An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.
Showing Season 2 of 3
Season 2
2022
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01. Riverparks & Artworks
2022-07-10
Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée and revealing how they were built.
02. Swamps & Swagger
2022-07-17
Engineers explain the constructions of architect Santiago Calatrava's university building in Florida, architect Frank Gehry's museum in Spain, and cultural center The Shed in New York City.
03. Retrofits & Airport Glitz
2022-07-24
Experts explain the engineering behind the creation of architect Norman Foster's Hearst Tower in NYC, Jewel Changi airport in Singapore, and architect Yann Weymouth's Dali Museum in Florida.
04. Elevated & Elegant
2022-07-31
See the architectural secrets behind a Canadian school on stilts, a sports museum that traces Louisiana’s history and an opulent train station in Belgium.
05. Skywalks & Suspension
2022-08-07
A glass bridge arcing over the Grand Canyon, the weather-resistant Audain Art Museum in Whistler, Canada, and Zaha Hadid's university library in Vienna are explored.
06. Upside Down & Under Sea
2022-08-14
The innovative designs of the gravity-defying Vancouver House, the subaquatic Under restaurant and the cantilevered Seattle Central Library challenged engineers to think outside the box.
07. Steep & Stunning
2022-08-21
Experts explain how engineers built the world's steepest funicular railway in the Swiss Alps and how construction of Zaha Hadid's residential high-rise in Miami overcame a hurricane.
08. Breakthroughs and Bridges
2022-08-28
We visit London’s Gherkin, Seattles’s Evergreen Point floating bridge and Lyon’s Mysee des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
09. Mirrors and Marble
2022-09-04
We visit Australia’s One Central Park, The Oslo Opera house and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
10. Radical & Resplendant
2022-09-18
A look at the design and engineering stories behind DC’s Museum of African American History, the Montreal tower and the Equinor building in Oslo
