【迅雷】【BBC 摩天大楼简史】【英语无字】【avi/1.01GB】
中文名: BBC 摩天大楼简史英文名: Short.History.of.Tall.Buildings
资源格式: DVDRip
发行时间: 2005年
地区: 美国
语言: 英语
简介:
For over 4,000 years, the world's tallest structure was the 480-foot-tall Great Pyramid at Giza. Next to top the list was the cathedral spire in Cologne, Germany (513 ft., built in 1880), then the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. (555 ft., 1884). These buildings all had thick stone walls, with not much space inside.
The biggest challenge to building tall was gravity. Whether made of mud, stone, brick, timber, or concrete, most buildings had load-bearing walls. This meant that the ...
EP1
It begins with the extraordinary story of the technology that made it all possible: steel cage construction and the lift. Elisha Otis’s demonstration of his safety lift was the star turn at the New York Worlds Fair in 1854, run by the great American showman, PT Barnum. This streak of showmanship and element of popular entertainment runs through the New York skyscraper’s golden age.
EP2
The skyscraper goes global, as Alan Yentob continues to chart the history of tall buildings, examining the cultural legacy of the tower and the rise of a new super class of sky-high buildings.
EP3
There are now more tall buildings in the Far East than in North America – the traditional home of the skyscraper – while China, the world’s largest country and fastest-growing economy, is building cities at a rate unprecedented in the history of mankind.
**** Hidden Message *****
摩天大楼是人类现代社会的标志，很难说是好事 要是有字幕就好了，摩天大楼确实是资本主义一个时代的标志性建筑！
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