How Did They Build That?

Friday, May 16

Boxes & Birds

Season 3 • Episode 10

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

Friday, May 16

Subways & Sightlines

Season 3 • Episode 8

A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels.

Friday, May 16

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 16

Retrofits & Airport Glitz

Season 2 • Episode 3

Visiting New York's Hearst Tower, Florida's Dali Museum and Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport.

Friday, May 16

Viaducts & Hotels

Season 1 • Episode 4

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

Friday, May 16

Radical & Resplendent

Season 2 • Episode 10

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

Friday, May 16

Elevated & Elegant

Season 2 • Episode 4

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

Friday, May 16

Upside Down & Under Sea

Season 2 • Episode 6

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

Friday, May 16

Skywalks & Suspensions

Season 2 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, May 21

Sky Gardens & Seismic Stations

Season 1 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, May 21

Tricks & Trains

Season 3 • Episode 6

Wednesday, May 21

Steep & Stunning

Season 2 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, May 21

Riverparks & Artworks

Season 2 • Episode 1

Visiting Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée to reveal how they were built.

Wednesday, May 21

Cantilevers & Lifts

Season 1 • Episode 1

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

Wednesday, May 21

Towers & Roofs

Season 1 • Episode 2

A Manhattan high-rise; an Athens cultural center; a Singapore university.

Friday, May 23

Floating & Lifting

Season 3 • Episode 7

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

Friday, May 23

Curved & Cables

Season 3 • Episode 9

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

Friday, May 23

Breakthroughs & Bridges

Season 2 • Episode 8

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

Friday, May 23

Arches & Opera Houses

Season 1 • Episode 6

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

Friday, May 23

Canyons & Curves

Season 3 • Episode 3

Friday, May 23

Biomes & Rebuilds

Season 1 • Episode 3

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

Friday, May 23

Jungles & Bricks

Season 3 • Episode 2

Friday, May 23

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, May 23

Supertalls & Firehouses

Season 1 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, May 28

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Wednesday, May 28

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Wednesday, May 28

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Wednesday, May 28

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Wednesday, May 28

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Wednesday, May 28

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5

Friday, May 30

Heights & Balance

Season 3 • Episode 5