Agrawal is a rarity: a female structural engineer in an adamantly male profession. A self-proclaimed 'geek,' she shares her discoveries far above and below ground... She will inspire young women who are considering a career in engineering.

New York Times Book Review

Roma Agrawal's Built . . . aims to show us how things work in a world of structures we largely take for granted . . . her book infects us with the passion she feels for what she does . . . [and] conveys insight into the built environment in an unusually accessible style-the kind of insight that will help lay readers look differently at the world around them.

Wall Street Journal

“A full-throated celebration of structural engineering . . . [Built] is globally inclusive, provides personal insight into the life and achievements of a broadly accomplished female structural engineer, and teaches key engineering concepts in an approachable and engaging way.”

Science Magazine

Makes engineering concepts easy to understand . . . [Agrawal] asks to reader to dream with her, look at the world before a problem is solved, then rejoice in the solution and all that it has meant to us as heirs of earlier genius. In short, she does the almost impossible; she makes engineering fun.

Manhattan Book Review

Interweaving science, history, illustrations, and personal stories, Built offers a simply fascinating and impressively informative history of architecture, a subject that makes up the foundation of our everyday lives.

Midwest Book Review

Roma makes the complex principles of structural engineering accessible to everyone with clear explanations and engaging illustrations. It has made me suddenly look at every building I pass by in a new way!

Ellen Stofan, former Chief Scientist at NASA