How Did They Build That?

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Season 4 Premiere:

How Did They Build That? - Smithsonian Channel

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An exploration of how some of the world’s biggest man-made structures were built.

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Sunday, August 24

Boxes & Birds

Season 3 • Episode 10

The American Museum of Natural History gets a cave-like extension; Boston University gains a tower.

Sunday, August 24

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Sunday, August 24

Jungles & Bricks

Season 3 • Episode 2

Sunday, August 24

Ecobuilds & Earthquakes New

Season 4 • Episode 5

Sunday, August 24

Parking & Sparkling

Season 3 • Episode 4

Sunday, August 24

Ecobuilds & Earthquakes

Season 4 • Episode 5

Monday, August 25

Ecobuilds & Earthquakes

Season 4 • Episode 5

Monday, August 25

Ecobuilds & Earthquakes

Season 4 • Episode 5

Wednesday, August 27

Canyons & Curves

Season 3 • Episode 3

Wednesday, August 27

Ecobuilds & Earthquakes

Season 4 • Episode 5

Wednesday, August 27

Supertalls & Firehouses

Season 1 • Episode 5

Alien port authority in Belgium; ultrathin skyscraper in Manhattan; hanging museum in Scotland.

Wednesday, August 27

Biomes & Rebuilds

Season 1 • Episode 3

A London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas.

Wednesday, August 27

Ecobuilds & Earthquakes

Season 4 • Episode 5

Friday, August 29

Tricks & Trains

Season 3 • Episode 6

Friday, August 29

Breakthroughs & Bridges

Season 2 • Episode 8

Visiting Gherkin, Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Musée des Confluences for their origins.

Friday, August 29

Viaducts & Hotels

Season 1 • Episode 4

A towering bridge in France; upside-down hotel in China; Italy's forest into the sky.

Friday, August 29

Sky Gardens & Seismic Stations

Season 1 • Episode 7

A massive sky garden in Singapore, a tower in Brighton, and a railway station in Vesuvius.

Friday, August 29

Arctic Modules & Auditoria

Season 1 • Episode 8

A research station in Antarctica, a concert hall on the Canary Islands and a boat lift in Scotland.

Friday, August 29

Speedcore & Steambend

Season 4 • Episode 3

A look at how engineering helped a huge Seattle skyscraper go up without harming it's neighbour.

Friday, August 29

Ecobuilds & Earthquakes

Season 4 • Episode 5

Sunday, September 7

Curved & Cables

Season 3 • Episode 9

A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City.

Sunday, September 7

Radical & Resplendent

Season 2 • Episode 10

Exploring the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History.

Sunday, September 7

Elevated & Elegant

Season 2 • Episode 4

Traveling from Canada to Belgium and to the U.S. to examine a school, museum and railway station.

Sunday, September 7

Shipyards & Slender Builds New

Season 4 • Episode 6

Sunday, September 7

Cantilevers & Lifts

Season 1 • Episode 1

An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.

Sunday, September 7

Shipyards & Slender Builds

Season 4 • Episode 6

Monday, September 8

Shipyards & Slender Builds

Season 4 • Episode 6

Monday, September 8

Shipyards & Slender Builds

Season 4 • Episode 6

Wednesday, September 10

Skywalks & Suspensions

Season 2 • Episode 5

The design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, Audain Museum and more.

Wednesday, September 10

Steep & Stunning

Season 2 • Episode 7

The world's steepest mountain railway, a remodeled 145-year-old museum and a futuristic condo.

Wednesday, September 10

Upside Down & Under Sea

Season 2 • Episode 6

Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant and the Seattle Central Library.

Wednesday, September 10

Floating & Lifting

Season 3 • Episode 7

Architects and engineers build an eco-friendly convention center on Vancouver's waterfront.

Wednesday, September 10

Arches & Opera Houses

Season 1 • Episode 6

The inside stories behind a horseshoe-shaped complex in Rotterdam and a rock-shaped opera house.

Wednesday, September 10

Shipyards & Slender Builds

Season 4 • Episode 6