How Did They Build That? - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Riverparks & Artworks
Visiting the Hearst Tower in New York City, a 56,000-square-foot private museum named the Audain Museum in Vancouver, and Library Learning Centre in Vienna to learn about how they were built.
Swamps & Swagger
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.
Retrofits & Airport Glitz
Visiting the Hearst Tower in Manhattan and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to understand how they were built; covering how designers and engineers attempt to create a museum worthy of Salvador Dali in Florida.
Elevated & Elegant
Travelling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum, and railway station as well as revealing how they were all built.
Skywalks & Suspensions
Uncovering the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the award-winning Audain Museum located in Whistler, British Columbia, and more.
Upside Down & Under Sea
Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant, and the 11-story glass and steel Seattle Central Library in order to discover how these particular visionary buildings were created.
Steep & Stunning
Travelling the globe to learn the engineering secrets behind various designs, such as the world's steepest mountain railway, a remodelled 145-year-old museum, and a futuristic condo.
Breakthroughs & Bridges
Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
Mirrors & Marble
Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House, and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
Radical & Resplendant
A look at the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower which is the tallest inclined structure in the world, and the Equinor building in Oslo.
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