18 Degrees: Capital Gate – Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi : : The Ultimate Diagrid / / Jeff Schofield, Pierre Martin Dufresne.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Dufresne, Pierre Martin,; Schofield, Jeff,
• MitwirkendeR: Betsky, Aaron,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; INHALT --; PREFACE --; THE SKYSCRAPER RECONSIDERED: THE COMPLEXITY OF SOARING --; URBAN PLANNING AND CONTEXT --; ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION --; STRUCTURAL INNOVATIONS --; FAÇADE INNOVATIONS --; CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES --; SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS --; INTERIOR DESIGN --; PROJECT DATA --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABOUT THE AUTHORS --; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783038210184; 9783110701005; 9783110482812; 9783110485103
• DOI: 10.1515/9783038210184
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jeff Schofield, Pierre Martin Dufresne.

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