Building big domes

Macaulay, David. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit. (Added Author).

Summary: Discover the innovative technque that ancient builders used in Constantinople to build the dome of the great church Hagia Sophia on a square base. View amazing archival photos that detail the painstaking, groundbreaking evolution of the Washington, DC's Capitol Dome. See why the former owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus created the revolutionary Huston Astrodome. Meet engineeering cult figure Buckminster Fuller, and see how his interlocking triangle design became the controversial geodesic dome.

Record details

ISBN: 1593752105 :
Physical Description: videorecording
videorecording
videocassette
1 videodisc (66 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segments : 4 3/4 in. DVD
Publisher: South Burlington, Vt. : WGBH Boston Video, c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from case Originally broadcast on PBS television.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer/director, Larry Klein; writers, Larry Klein and Mark Olshaker; editor, Sam Green.
Participant or Performer Note:	Host, David Macaulay.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.