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How Did They Build That? (2021–)

Smithsonian Channel · 5 seasons · 60 min

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Across the globe, radical architects, ingenious engineers, and skilled builders are creating structures so outrageous, they defy logic...and often even gravity. From a Manhattan skyscraper that looks like a Jenga tower to a Singapore glass dome big enough to house a mountain to a high rise in Italy with a built-in forest, we examine the world's most extraordinary buildings, bridges, and lifts, reveal their design secrets, and discover the incredible stories of their construction as we try to answer the question: How Did They Build That?

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Seasons

  1. Season 1 · 8 episodes · 2021
  2. Season 2 · 10 episodes · 2022
  3. Season 3 · 10 episodes · 2024
  4. Season 4 · 10 episodes · 2025
  5. Season 5 · 2026

Cast

  • Scott Rummell
    Narrator