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How Did They Build That?

2021

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Fantastic & Futuristic Aug 18, 2024

A sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center is beset by challenges. Then, Amsterdam gains a striking building inspired by a mountain valley, and a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff.
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EP2 Jungles & Bricks Aug 25, 2024

A gravity defying university building in Sydney, Australia, is clad in 320,000 bricks. Engineers grapple with making an angular arts center tornado proof in Oklahoma. And a plant-filled office building.
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EP3 Canyons & Curves Sep 01, 2024

Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon. The iconic Gateway Arch takes shape in St Louis, Missouri. And an unpromising plot in Copenhagen is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office building.
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EP4 Parking & Sparkling Sep 08, 2024

A dazzling new 1400 foot tapering skyscraper is built right next to New York's Grand Central. A curving wine museum requires ingenious engineering in Bordeaux, France. And possibly the world's most glamorous parking garage.
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EP5 Heights & Balance Sep 15, 2024

A 1.2 million square foot office building balances precariously on a 39 foot wide base in Chicago. A building named Pterodactyl lands on top of a Los Angeles parking garage. And the world's longest suspension footbridge is constructed in Czechia.
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EP6 Tricks & Trains Sep 22, 2024

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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EP7 Floating & Lifting Sep 29, 2024

Architects and engineers build an eco-friendly convention center on Vancouver's waterfront, a lift bridge in Bordeaux and a cocoon-shaped skyscraper in Tokyo each with unique challenges like marine habitats and massive spans.
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EP8 Subways & Sightlines Oct 06, 2024

A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago. Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.
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EP9 Curved & Cables Oct 13, 2024

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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EP10 Boxes & Birds Oct 20, 2024

The American Museum of Natural History gets a cave-like extension; Boston University gains a tower.
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Released: 03 January 2021 Returning Series
Producted By: Curve Media
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Official Website: https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/how-did-they-build-that
Synopsis

An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.

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Jay Ellis

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Curve Media

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