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Season 3 – How Did They Build That?

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Exploring the engineering and architectural masterpieces like The Copper in Manhattan to Gardens By the Bay in Singapore.

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How Did They Build That? — Season 3

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Kimberly S @RT07003452 11/19/2024 This was such a great episode. It's amazing to be invited into the process of creating such unique and beautiful structures. Everything from concept to creation to finished product. The Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center project is such an unexpected treasure for the Oklahoma landscape. Kudos to Rand Elliott, the Architect, and his team. WOW!! See more Read all reviews
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Scott Rummel

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 18, 2024 Fantastic & Futuristic Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 25, 2024 Jungles & Bricks Exploring the engineering and architectural masterpieces like The Copper in Manhattan to Gardens By the Bay in Singapore. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 1, 2024 303 Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 8, 2024 Parking & Sparkling 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. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 15, 2024 Heights & Balance 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; the world's longest suspension footbridge. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 22, 2024 Tricks & Trains 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. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 29, 2024 Floating & Lifting 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. Details Episode 8 Airs undefined Extreme Heights: Rope Access Repairs An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 6, 2024 Subways & Sightlines 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. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 13, 2024 Curved & Cables 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. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 20, 2024 Boxes & Birds The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower. Details

Season Info

Network
Smithsonian Channel
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 18, 2024