Overview
"★""This great STEAM offering has multiple applications and will be useful for report writers and aspiring architects alike.""--Booklist, starred review ★""Finely detailed inside and outside...Broad in scope, perceptively organized, and enriched with fascinating entries.""--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Why did they build it so high? People have been constructing tall buildings for thousands of years, for many different reasons. Castle walls kept people safe. Utility towers transmit TV and cell-phone signals. Observatories give people a bird's-eye view of the world. Beautiful buildings stand out in the crowd. Skyscrapers provide housing for a lot of people. There are some good reasons for building up, and a few bad ones as well. With a growing global population, we will need more and more space to live, learn and work in. But what does that mean for the health of the planet? Can we do it sustainably? Tall buildings may be part of the answer. From the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the Burj Khalifa and the Shanghai Tower, Why Humans Build Up asks why and how we build higher and higher, and what that means for the planet. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible."
Full Product Details
Author: Gregor Craigie ,
Kathleen Fu
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Imprint: Orca Book Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 28.40cm
Weight: 0.658kg
ISBN: 9781459821880
ISBN 10: 1459821882
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 13 September 2022
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
Finely detailed inside and outside...Broad in scope, perceptively organized, and enriched with fascinating entries. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Author Information
Gregor Craigie is a writer and journalist. He wakes up at 3:45 every weekday morning to talk on CBC Radio in Victoria, British Columbia. Despite the early hours, Gregor loves his job because he gets to ask questions and write for a living. Before his current job at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he worked for the BBC World Service in London and traveled to several different countries, telling stories for radio listeners. Why Humans Build Up is his first book for kids. Kathleen Fu is a Canadian illustrator based in Toronto with a background in fine art, architecture and urban design. She is a graduate of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and her current work is heavily inspired by her time studying architecture, city life and storytelling. She enjoys creating intricate illustrations with a Where's Waldo-esque style, injecting each piece with as many unique characters and different shapes as possible. Her work has been published in the New York Times, Reader's Digest, the Globe and Mail, The Walrus and many other publications.
