The joke, especially among students, is that engineering students are boring, straightforward, and uncreative. But Tony Murray’s book, Megastructures and Masterminds (Tafelberg), proves that construction projects can be imaginative and inspirational. He spoke to me about why he wrote and ...

“In the annals of history, when a great suffering is overcome or a triumph is realized, it has been necessary to build a monument as a point of remembrance. For each time, we lift our gaze upon such altars, we ...