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Title Mega engineering : mile high skyscraper
Published 2010

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 WATERFT ART&ARCH  690 Sch/Mem  2010/02/23  AVAILABLE
Description 1 videodisc (DVD) (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary "Shanghai faces a double crisis: overpopulation and urban sprawl. The Chinese are running out of room no matter how fast they build, so the city may implode. Under this crushing growth, Shanghai's economy, the health of its people, and the city's stability all lie in the balance. The solution could be building up, not out. And that could mean constructing the planet's tallest tower - at one mile high, it will be the world's first moving, breathing building. But to build it, engineers will have to overcome incredible obstacles and revolutionise the way we construct skyscrapers. Cable-less elevators would have to be invented, farms that grow inside buildings would be engineered, and windows that breathe and think for themselves could be created." -- website
Notes Off-air recording of Discovery Channel broadcast February 23, 2010. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act
Available for Deakin University staff and students only
No rating given
DVD
Credits Executive producer: Chris Schmidt
Performer Narrator: Hasani Issa
Notes Title taken from website
Subject Skyscapers -- Design and construction -- China
Author Issa, Hasani
Schmidt, Chris
Discovery Channel (Firm)
Other Titles Mile high skyscraper [videorecording]