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A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City; two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario.

A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City; two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario.

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How Did They Build That?

S1, EP5 "Supertalls & Firehouses"

Alien port authority in Belgium; ultrathin skyscraper in Manhattan; hanging museum in Scotland.

How Did They Build That?

S3, EP9 "Curved & Cables"

A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City; two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario.

How Did They Build That?

S2, EP10 "Radical & Resplendent"

Exploring the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower and the Equinor building in Oslo.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP3 "Speedcore & Steambend"

Peek inside a cloud-inspired library in Canada that's built over a live railway; see how clever engineering helped a huge Seattle skyscraper go up without harming its iconic neighbour, then cross an Australian bridge that floats above a busy river.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP10 "Floating Parks & Upcycled Towers"

On inadequate foundations, San Francisco's MOMA triples in size creating an exterior light enough to prevent collapse; a 1970s Sydney skyscraper is recycled into a 21st century tower; in Dallas, a five acre park is created.

How Did They Build That?

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.

How Did They Build That?

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.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP7 " Summit & Submerge"

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
4 seasons available on demand
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