Ebook: Curious constructions: a peculiar portfolio of fifty fascinating structures

Curious about constructions' Inside this book, you'll come face-to-face with 50 incredible structures, including: a fire-breathing octopus sculpture; the skateboard ramp you'd need to jump the Great Wall of China; a whole community of tree houses in Costa Rica; and a lifesize X-Wing Starfighter built of Legos. These and many more fascinating accounts of constructions both fantastically useful and gloriously unnecessary await inquisitive readers, aspiring engineers, and anyone who ever looked at a skyscraper and thought, "Yeah, but what if it had a roller coaster on top'";Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; A Word from the Author; 1. Arecibo Observatory; 2. Berkut Oil Rig; 3. Biosphere 2; 4. Bob Burnquist's Mega Ramp; 5. Cathedral Termite Mounds; 6. Coney Island Parachute Jump; 7. Desert Breath; 8. Dyar Tunnels; 9. Eiffel Tower; 10. El Pulpo Mecanico; 11. Finca Bellavista; 12. Gateway Arch; 13. Grand Canyon Skywalk; 14. Grand Central Terminal; 15. Great Barrier Reef; 16. Great Pyramid of Khufu; 17. Great Wall of China; 18. Harbin Ice and Snow Sculptures; 19. Hudson-Athens Lighthouse; 20. International Space Station; 21. Ithaa Undersea Restaurant