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s m i t h s o n i a n
MAN-MADE
WONDERS
OF THE WORLD
F O R E W O R D BY
DA N C RU I C KS H A N K
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
NORTH
AMERICA
CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA
08
10
EARTH AND TIMBER
12
BRICK AND STONE
13
IRON, STEEL, AND BEYOND
16
58
From Chaco Canyon in New Mexico
to the National Museum of African
American History and Culture
in Washington, D.C., including
features on Industrial and
Contemporary architectural styles
From Calakmul in Mexico
to Itaipu Dam on the border
of Paraguay and Brazil,
including a feature on
the architecture of
Pre-Columbian America
DK INDIA
Senior Editor
Dharini Ganesh
Editors
Aishvarya Misra, Priyanjali Narain
Assistant Editors
Aashirwad Jain, Ishita Jha
Managing Editor
Rohan Sinha
Picture Researcher
Deepak Negi
Picture Research Manager
Taiyaba Khatoon
Lead Senior Art Editor
Mahua Sharma
Senior Art Editor
Vaibhav Rastogi
Project Art Editor
Anjali Sachar
Art Editor
Sonali Sharma
Assistant Art Editor
Garima Agarwal
Managing Art Editor
Sudakshina Basu
DTP Designers
Nand Kishor Acharya,
Anita Yadav
Pre-production Manager
Balwant Singh Pankaj Sharma
DK LONDON
Senior Editor
Peter Frances
Editors
David Summers,
Hannah Westlake
US Editor
Kayla Dugger
Indexer
Helen Peters
Jacket Designer
Surabhi Wadhwa-Gandhi
Jacket Design Development Manager
Sophia MTT
Managing Editor
Angeles Gavira Guerrero
Associate Publisher
Liz Wheeler
Publishing Director
Jonathan Metcalf
Senior Art Editor
Sharon Spencer
Project Art Editor
Francis Wong
Senior Graphics Co-ordinator
Sharon Spencer
Illustrators
Phil Gamble, Mike Garland
Producer (Pre-production)
Rob Dunn
Senior Producer
Meskerem Berhane
Managing Art Editor
Michael Duffy
Art Director
Karen Self
Design Director
Phil Ormerod
COBALT ID
Editors
Marek Walisiewicz,
Johnny Murray, Iain Bowden
Picture Editor
Paul Reid
EUROPE
88
AFRICA
204
ASIA AND
AUSTRALASIA
From Newgrange in Ireland to
Metropol Parasol in Spain, including
features on Classical, Gothic,
Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo,
and Modernist architectural styles
From the Great Sphinx in Egypt
to the Afrikaans Language
Monument in South Africa,
including a feature on ancient
Egyptian architecture
236
From Göbekli Tepe in Turkey to
Tianjin Binhai Library in China,
including features on Early
Islamic, Chinese, Later Islamic,
and Japanese architectural styles
314
DIRECTORY OF
OTHER SITES
380
GLOSSARY
400
INDEX
414
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First American Edition, 2019
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Smithsonian
Established in 1846, the Smithsonian—the
world’s largest museum and research
complex—includes 19 museums and galleries
and the National Zoological Park. The total
number of artifacts, works of art, and
specimens in the Smithsonian’s collections
is estimated at 154 million, the bulk of
which is contained in the National Museum
of Natural History, which holds more than
126 million specimens and objects. The
Smithsonian is a renowned research center,
dedicated to public education, national
service, and scholarship in the arts, sciences,
and natural history.
Contributors
Simon Adams, Alexandra Black,
Thomas Cussans, Dr. Kay Celtel,
Reg Grant, Owen Hopkins, Andrew
Humphreys, Dr. Diana Loxley, Ellie
Stathaki, Marcus Weeks, Iain Zaczek
Consultants
Dr. Andrew Law, Professor Ola Uduku
Smithsonian
Consultants
Smithsonian’s Office of Planning, Design & Construction
Architectural History and Historic Preservation
Carly Bond
Historic Preservation Specialist
Sharon Park, FAIA
Associate Director for Architectural
History and Historic Preservation
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Half-title page: Lotus Temple, New Delhi
Title page: Hampi, India
Foreword: Leshan Giant Buddha, China

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