Who Built That? Bridges: An Introduction to Ten Great Bridges and Their Designers - Hardcover

Didier Cornille is a designer, illustrator, and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Mans, France. He is the author of Who Bult That? Modern Houses and Who Built That? Skyscrpers.

"With charming illustrations and simple text, Cornille explains the engineering challenges of 10 famous bridges." - Entertainment Weekly

“With charming illustrations and simple text, Cornille explains the engineering challenges of 10 famous bridges.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Cornille’s clean, sparingly colored line drawings—which span long, rectangular pages befitting their subject matter—focus on important architectural and engineering elements, such as trestles and girders, while also drawing attention to scale.” —ScienceFriday.com

“Anecdotal details provide a sense of each structure’s cultural and practical significance—for example, during the inauguration of the Brooklyn Bridge, circus elephants were paraded across to demonstrate its sturdiness. Brief profiles of the bridges’ designers and discussions of other notable bridges round out a meticulously illustrated, thoroughly explained study of bridge-making.” —Publishers Weekly

“An astounding array of technical marvels.... Readers will not only understand how bridges are constructed but also gain a deeper appreciation of the individual components that make their construction possible. Ample white space and precise drawings are enlivened with bright splashes of color, and the unusual dimensions of the book allow the bridges to be seen in their entirety on one wide page.” —Booklist

“A work of beauty and a conveyance into human ingenuity.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review