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Build It and Be Immortalized

Posted by: Connie Chung
Thanks to: Connie Chung
10 July 2003 - 1:00pm

A special issue highlights master builders who shaped the built environment and changed the world.

The U.S. News and World Report special issue on master builders features 13 articles on figures such as Peter the Great, Imhotep, Frederick Law Olmsted, Robert Moses, and others, who mastered great architectural, engineering and planning feats against all odds, and left a legacy that attests to "humanity's restless quest to leave its indelible mark on the world." Other articles feature Panama Canal engineer George Washington Goethels, Gustave Eiffel, Frank Turner, Suger of St. Denis, Clifford Holland, Antonio Gaudi, John A. Roebling and the builders of Machu Picchu.

Full Story: Special Issue: Master Builders
Source: U.S. News And World Report, June 30, 2003
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