Editing David Macaulay (section)

===Literature===
Macaulay is the author of several books on architecture and design. His first book, ''[[Cathedral (children's book)|Cathedral]]'' (1973), was a history, extensively illustrated with [[Ballpoint pen artwork|pen-and-ink drawings]], of the construction of a fictitious but representative [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] cathedral. This was followed by a series of books of the same type: ''City'' (1974), on the construction of Verbonia, a fictitious but typical [[Ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] city; ''Pyramid'' (1975), a collection of diagrams and sketches illustrating the construction process of the [[pyramid]] monuments to the Egyptian [[Pharaoh]]s;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-macaulay/pyramid/|website=www.kirkusreviews.com |title=Pyramid |date=1 September 1975 |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |access-date=19 April 2015 }}</ref> [[Castle (Macaulay book)|''Castle'']] (1977), on the construction of Aberwyvern castle, a fictitious but typical [[medieval]] [[castle]]; ''Mill'' (1983), on the evolution of [[New England]] mills; and ''Mosque'' (2003), which depicts the design and construction of an [[Ottoman architecture|Ottoman]]-style [[Mosque|masjid]]. The [[September 11 attacks]] motivated Macaulay to create ''Mosque'' to show how the traditions of major religions have more in common than they have dividing them.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Liane |title=Macaulay Returns to Sacred Space with 'Mosque' |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1497354?storyId=1497354 |website=NPR.org |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |language=en |date=9 November 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720135941/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1497354%3FstoryId%3D1497354 |archive-date=20 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Cathedral'', ''City'', ''Pyramid'', ''Castle'', and ''Mill'' were later adapted into documentaries with animated period drama segments produced by Unicorn Productions, each of which aired sporadically on [[PBS]] from 1983 to 1994.<ref name="Hudson" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Unger |first1=Arthur |title=The wonder and meaning of castles are brought to PBS |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0930/093000.html |via=csmonitor.com |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |date=30 September 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=David Macaulay DVD Combo: Pyramid + Castle + Mill Times + City + Cathedral DVDs |url=https://shop.pbs.org/david-macaulay-dvd-combo-pyramid-castle-mill-times-city-cathedral-dvds-4pk-save-25-av-item/product/MACC753 |website=shop.pbs.org |publisher=[[PBS]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135918/https://shop.pbs.org/david-macaulay-dvd-combo-pyramid-castle-mill-times-city-cathedral-dvds-4pk-save-25-av-item/product/MACC753 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Winfrey |first1=Lee |title='Pyramid' Is A Towering Flight Of Imagination |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/04/pyramid-is-a-towering-flight-of-imagination/ |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |language=en |date=4 January 1989}}</ref>

Other books in the series are ''Underground'' (1976), which describes the building foundations and support structures (like water and [[sanitary sewer|sewer]] pipes) that underlie a typical city intersection,<ref>{{cite web |title=Order Underground, ISBN 0395340659 {{!}} HMH |url=https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Underground/9780395340653 |website=www.hmhco.com |access-date=9 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and ''Unbuilding'' (1980), which describes the hypothetical dismantling of the [[Empire State Building]] in preparation for re-erection in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ceceri |first1=Kathy |title=Remembering the Twin Towers: Two Movies for Kids and Adults |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/09/remembering-the-twin-towers-two-movies-for-kids-and-adults/ |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |date=12 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Order Unbuilding, ISBN 0395454255 {{!}} HMH |url=https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Unbuilding/9780395454251 |website=www.hmhco.com |access-date=9 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Macaulay authored a children's book, ''[[The Way Things Work]]'' (1988, text by [[Neil Ardley]]). This was expanded and re-released as ''The New Way Things Work'' (1998) and ''The Way Things Work Now'' (2016).<ref name="NCCIL" /> ''The Way Things Work'' is his most commercially successful series and served as the basis for a short-lived educational [[The Way Things Work (TV Series)|television program]].

His books often display a whimsical humor. Illustrations in ''The Way Things Work'' depict [[caveman|cave people]] and [[woolly mammoth]]s operating giant-sized versions of the devices he is explaining.<ref name="Slate" /> ''Motel of the Mysteries'', written in 1979 after the [[Tutankhamun#Exhibitions|1976–1979 exhibition]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-17|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Tutankhamun#Exhibitions|reason= The anchor (Exhibitions) [[Special:Diff/620375515|has been deleted]].|diff_id=620375515}} of the [[Tutankhamun]] relics in the U.S., concerns the discovery by future archaeologists of an American [[motel]] and their ingenious interpretation of the building and its contents as a funerary and temple complex.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Alyssa |title=In 'Motel of the Mysteries' America falls — and it doesn't actually matter |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/07/15/in-motel-of-the-mysteries-america-falls-and-it-doesnt-actually-matter/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |date=15 July 2016}}</ref> ''Baaa'' is set after the human race has somehow gone extinct. Sheep discover artifacts of lost human civilization and attempt to rebuild it. However, the new sheep-inhabited world develops the same side effects of economic disparity, crime, and war.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Viorst |first1=Judith |title=CHILDREN'S BOOKS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/01/books/children-s-books-184708.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |language=en |date=1 December 1985}}</ref> Macaulay considers [[Black box|concealing technology's inner mechanics]] as a growing problem for society, and aims to fight this trend with his work.<ref name="Seven Days" /><ref name="Slate">{{cite web |last1=Onion |first1=Rebecca |title=Curiosity in the Face of Immensity |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2016/10/the_way_things_work_now_review_and_interview_with_david_macaulay.html |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=9 June 2018 |date=4 October 2016}}</ref>

Researching his book ''The Way We Work'', Macaulay took years talking and studying with doctors and researchers, attending medical procedures, and laboriously sketching and drawing.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Conversation with David Macaulay |url=http://hmhbooks.com/davidmacaulay/qanda.html |website=hmhbooks.com |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |access-date=9 June 2018 |archive-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615121413/http://hmhbooks.com/davidmacaulay/qanda.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He worked with medical professionals like Lois Smith, a professor at Harvard University and researcher at Children's Hospital Boston, and medical writer Richard Walker to ensure the accuracy of both his words and his illustrations.<ref name="telegram" /> Anne Gilroy, a clinical anatomist in the departments of surgery and [[cell biology]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Medical School]], consulted on the book. She said of Macaulay, "His remarkable curiosity and meticulous research led him into some of the most complicated facets of the human body yet he tells this story with simplicity, ingenuity and humor."<ref name="HM" />