Skyscrapers: Engineering the Future

Season 12019

A spotlight on ambitious plans that cities are undertaking to transform their skylines with massive skyscrapers.

6 Episodes

E01 American-Made Marvels

The rise of the skyscraper coincided with the rise of America as a global superpower, and experts reveal how expert engineering and cutting-edge technology helped power humankind's race to conquer the sky.

April 24, 2019

E02 New York's Greatest

The world's most iconic buildings were built in the heydey of the American century, and as New York became the capital for these innovative new skyscrapers, experts used cutting-edge tech to push engineering to new heights.

May 1, 2019

E03 Rise of the American Titans

The World Trade Center and Sears Tower were record-setting skyscrapers made possible by cutting-edge engineering innovations, but just as these American icons set new standards in construction, dark and insidious forces were poised to undo it all.

May 8, 2019

E04 The New Colossus

The rise of colossal towers across the planet coincided with the surge of cutting-edge design, but just as these monoliths began breaking world records, new threats were on the horizon.

May 15, 2019

E05 Cities in the Sky

Today's greatest skyscrapers use cutting-edge tech to build sky-high micro-cities within their walls, and these innovative mega-builds are becoming the new engineering icons in Chicago, Dubai, Beijing, and other twenty-first century metropolises.

May 22, 2019

E06 World's Tallest Buildings

Dubai's Burj Khalifa is over 2,700 feet high and the tallest building in the world, and as engineers race to top this record-setting height with cutting-edge tech, a new 3,200-foot-tall building in Saudi Arabia is poised to take the crown.

May 29, 2019

Skyscrapers: Engineering the Future

E01 American-Made Marvels

E02 New York's Greatest

E03 Rise of the American Titans

E04 The New Colossus

E05 Cities in the Sky

E06 World's Tallest Buildings

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E01 American-Made Marvels

E02 New York's Greatest

E03 Rise of the American Titans

E04 The New Colossus

E05 Cities in the Sky

E06 World's Tallest Buildings