One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building

Magnifique livre expliquant la construction de l’ensemble des buildings qui ont été construire autour du mémorial des deux tours.

Very detailed description of this iconic building, its concept, design and construction and also pays homage to the World Trade Centre that preceded it and to the memory of those who so tragically lost their lives in 9/11.

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I would give this book 10 stars if I could!WOW! From cover to cover, this book is spectacular. Everything about it is stellar. The writing is wonderful, with humor, pathos and precision. Dupre covers every aspect, from the difficult decisions in the original design (how to please all the various stakeholders and their individual desires) through all the milestones - visits by dignitaries, re-opening the transit center, benchmarks in construction, the final placement of the salvaged piece of wreckage from the original tower - to extensive and remarkable security features. All this interspersed with the most AWESOME-beyond-belief photographs.Some of the things that I liked best:...The timeline of construction, pages and pages of photos showing everything, the shoring up of the slurry wall (don't know what that is? read this book!), workers dangling a thousand feet up in the air, Queen Elizabeth leaving a wreath, the spire coming down the Hudson River on barges, workers signing the final piece of steel...it's all amazing and fascinating....The detailed explanations of the special features of One World Trade, including my personal favorite, the "chiller." (I'll explain that one - it's the set of humongous pipes that go throught the wall of the "bathtub" and exchange water from the Hudson River - 30,000 gallons/minute!). Plus the features that make this building a pioneer in secure construction....The attention paid to the WORKERS who made this building. Near the end, is a page of logos from the various unions whose workers devoted years of their lives to make this the incredible place that is is. The book is a beautiful testament their spirit and devotion.All Americans should own this book!

My 10-year-old nephew is very interested in architecture and in One World Trade Center. I bought this book for him as a Christmas gift and he LOVES it! Very nice illustrations, photos, and explanations are throughout the book. It would make an excellent coffee table book.