How Did They Build That?

Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.
202210 episodesTV-G
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Riverparks & Artworks
    July 9, 2022
    44min
    TV-G
    We travel to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art, and La Tête Carrée and reveal how they were built.
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  2. S2 E2 - Swamps & Swagger
    July 16, 2022
    44min
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    From swampland in Florida to a city in northern Spain, see how awe-inspiring buildings are popping up everywhere!
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  3. S2 E3 - Retrofits & Airport Glitz
    July 23, 2022
    44min
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    We travel the globe to visit remarkable structures, including New York's Hearst Tower, Florida's Dali Museum, and Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport.
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  4. S2 E4 - Elevated & Elegant
    July 30, 2022
    44min
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    We travel from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum, and railway station and reveal how they were built.
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  5. S2 E5 - Skywalks & Suspensions
    August 6, 2022
    44min
    ALL
    We uncover the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the award-winning Audain Museum, and more.
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  6. S2 E6 - Upside Down & Undersea
    August 13, 2022
    44min
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    We visit the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant, and the Seattle Central Library to discover how these visionary buildings were created.
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  7. S2 E7 - Steep & Stunning
    August 20, 2022
    44min
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    We travel the globe to learn the engineering secrets behind the world's steepest mountain railway, a remodeled 145-year-old museum, and a futuristic condo.
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  8. S2 E8 - Breakthroughs & Bridges
    August 27, 2022
    44min
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    We visit London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
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  9. S2 E9 - Mirrors & Marble
    September 3, 2022
    44min
    TV-G
    We visit Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House, and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
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  10. S2 E10 - Radical & Resplendent
    September 3, 2022
    44min
    TV-G
    A look at the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower, and the Equinor building in Oslo.
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