How Did They Build That?

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  E1Reborn Buildings & Sacred Grounds

  Jul 27, 2026· 44m

  In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery.

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  E2Earthquakes & Exoskeletons

  Aug 3, 2026· 44m

  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

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  E3Cable Cars & Rooftop Parks

  Aug 10, 2026· 44m

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

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  E4Tunnels & Towers

  Aug 17, 2026· 44m

  In Chicago, twin concrete towers push the limits of high-rise design. Engineers conquer the sea to unite Sweden and Denmark. And in Sydney, Norman Foster and team take on the challenge of a new metro station that can't disrupt the busy streets above.

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  E5Canals & Curves

  Aug 24, 2026· 44m

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

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  E6Twists & Turns

  Aug 31, 2026· 44m

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

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  E7Summits & Spires

  Sep 14, 2026· 44m

  Zaha Hadid cuts the top off a mountain and builds a museum inside. A Vancouver tower rises clean over a 115-year-old church. And starchitect Santiago Calatrava spans 7 live railway tracks with a column-free glass and steel station.

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  E8Wings & Waterlines

  Sep 21, 2026· 44m

  Lord Foster's five-winged steel towers cool Abu Dhabi's national museum naturally. Robots 3D-print a steel bridge in Amsterdam & a concrete tower in Switzerland. And in Sydney, engineers pump out the harbour to build a fish market.

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  E9Space Homes & Glass Waves

  Sep 28, 2026· 44m

  NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat rehearses human life on the red planet. Seoul's historic city hall gains a 13-story glass wave. And in Dallas, 68,000 square feet of concrete galleries balance on legs that want to splay open under their weight.

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  E10Sculptures & SkyscrapersFinale

  Oct 5, 2026· 44m

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  E1Space Stations & Super Inventions

  Jul 27, 2025· 45m

  Lives are on the line creating the International Space Station, a scientific marvel a decade in the making, that changes the way we look at the world.

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  E2Medals & Marinas

  Aug 3, 2025· 45m

  A floating museum honors military heroes in Texas. A sky-park casino balances on six towers. And an office is carved out to protect NYC's High Line.

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  E3Speedcore & Steambend

  Aug 10, 2025· 45m

  A railway-spanning library mimics the clouds. A speed-core skyscraper is built in record time. And a world first bridge inspired by a child's toy.

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  E4High Waters & Harsh Winds

  Aug 17, 2025· 45m

  Apartments hanging 164 feet above the water defy gravity in Amsterdam. A trio of towers shimmer on Chicago's skyline, and museum design is revolutionized in Paris.

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  E5Ecobuilds & Earthquakes

  Aug 24, 2025· 45m

  An airport gets a 9 acre roof without stopping flights. A museum is buried in the desert to keep it cool. And building San Fran's most hated tower.

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  E6Shipyards & Slender Builds

  Sep 7, 2025· 45m

  A 284ft timber tower tests fire safety limits. An old crane tracks is reborn as sleek glass offices. And 28 apartments are stacked on a 21ft plot.

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  E7Summit & Submerge

  Sep 14, 2025· 45m

  A mountain-top centre defies extreme altitude. A stunning museum is sunk into an old dock. And a 600ft tower with floating gardens rises in Singapore.

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  E8Facelifts & Scaffolds

  Sep 21, 2025· 45m

  A museum bends 1,100 glass tubes into a bold facade. A vast atrium rises where the Berlin Wall fell, and a NJ bridge is raised 65ft for huge tankers.

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  E9Super Stadiums & Extraordinary Elevators

  Sep 28, 2025· 45m

  A 70,000 seat stadium defies seismic forces in LA. Malta's 33 story tower twists around old vaults. And an 807ft elevator test tower spirals skywards.

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  E10Floating Parks & Upcycled TowersFinale

  Oct 5, 2025· 45m

  San Francisco's MOMA dramatically triples in size. A skyscraper transforms by smart demolition. And 5 acres of parkland floats above Dallas traffic.

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  E1Fantastic & Futuristic

  Aug 18, 2024· 43m

  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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  E2Jungles & Bricks

  Aug 25, 2024· 43m

  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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  E3Canyons & Curves

  Sep 1, 2024· 45m

  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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  E4Parking & Sparkling

  Sep 8, 2024· 45m

  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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  E5Heights & Balance

  Sep 15, 2024· 45m

  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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  E6Tricks & Trains

  Sep 22, 2024· 45m

  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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  E7Floating & Lifting

  Sep 29, 2024· 45m

  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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  E8Subways & Sightlines

  Oct 6, 2024· 45m

  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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  E9Curved & Cables

  Oct 13, 2024· 45m

  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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  E10Boxes & BirdsFinale

  Oct 20, 2024· 45m

  The American Museum of Natural History gets a cave-like extension; Boston University gains a tower.

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