An exploration of how some of the world's biggest man-made structures were built.
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- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes aired
- 45
- Latest aired
- S05E06
- Total runtime
- 1d 9h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 2021 – February 2021 8 episodes
- Season 2 July 2022 – September 2022 10 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 11 months
- Season 3 August 2024 – October 2024 10 episodes
- Season 4 July 2025 – October 2025 10 episodes
- Season 5 July 2026 – September 2026 7 episodes
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S02E01 Riverparks & Artworks
July 10 · 42min find the promo
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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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S02E02 Swamps & Swagger
July 17 · 42min find the promo
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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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S02E03 Retrofits & Airport Glitz
July 24 · 42min find the promo
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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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S02E04 Elevated & Elegant
July 31 · 42min find the promo
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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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S02E05 Skywalks & Suspension
August 7 · 42min find the promo
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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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S02E06 Upside Down & Under Sea
August 14 · 45min find the promo
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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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S02E07 Steep & Stunning
August 21 · 45min find the promo
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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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S02E08 Breakthroughs and Bridges
August 28 · 45min find the promo
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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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S02E09 Mirrors and Marble
September 4 · 45min find the promo
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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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S02E10 Radical & Resplendant
September 18 · 45min find the promo
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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