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Super Skyscrapers

20141 Season60m episodes8.0

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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As urban space shrinks, we build higher and faster than ever before, creating a new generation of skyscrapers. Super skyscrapers are pushing the limits of engineering, technology and design to become greener, stronger, smarter and more luxurious than their predecessors. This four-part series follows the creation of four extraordinary buildings, showcasing how they will revolutionize the way we live, work and protect ourselves from potential threats. Read more about each episode below.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 5, 2014
Network: PBS
Studio: Blink Films, Splice Post

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4 hrs

4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Corey Johnson

Narrator

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SERIES

Super Skyscrapers

20141 Season60m episodes8.0

Documentary

TMDB8.0

Votes1

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Stream

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

Free

Buy

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Feb 5, 2014 · 1h 0m
One World Trade Center
One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the western hemisphere and a famous modern landmark, is engineered to be the safest and strongest skyscraper ever built. This episode follows the final year of exterior construction, culminating with the milestone of reaching the symbolic height of 1,776 feet. For head of construction Steve Plate, as well as scientists, engineers, ironworkers and curtain wall installers, this is a construction job suffused with the history of the site and a sense of duty to rebuild from the ashes of Ground Zero.
E2 · Airs Feb 12, 2014 · 1h 0m
Building the Future
Commonly known as “the cheese grater,” the Leadenhall Building is the pinnacle of London’s avant-garde architecture. Designed as a tapered tower with a steel exoskeleton, it’s the tallest skyscraper in the City of London and the most innovative. The teams behind the Leadenhall project had to radically rethink every aspect of the traditional building model. This program follows the monumental challenges that come with erecting this super skyscraper: it will be constructed off-site, delivered to location, and stacked and bolted together like a giant Lego set.
E3 · Airs Feb 19, 2014 · 1h 0m
The Vertical City
Shanghai Tower isn’t just a skyscraper — it’s a vertical city, a collection of businesses, services and hotels all in one place, fitting a population the size of Monaco into a footprint the size of a football field. Within its walls, residents can literally work, rest, play and relax in public parks, looking up through 12 stories of clear space. Not just one, however, but eight of them, stacked on top of each other, all the way to the 120th floor. When complete, the structure will dominate Shanghai’s skyline, towering over its neighbors as a testament to China’s economic success and the ambitions of the city’s wealthy elite.
E4 · Airs Feb 26, 2014 · 1h 0m
The Billionaire Building
Upon completion, One57, on Manhattan’s 57th Street, will rise more than 1,000 feet, making it the tallest residential tower in the western hemisphere and boasting spectacular views of Central Park. “One57” follows the teams tasked with creating New York’s most luxurious residential skyscraper and their ambition to redefine luxury living the big city. Condominiums at One57 showcase state-of-the-art interiors — double-height ceilings, full-floor apartments, bathrooms clad in the finest Italian marble and the finest material finishes.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 5, 2014
Network: PBS
Studio: Blink Films, Splice Post

Time to finish

4 hrs

4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Corey Johnson

Narrator

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