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We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them, go to school in them, and work in them. We're surrounded by buildings practically every moment of our lives! But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? And why did they start to decorate them in different ways?
From the pyramid erected so that an Egyptian pharaoh would live forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center, designed by two young, audacious architects, Patrick Dillon's stories of remarkable buildings—and the remarkable people who made them—celebrate the ingenuity of human creation. Stephen Biesty's amazingly detailed illustrations take us inside famous buildings throughout history, showing just how these marvelous structures fit together.
