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How Did They Build That?
Season 2 • Episode 8 • Breakthroughs and Bridges
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How Did They Build That? Season 2, Episode 8: Breakthroughs and Bridges
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. Watch How Did They Build That? Season 2, Episode 8 Breakthroughs and Bridges in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of How Did They Build That? Season 2, Episode 8 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Episodes
10 episodes
Riverparks & Artworks
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.
42 min
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.
42 min
Retrofits & Airport Glitz
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.
42 min
Elevated & Elegant
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.
42 min
Skywalks & Suspension
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.
42 min
Upside Down & Under Sea
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.
45 min
Steep & Stunning
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.
45 min
Breakthroughs and Bridges
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.
45 min
Mirrors and Marble
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.
45 min
Radical & Resplendant
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
45 min