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Big, Beautiful Buildings and Where to Find Them
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DO YOU KNOW ABOUT...

BUILDINGS

and where to find them

BIG, BEAUTIFUL

BUILDINGS

BIG, BEAUTIFUL

Hannah Lippa rd

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M a de in C h i n a / F a b r i q u en C h i ne

C o p y r i g ht F l o w e r p ot P r e s s,

a D i v i s i on of F l o w e r p ot C h i l d r e n s P r e s s, I n c ., O a k v i l l e, O N, C a n a da a nd K a m a lu L L C, F r a n k l i n, T N, U . S . A. A ll r i g h ts r e s e r v e d.

No p a rt of t h is p u b l i c a t i on m ay be r e p r o d u c e d, s t o r ed in a r e t r i e v al s y s t em or t r a n s m i t t e d, in a ny f o rm or by a ny m e a n s, e l e c t r o n i c,

m e c h a n i c a l, p h o t o c o p y i n g, r e c o r d i n g, o p t i c al s c a n, or o t h e r w i s e, w i t h o ut t he p r i or w r i t t en p e r m i s s i on of t he c o p y r i g ht h o l d e r.

H ow to B u i ld a B u i l d i ng

C a s t l es a nd P a l a c es

H o u ses

A n c i e nt T e m p l es

M o d e rn P l a c es of W o r s h ip

T om bs

T h e a t e rs

M u s ic V e n u es

M u s e u ms

L ib r a r i es

S c h o o ls

S c i e n ce B u i l d i n gs

L e g i s l a t i ve B u i l d i n gs

T r a n s p o r t a t i on B u i l d i n gs

H o t e ls

R e s t au r a n ts

T o w e rs

S k y s c r a p e rs

M e g a t a ll S k y s c r a p e rs

G l o s s a ry

I n dex

T a b le of C o n t e n ts

H ow m u ch

do y ou k n ow a b o ut

b u i l d i n g s? F i nd a w e s o me

f a c ts t h r o u g h o ut t he b o ok

as y ou l e a rn m o re a b o ut t he

s t u n n i ng s t r u c t u r es t h at e x i st

a r o u nd t he w o r l d. J u st l o ok

f or Do Y ou K n ow A b o u t ...

f a c ts t h r o u g h o ut t he

b o o k!

B u i l d i ng M a t e r i a ls

D i f f e r e nt b u i l d i n gs a re m a de of d i f f e r e nt

m a t e r i a l s. S o me m a t e r i a ls c an be f o u nd

in n a t u r e. T h e se i n c l u de m u d, s n o w, s a n d,

s t o n e, w oo d, a nd g r a s s. O t h er m a t e r i a ls a re

h u m a n - m a d e. T h e se i n c l u de b r i c k s, c o n c r e t e,

f a b r i c, g l a s s, m e t a l, p l a s t i c, a nd c e r a m i c s.

O f t e n, d i f f e r e nt m a t e r i a ls a re c o m b i n ed to

c o n s t r u ct a s t r o n g er b u i l d i n g.

H ow to B u i ld a B u i l d i ng

A b u i l d i ng is a s t r u c t u re c r e a t ed by h u m a n s. It u s u a l ly h as w a l ls a nd a r o of

a nd s t a ys p e r m a n e n t ly in o ne p l a c e. P e o p le l i v e, w o r k, a nd g a t h er in b u i l d i n gs

e v e ry d a y. B u i l d i ng a b u i l d i ng r e q u i r es t wo m a in s t e p s: d e s i gn a nd c o n s t r u c t i o n.

T he a rt a nd s c i e n ce of t he d e s i gn a nd c o n s t r u c t i on of a b u i l d i ng is c a l l ed

a r c hi t e c t u r e.

M a t e r i al

S u p e r p o w e rs

D i ff e r e nt b u i l d i ng m a t e r i a ls

h a ve s p e c i al p r o pe r t i es t h at

m a ke t h em u s e f ul f or d i ff e r e nt j o b s.

F or e x a m p l e, m ud a nd c l ay p r o v i de

n a t u r al t e m p e r a t u re c o n t r o l. M ud a nd

c l ay b u i l d i n gs a re c o ol in t he s u m m er a nd

w a rm in t he w i n t e r. R o ck a nd s t o ne a re

v e ry h e a vy a nd s t r o n g, so t h ey t y pi c a l ly

l a st l o n g er t h an a ny o t h er b u i l d i ng

m a t e r i a l. G l a ss is t r a n s p a r e n t, so it

k e e ps t he p e o p le in a b u i l d i ng

s a fe f r om b ad w e a t h er w h i le

s t i ll l e tt i ng l i g ht in s i d e.

W ood

S a nd

Arc h i t e c ts

B e f o re a b u i l d i ng c an be b u i l t,

it h as to be d e s i gn e d. A p e r s on

w ho d e s i g ns b u i l d i n gs is c a l l ed an

a r c h i t e c t. An a r c h i t e ct h as to t h i nk

a b o ut m a ny t h i n gs at o n c e: h ow to

m a ke t he b u i l d i ng l o ok n i c e, h ow

to m a ke it s a fe a nd a c c e s s i b le f or

d i f f e r e nt k i n ds of pe o p l e, h ow to

m a ke it e n v i r o n m e n t a l ly f r i e n d l y,

a nd h ow to m a ke it s e r ve a s pe c i c

p u r p o s e. M o st b u i l d i n gs be g in as

an a r c h i t e c t s s k e t c h! A r c h i t e c ts

a l so o f t en o v e r s ee t he c o n s t r u c t i on

of b u i l d i n gs t h ey d es i g n.

C o n s t r u c t i on W o r k e rs

A c o n s t r u c t i on w o r k er is a p e r s on w ho p h y s i c a l ly

b u i l ds a b u i l d i n g. T h e re a re m a ny d i f f e r e nt t y pes

of c o n s t r u c t i on w o r k e r s. C a rp e n t e rs w o rk w ith

b u i l d i ng m a t e r i a ls li ke w ood u s i ng t o o ls li ke

h a mm e r s, d r il l s, a nd s a w s. E l e c t r i c i a ns i n s t a ll

e l e c t r i c al e q u i p m e nt li ke w i r es a nd s w i t c h e s.

M a s o ns l ay m a t e r i a ls li ke b r i c ks a nd c o n c r e te on

t op of e a ch o t h er a nd t h en g l ue t h em t o g e t h e r.

P l u m b e rs i n s t a ll p l u m b i ng e q u i p m e nt li ke p i pes

a nd x t u r e s. W e l d e rs u se p o w e r f ul t o o ls to h e at

m a t e r i a ls l i ke m e t al or p l a s t ic so t h ey c o n n e ct to

e a ch o t h e r.

C a s t l es a nd P a l a c es

A c a s t le is a b u i l d i ng t h at is f o r t i ed to p r o t e ct i t s e lf f r om a t t a c k s, a nd a

p a l a ce is a b u i l d i ng w h e re t he l e a d er of a c o u n t ry l i v e s. S o m e t im es pe o p le

u se t he w o r ds i n t e r c h a n g e a b ly a nd s o me b u i l d i n gs m e et b o th d e n it i o n s.

C a s t l es a nd p a l a c es a re o f t en e x t r a v a g a n t ly d e c o r a t ed a nd e x t r e m e ly

l a r g e. T h ey m ay c o n t a in m u l t i p le b u i l d i n gs t h at f o rm a c o m p l e x.

F o r b i d d en C i ty

L oc a t i o n: B e ij i n g, C h i na

Y e a rs b u i l t: - CE

T he F o r b i d d en C i ty is a p a l a ce c o m p l ex t h at w as

u s ed by t w e n t y - f o ur d i f f e r e nt C h i n e se e m p e r o rs

f r om to It w as n a m ed t he F o r b i d d en

C i ty b e c a u se o n ly t he e m p e r or a nd t he e m p e r o r s

f a m i l y, s e r v a n t s, a nd o f c i a ls w e re a l l o w ed i n s i de .

T he c o m p l ex is s u r r o u n d ed by a t all w all a nd a

w i de m o at to k e ep i n t r u d e rs o u t. T h e re a re al m o st

1 , b u il d i n gs i n s i d e! T he l a r g e st b u il d i n g, l o c a t ed

in t he s o ut h e rn p a rt of t he c o m p l e x, is c a l l ed t he

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