Skyscrapers: Engineering the Future (2019)

Season 1

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

Released April 25, 2019 Episode 45 min 10+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.plan

Watch Providers: Curiosity Stream, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, Plex Channel

Production Companies: WildBear Entertainment

Network: Science

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

5.9

/19/

Trakt

/4/

TMDb

/2/

S1E1 - 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, midnight

S1E2 - 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, midnight

S1E3 - 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, midnight

S1E4 - 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, midnight

S1E5 - 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, midnight

S1E6 - 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, midnight

Network: Science

Episode Runtime: 45 min.

Season Runtime: 45 min.

Released: April 25, 2019

Last Air Date: May 29, 2019, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: TV-PG / 10+

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