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How Did They Build That?

2021

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Riverparks & Artworks Jul 10, 2022

Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée and revealing how they were built.
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EP2 Swamps & Swagger Jul 17, 2022

Engineers explain the constructions of architect Santiago Calatrava's university building in Florida, architect Frank Gehry's museum in Spain, and cultural center The Shed in New York City.
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EP3 Retrofits & Airport Glitz Jul 24, 2022

Experts explain the engineering behind the creation of architect Norman Foster's Hearst Tower in NYC, Jewel Changi airport in Singapore, and architect Yann Weymouth's Dali Museum in Florida.
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EP4 Elevated & Elegant Jul 31, 2022

See the architectural secrets behind a Canadian school on stilts, a sports museum that traces Louisiana’s history and an opulent train station in Belgium.
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EP5 Skywalks & Suspension Aug 07, 2022

A glass bridge arcing over the Grand Canyon, the weather-resistant Audain Art Museum in Whistler, Canada, and Zaha Hadid's university library in Vienna are explored.
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EP6 Upside Down & Under Sea Aug 14, 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.
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EP7 Steep & Stunning Aug 21, 2022

Experts explain how engineers built the world's steepest funicular railway in the Swiss Alps and how construction of Zaha Hadid's residential high-rise in Miami overcame a hurricane.
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EP8 Breakthroughs and Bridges Aug 28, 2022

We visit London’s Gherkin, Seattles’s Evergreen Point floating bridge and Lyon’s Mysee des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
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EP9 Mirrors and Marble Sep 04, 2022

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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EP10 Radical & Resplendant Sep 18, 2022

A look at the design and engineering stories behind DC’s Museum of African American History, the Montreal tower and the Equinor building in Oslo
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Released: 03 January 2021 Returning Series
Producted By: Curve Media
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Official Website: https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/how-did-they-build-that
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An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.

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