall tales about Skyscrapers. including Chicago´s Sears< New York´s Empire State Building and Malaysia´s record Pertronas Towers.

See how dams can not only change the course of rivers, but the course of history as well, in an adventure that reaches from the top of the Hoover Dam to the banks of the Nile in Dams

Be a ´mole´ in Boston´s "big Dig"; explore the "Chunnel"; and go deep under New York´s Hudson River for a wild look at Tunnels.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 22 Augusti, 2008