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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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S2, EP6 "Upside Down & Under Sea"

Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant and the Seattle Central Library to discover how these visionary buildings were created.

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S2, EP1 "Riverparks & Artworks"

Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée; the secrets to how they were built are revealed.

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S1, EP2 "Towers & Roofs"

A Manhattan high-rise; an Athens cultural center; a Singapore university.

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S3, EP6 "Tricks & Trains"

A new Olympic and Paralympic museum tests engineers with its trailblazing accessible design. A dazzling curved glass skyscraper battles gravity in Milan. And a student center built under a noisy railroad.

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S5, EP7 "Summits & Spires"

Zaha Hadid cuts the top off a mountain and builds a museum inside. A Vancouver tower rises clean over a 115-year-old church. And starchitect Santiago Calatrava spans 7 live railway tracks with a column-free glass and steel station.

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S5, EP6 "Twists & Turns"

Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.

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S5, EP5 "Canals & Curves"

Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.

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S5, EP4 "Tunnels & Towers"

In Chicago, twin concrete towers push the limits of high-rise design. Engineers conquer the sea to unite Sweden and Denmark. And in Sydney, Norman Foster and team take on the challenge of a new metro station that can't disrupt the busy streets above.

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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