How Did They Build That? (2021)

Épisode 1 - Cantilevers & Lifts

3 janvier 2021 - 5/5

Span the globe as we examine the stories behind mind-boggling buildings and lifts in Manhattan, Paris, and Zhangjiajie.

Épisode 2 - Towers & Roofs

10 janvier 2021 - 5/5

Travel from Manhattan to Athens to Singapore as we examine incredible structures that pushed engineers to their limits.

Épisode 3 - Biomes & Rebuilds

17 janvier 2021 - 5/5

From a logistical railway nightmare to an indoor tropical dreamscape, watch engineers and builders complete the impossible.

Épisode 4 - Viaducts & Hotels

24 janvier 2021 - 5/5

Travel to a French valley, a Shanghai quarry, and the middle of Milan and witness architectural and engineering wonders.

Épisode 5 - Supertalls & Firehouses

31 janvier 2021 - 5/5

Watch architectural and engineering minds defy gravity and create artistic wonders in Belgium, Scotland, and Manhattan.

Épisode 6 - Arches & Opera Houses

14 février 2021 - 5/5

Take a trip to Rotterdam, Guangzhou, and London and witness astounding feats of design and engineering.

Épisode 7 - Sky Gardens & Seismic Stations

21 février 2021 - 5/5

Witness a garden in the sky, a pier in the clouds, and a railway station that laughs in the face of natural disasters.

Épisode 8 - Arctic Modules & Auditoria

28 février 2021 - 5/5

Travel to Antarctica, Scotland, and the Canary Islands and witness wonders of engineering and design.

Épisode 1 - Riverparks & Artworks

10 juillet 2022

Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tete Carree and revealing how they were built.

Épisode 2 - Swamps & Swagger

17 juillet 2022

Épisode 3 - Retrofits & Airport Glitz

24 juillet 2022

Épisode 4 - Elevated & Elegant

31 juillet 2022

Épisode 5 - Skywalks & Suspensions

7 août 2022

Épisode 6 - Upside Down & Under Sea

14 août 2022

The innovative designs of the gravity-defying Vancouver House, the subaquatic Under restaurant and the cantilevered Seattle Central Library challenged engineers to think outside the box.

Épisode 7 - Steep & Stunning

21 août 2022

Épisode 8 - Breakthroughs & Bridges

28 août 2022

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

Épisode 9 - Mirrors & Marble

4 septembre 2022

Épisode 10 - Radical & Resplendant

4 septembre 2022

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

Épisode 1 - Fantastic & Futuristic

18 août 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.

Épisode 2 - Jungles & Bricks

25 août 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.

Épisode 3 - Canyons & Curves

2 septembre 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.

Épisode 4 - Parking & Sparkling

8 septembre 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.

Épisode 5 - Heights & Balance

15 septembre 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.

Épisode 6 - Tricks & Trains

22 septembre 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 deploys inventive acoustic engineering.

Épisode 7 - Floating & Lifting

29 septembre 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, massive spans, and earthquake resistance.

Épisode 8 - Subways & Sightlines

6 octobre 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. And Tokyo’s tallest tower requires extreme earthquake-proof engineering.

Épisode 9 - Curved & Cables

13 octobre 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. And a Miami museum gains a 4.5 million gallon shark tank, with a 31 foot wide viewing window.

Épisode 10 - Boxes & Birds

20 octobre 2024

The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a mind blowing 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.

Épisode 1 - Space Stations and Super

27 juillet 2025

Learn how astronauts constructed the International Space Station while circling the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour; look at the meteorproof ship's power source and unique water-recycling technology; discover why it almost wasn't built at all.

Épisode 2 - Medals & Marinas

3 août 2025

Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; travelling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.

Épisode 3 - Speedcore & Steambend

10 août 2025

Peek inside a cloud-inspired library in Canada that's built over a live railway; see how clever engineering helped a huge Seattle skyscraper go up without harming its iconic neighbour, then cross an Australian bridge that floats above a busy river.

Épisode 4 - Episode 4

17 août 2025

Defy gravity in an Amsterdam high-rise that hangs 164 feet above the water; marvel at three interconnected towers in Chicago that have a road running through them; examine the revolutionary framework of Paris' controversial Pompidou Centre.