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An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.

An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.

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S4, EP9 "Super Stadiums & Extraordinary Elevators"

Examine the sightlines in Los Angeles's SoFi Stadium, which sits right in the flight path of LAX; celebrate the ingenuity of the inexperienced crew that built a monumental skyscraper in Malta; visit a forest tower designed for testing elevators.

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S4, EP8 "Facelifts & Scaffolds"

A museum building bends 1,100-glass tubes to form a facade and tunnels below the water table; a vast 11-storey glass atrium HQ is built on the former Berlin Wall site to represent unity.

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Building an eco-friendly visitor center in the permafrost on Colorado's Pikes Peak tests the team. A museum is constructed in a disused dry dock that's in danger of collapse.

Exploring the engineering and architectural masterpieces like The Copper in Manhattan to Gardens By the Bay in Singapore.
Original Air Date: Jan 3, 2021
Rating: TVG
Playback: HD
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