We work in them, walk over them, and drive through them: that skyscrapers withstand storms, bridges and tunnels resist traffic and gravity is not a given, but almost a miracle - thanks to the art of engineers. Roma Agrawal, who designed Western Europe's second tallest skyscraper, reveals the secrets of statics to us. On her richly illustrated journey through the history of buildings, Agrawal explains how materials revolutionized construction methods and why, for example, the most important achievement of the Roman Empire was the brick. The first popular non-fiction book about building, written by one of the leading engineers of our time.