Impossible Builds
Learn about the creation of some of the world’s most ambitious and technologically advanced buildings. From subaquatic homes to futuristic towers and pencil thin skyscrapers, see how these previously impossible structures are taking shape.
- 2018-2021
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
- TV-PG
Learn about the creation of some of the world’s most ambitious and technologically advanced buildings. From subaquatic homes to futuristic towers and pencil thin skyscrapers, see how these previously impossible structures are taking shape.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2018 - 2021
Episode 1
The Scorpion Tower
Wed, Feb 7, 2018 55 mins
A construction team strives to complete a Miami skyscraper using innovative materials and techniques on a compressed schedule after the tragic death of it's chief architect Zaha Hadid.
Episode 2
Europe in the Desert
Wed, Feb 14, 2018 55 mins
A man pursues his dream of transforming six sand islands off Dubai into a luxurious holiday destination.
Episode 3
The Floating Home
Wed, Feb 21, 2018 55 mins
A team in Dubai attempts to build a multi million dollar floating home that sits above and below the water.
Episode 4
The Skinny Skyscraper
44 mins
An in-depth look at the complex foundation formed under the existing Steinway Hall on West 57th in New York City and the lot next to it which is only sixty by eighty feet. Standing 1428 feet tall, problems like the hardest bedrock to dig into, windsway for the nearly one-quarter mile high building, and elevators that take up the least amount of usable space had to be solved. The most expensive apartment going at $57million, the interiors had to be the most luxurious to be found.
Episode 5
Ice World
Wed, Oct 13, 2021