How Did They Build That?

Station:
Smithsonian Channel (US)

Status:
To Be Determined

Start:
2021-01-03

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Across the globe, radical architects, ingenious engineers, and skilled builders are creating structures so outrageous, they defy logic...and often even gravity. From a Manhattan skyscraper that looks like a Jenga tower to a Singapore glass dome big enough to house a mountain to a high rise in Italy with a built-in forest, we examine the world's most extraordinary buildings, bridges, and lifts, reveal their design secrets, and discover the incredible stories of their construction as we try to answer the question: How Did They Build That?

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S2E8 - Breakthroughs & Bridges

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

Air Date: 28 Aug 2022 19:00 (CDT)

S2E9 - Mirrors & Marble

Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House, and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.

Air Date: 04 Sep 2022 19:00 (CDT)

S2E10 - Radical & Resplendant

A look at the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower which is the tallest inclined structure in the world, and the Equinor building in Oslo.

Air Date: 04 Sep 2022 20:00 (CDT)