Skyscrapers: Engineering the Future

Skyscrapers: Engineering the Future

Ended First aired 24/Apr/2019 English 1 season(s) 6 episode(s)
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A spotlight on ambitious plans that cities are undertaking to transform their skylines with massive skyscrapers.
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Season 1 · Season 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 24/Apr/2019
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S1E6
World's Tallest Buildings
Air date: 29/May/2019 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Dubai's Burj Khalifa is over 2,700 feet high and the tallest building in the world, and as engineers race to top this record-setting height with cutting-edge tech, a new 3,200-foot-tall building in Saudi Arabia is poised to take the crown.

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Dubai's Burj Khalifa is over 2,700 feet high and the tallest building in the world, and as engineers race to top this record-setting height with cutting-edge tech, a new 3,200-foot-tall building in Saudi Arabia is poised to take the crown.

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Cities in the Sky
Air date: 22/May/2019 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Today's greatest skyscrapers use cutting-edge tech to build sky-high micro-cities within their walls, and these innovative mega-builds are becoming the new engineering icons in Chicago, Dubai, Beijing, and other twenty-first century metropolises.

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Today's greatest skyscrapers use cutting-edge tech to build sky-high micro-cities within their walls, and these innovative mega-builds are becoming the new engineering icons in Chicago, Dubai, Beijing, and other twenty-first century metropolises.

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The New Colossus
Air date: 15/May/2019 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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The rise of colossal towers across the planet coincided with the surge of cutting-edge design, but just as these monoliths began breaking world records, new threats were on the horizon.

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The rise of colossal towers across the planet coincided with the surge of cutting-edge design, but just as these monoliths began breaking world records, new threats were on the horizon.

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Rise of the American Titans
Air date: 08/May/2019 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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The World Trade Center and Sears Tower were record-setting skyscrapers made possible by cutting-edge engineering innovations, but just as these American icons set new standards in construction, dark and insidious forces were poised to undo it all.

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The World Trade Center and Sears Tower were record-setting skyscrapers made possible by cutting-edge engineering innovations, but just as these American icons set new standards in construction, dark and insidious forces were poised to undo it all.

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New York's Greatest
Air date: 01/May/2019 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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The world's most iconic buildings were built in the heydey of the American century, and as New York became the capital for these innovative new skyscrapers, experts used cutting-edge tech to push engineering to new heights.

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The world's most iconic buildings were built in the heydey of the American century, and as New York became the capital for these innovative new skyscrapers, experts used cutting-edge tech to push engineering to new heights.

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American-Made Marvels
Air date: 24/Apr/2019 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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The rise of the skyscraper coincided with the rise of America as a global superpower, and experts reveal how expert engineering and cutting-edge technology helped power humankind's race to conquer the sky.

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The rise of the skyscraper coincided with the rise of America as a global superpower, and experts reveal how expert engineering and cutting-edge technology helped power humankind's race to conquer the sky.

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