Bridges are not only a metaphor for the passage of ideas and opportunity. For hundreds of years, they have been efficiently connecting people, places and things that were once separated. So why not celebrate famously important bridges from around the world? Colorful pen and ink drawings chronologically immortalize those who designed, engineered, and built these architectural marvels. From Britain to Brazil, this great engineering adventure offers insight into the tedious steps taken to construct industrially innovating bridges.

2014 Pépite du livre d'art, 2017 USBBY Outstanding International Book List.

Didier Cornille is a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts du Mans in France.

France. Originally published in French as Tous les Ponts sont dans la Nature by Actes Sud in 2014. English translation by Yolanda Stern Broad published in the United States by Princeton Architectural Press in 2016.

In this latest addition to his popular Who Built That? series, Didier Cornille presents ten of the most important bridges in the world, from the Brooklyn to the Golden Gate; from the first in cast iron to the longest in concrete; from small footbridges to the tallest in the world. Cornille introduces each engineer or architect and the main concepts of their work through charming step-by-step drawings and accessible text. Who Built That? Bridges is a fun primer for children of all ages interested in learning about these incredible structures and the engineering and design concepts behind each one.