Impossible Builds

Follow the construction of one of the most complex skyscrapers ever to make it off the drawing board. Its design is so radical that construction experts have turned to a building material never before used in skyscrapers.

Can six sand islands, poking out of the Persian Gulf near Dubai, be transformed into the most luxurious holiday destination on earth? One man believes they can and he’s risking tens of millions of dollars to prove it.

Follow the build to make living beneath the waves into a reality as a team in Dubai attempts to construct a floating house combining the best of land and marine design. Will they achieve the impossible?

Over the top, ambitious and nature-defying, China’s incredible Ice World will transform 37 acres of sub-tropical wasteland into a sub-zero ski resort. The construction team will have to battle the worst nature can throw at them, but if they can pull it off, they’ll make science fiction a reality.

Needle thin, sky high and with a stratospheric price tag of an estimated one point five million dollars, the team behind New York’s latest and most ambitious residential skyscraper face a unique challenge; How to build the world’s tallest and thinnest tower on the construction equivalent of a postage stamp.