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How Did They Build That? Season 3 Episodes

10 Episodes 2024 - 2024

Episode 1

Fantastic & Futuristic

Sun, Aug 18, 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.

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Episode 2

Jungles & Bricks

Sun, Aug 25, 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.

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Episode 3

Canyons & Curves

Sun, Sep 1, 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.

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Episode 4

Parking & Sparkling

Sun, Sep 8, 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 takes shape in Miami.

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Episode 5

Heights & Balance

Sun, Sep 15, 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.

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Episode 6

Tricks & Trains

Sun, Sep 22, 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.

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Episode 7

Floating & Lifting

Sun, Sep 29, 2024

A pioneering eco-friendly building with a six-acre green roof welcomes wildlife in Vancouver. Bordeaux gains a bridge whose 2750 ton central span lifts 160 feet in the air. And a cocoon-shaped, earthquake proof skyscraper emerges in Tokyo.

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Episode 8

Subways & Sightlines

Sun, Oct 6, 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.

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Episode 9

Curved & Cables

Sun, Oct 13, 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.

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Episode 10

Boxes & Birds

Sun, Oct 20, 2024

A museum inspired by natural caves and canyons is built using industrial techniques. An arts center inspired by migrating birds lands in the center of a lake in China. And Boston University gains a fossil free, Jenga-tower-like university building.

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