Season 3
Episode Guide
Fantastic & Futuristic
S3
E1
A sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center is beset by challenges. Amsterdam gains a striking building inspired by a mountain valley. And a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.
Jungles & Bricks
S3
E2
A gravity defying university building in Sydney Australia is clad in 320,000 bricks. Engineers grapple with making an angular arts center tornado proof in Oklahoma. And a plant-filled office building made out of three giant spheres takes shape in Seattle
Canyons & Curves
S3
E3
Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon. The iconic Gateway Arch takes shape in St Louis, Missouri. And an unpromising plot in Copenhagen is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office building.
Parking & Sparkling
S3
E4
A dazzling new 1400 foot tapering skyscraper is built right next to New York's Grand Central. A curving wine museum requires ingenious engineering in Bordeaux, France. And possibly the world's most glamorous parking garage takes shape in Miami.
Heights & Balance
S3
E5
A 1.2 million square foot office building balances precariously on a 39 foot wide base in Chicago. A building named Pterodactyl lands on top of a Los Angeles parking garage. And the world's longest suspension footbridge is constructed in Czechia.
Tricks & Trains
S3
E6
A new Olympic and Paralympic museum tests engineers with its trailblazing accessible design. A dazzling curved glass skyscraper battles gravity in Milan. And a student center built under a noisy railroad deploys inventive acoustic engineering.
Floating & Lifting
S3
E7
Architects and engineers build an eco-friendly convention center on Vancouver's waterfront, a lift bridge in Bordeaux, and a cocoon-shaped skyscraper in Tokyo, each with unique challenges like marine habitats, massive spans, and earthquake resistance.
Subways & Sightlines
S3
E8
A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago. Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets. And Tokyo's tallest tower requires extreme earthquake-proof engineering.
Curved & Cables
S3
E9
A new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City. Two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario. And a Miami museum gains a 4.5 million gallon shark tank, with a 31 foot wide viewing window.
Boxes & Birds
S3
E10
The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a mind blowing cave-like extension. An arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China. Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.