Mega Builds

Ten Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World

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<p><b>Discover the incredible, fact-packed new book shining a light on the world's biggest engineering challenges, and what they tell us about our future.</b><br><br>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<br>A <i>NEW SCIENTIST</i> BEST NEW POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK OF 2026<br><br><b>'A ceaselessly uplifting and positive book.'</b> - Mark Cooper-Jones, author of <i>This Way Up</i> by the Map Men<br><br><b>'Reveals the feats shaping the 21st century.'</b> - Chris Broad, bestselling author of <i>Abroad in Japan</i><br><br>---<br><br><b>Modern engineering is rewriting the rulebook and revolutionising how we live.</b><br><br>In <i>Mega Builds</i>, Fred Mills - the founder of global construction platform The B1M - takes you inside ten of the most extraordinary engineering projects that are reshaping our modern world.<br><br>From a 170km-long smart city in Saudi Arabia, to Japan's levitating railway and France's bold quest for limitless energy, Mills delivers an eye-opening tour of the biggest engineering challenges set to change the world as we know it.<br><br>By the end of this book, you'll learn:</p><ul><li>Why the world's biggest city has been built in the worst place imaginable.</li><li>Where the vision of a single ruler in the desert is rewriting our understanding of what's possible.</li><li>What drives us to build ever-higher buildings and design ever-faster trains.</li><li>And above all, how the dizzying scale of human imagination will inform the future of the man-made world.</li></ul><p>Written in Fred's signature accessible style, <i>Mega Builds</i> demystifies the complexities while exploring the economic, environmental and societal stakes of building at unprecedented scale.<br><br>The trajectory of our civilisation is being authored today all around us, not in words on a page, but in steel and concrete.<br><br><b>Meet the projects and people set to transform our very experience of life on earth.</b><br><br>Praise for <i>Mega Builds:</i><br><br><b>'A</b> <b>fascinating explorat

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780753561614

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

239 x 158 x 35 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Ebury Publishing