Unbuilding by David Macaulay alphabet cards Sedges of the Northern Forest

Sedges of the Northern Forest

is this year's closest approximation of Unbroken

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Unbuilding by David Macaulay alphabet cards Sedges of the Northern ForestThis fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished. "It is not a work of nonfiction but a work of fantasy, and not the story of the making of the skyscraper but the story of the unmaking of a very particular one, the Empire State Building . . . The exquisite drawing style that marked Mr. Macaulay's earlier works on architecture