How Did They Build That? (2021)

Season 2

Explores some of the most incredible feats of engineering and features architectural wonders from all over the world.

10 Episodes

  • Riverparks & Artworks
    E1
    Riverparks & ArtworksTraveling 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.
  • Swamps & Swagger
    E2
    Swamps & SwaggerEngineers 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
    E3
    Retrofits & Airport GlitzExperts 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.
  • Elevated & Elegant
    E4
    Elevated & ElegantSee the architectural secrets behind a Canadian school on stilts, a sports museum that traces Louisiana’s history and an opulent train station in Belgium.
  • Skywalks & Suspension
    E5
    Skywalks & SuspensionA 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.
  • Upside Down & Under Sea
    E6
    Upside Down & Under SeaThe 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.
  • Steep & Stunning
    E7
    Steep & StunningExperts 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.
  • Breakthroughs and Bridges
    E8
    Breakthroughs and BridgesWe visit London’s Gherkin, Seattles’s Evergreen Point floating bridge and Lyon’s Mysee des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
  • Mirrors and Marble
    E9
    Mirrors and MarbleWe visit 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
    E10
    Radical & ResplendantA look at the design and engineering stories behind DC’s Museum of African American History, the Montreal tower and the Equinor building in Oslo

Cast of Season 2

  • Jay EllisSelf - Host

 

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