building

After the death of his wife, a young girl's grandfather loses interest in life until he observes volunteers building a home for Habitat for Humanity.

Simple text and photographs compare some of the structures that people build to those built by animals.

Essays and photographs describe how the war effort, a housing shortage, and urban planning changed the United States and the shape of the American dream.

Includes such topics as computer-aided design, new methods of building, new ways to use glass, green buildings, building for leisure and pleasure, floating worlds, and cities for the next century.

Dad's decision to solve the Patterson family's overcrowding problem by building an extension on their house brings both excitement and an unexpected problem.

Recounts the building of more than 80 structures throughout the world.

Illustrations and text provide information about seventeenth and eighteenth-century construction techniques and tools, discussing every aspect of home building, from choosing trees to finishing work.

Lego construction workers use various tools, heavy trucks, cranes, and other equipment to build a city.

Describes the tools and skills that construction workers need to build houses, bridges, and other structures.

Presents directions for constructing simple houses, bridges, and other structures from drinking straws. These projects illustrate fundamental engineering principles.