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Contents: Skyscrapers.- Inside a skyscraper.- Under the ground.- Steel frames.- Concrete frames.- Floors and walls.- Fixtures and fittings.- Skyscraper design.- Safety and comfort.- Beginnning to build.- Building frames and floors.- Fitting out.- Towers and masts.- Skyscrapers at sea.- Ancient high-rises.- The first skyscrapers.- Higher and higher.- Skyscraper architecture.- Skyscraper and tower facts.- Time chart.- From start to finish.
Summary: Describes how skyscrapers are different from towers and how both are constructed. 48p.