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Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
$29.95 Add to cartIn 1742, when the legendary dome atop St. Peter’s Basilica–designed by Michelangelo–cracks and threatens to collapse, Pope Benedict XIV summons three mathematicians whose groundbreaking ideas spark … [more below]
- Author: Kalayjian, Wayne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365869
- Language: English
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The Space Within: Inside Great Chicago Buildings
$65.00 Add to cartFor the first time, the interiors of some of the Chicago area’s greatest buildings, designed by celebrated architects, are brought together and featured in truly stunning original photographs. These C… [more below]
- Author: Cannon, Patrick F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: February 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0764972057
- Language: English
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Who Is the City For?: Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago
$29.00 Read moreA vividly illustrated collaboration between two of Chicago’s most celebrated architecture critics casts a wise and unsparing eye on inequities in the built environment and attempts to rectify them.
- Author: Kamin, Blair
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 21, 2022
- ISBN10: 0226822737
- Language: English
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Let Liberty Rise!: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty
$18.99 Add to cartHow did 121,000 Americans save their most beloved icon? Here is an inspiring story about the power we have when we all work together!
* “This charming history title is a true inspiration for the presen
- Author: Stiefel, Chana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 133822588X
- Language: English
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Chicago Reflected: A Skyline Drawing from the Chicago River
$29.95 Read moreA unique and playful hand-drawn exploration of the Chicago River’s landscape, documented on an eleven-foot-long foldout.
In March 2020, architect Ryan Chester began drawing the Chicago River for at l… [more below]- Author: Chester, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0226828549
- Language: English
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What Is the Statue of Liberty?
$7.99 Add to cartIn 1876, France decided to give the United States a very big and very special present–the Statue of Liberty. The gift was to commemorate the 100th birthday of the United States, and just packing it w… [more below]
- Series: What Was?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479176
- Language: English
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My Little Golden Book about the Statue of Liberty
$5.99 Add to cartNow the littlest readers can learn about how the Statue of Liberty came to be—and what it means to people all over the world.
In this engaging book, preschoolers will learn the fascinating story behi- Series: Little Golden Book
- Author: Arena, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1524770337
- Language: English
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What Were the Twin Towers?
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover the true story of the Twin Towers–how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed.
When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architec- Series: What Was?
- Author: O’Connor, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0448487853
- Language: English
