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Alan Van Dine

Author of Uncommon Structures, Unconventional Builders

10 Works 173 Members 2 Reviews

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Works by Alan Van Dine

Uncommon Structures, Unconventional Builders (2001) 114 copies, 1 review

Unconventional builders (1977) 45 copies, 1 review

If Instead of Apes We Had Come from Grapes, We Wouldn't Just Yet Be Wine (2005) 4 copies

Can you imagine? 3 copies

Fateful Encounters: Fourteen of the World's Shortest Graphic Novels (2014) 2 copies

It All Starts With Dirt, Alcoa Update, 1996 Annual Report 1 copy

Don't Be an Apple 1 copy

Sarah Scaife Gallery, October 1974 (1974) 1 copy

The World's Most Remarkable Buildings and how They Came to Be (2001) 1 copy

The World's Most Remarkable Buildings and How They Came to Be 1 copy

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Gender: male
Occupations: magazine writer
reporter
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Associated Place (for map): Pennsylvania, USA

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Uncommon Structures, Unconventional Builders by Alan Van Dine

https://archidose.blogspot.com/2005/01/book-review-uncommon-structures.html

Thecadcollege 496 reviews

Unconventional Builders by Alan Van Dine

Discusses seventeen examples of unusual construction throughout history, including the Tower of Babel, the Globe Theater, igloos, log cabins, the Great Wall of China, and a lost city of the Incas.

Jul 28, 2025English (UK)

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Works: 10
Members: 173
Popularity: #123,687
Rating: 4.1

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 6

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