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

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

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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, EP2 "Medals & Marinas"

Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.

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S4, EP6 "Shipyards & Slender Builds"

A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia.

How Did They Build That?

S5, EP3 "Cables Cars & Rooftop Parks"

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

How Did They Build That?

S5, EP2 "Earthquakes & Exoskeletons"

Milwaukee commissions Calatrava to design a museum with 90-ton wings that take flight. Oslo tears down its national ski jump and rebuilds it for the World Championships. And in LA, a 235-foot tower is wrapped in steel bands to w.

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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