Name: Megastructures
Released: 2004-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jonathan Hart, Tom Goodman-Hill, Greg Stebner

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The making of the greatest structures and machines ever created.

Documentary · 2004 · 50 min

Starring Jonathan Hart , Tom Goodman-Hill , Greg Stebner

EPISODE 11

Beijing Water Cube

China Has Erected Some Of The Greatest Monuments On Earth When They Held The Olympic Games In Beijing The Main Stadium Was A Feat Of Architectural Beauty It Was Up To Engineers To Design The Beijing Water Cube To Match It

42 min · Jan 1, 2008
EPISODE 12

Shanghai Super Tower

Typhoon winds to withstand, a rigid deadline to meet, and a towering goal no skyscraper has ever reached. The Pearl River Tower even generates its own power; it is the holy grail for mechanical engineers.

42 min · Jan 1, 2007
EPISODE 13

China's Ultimate Port

In 2002 Chinese engineers and workers tackled one of the biggest construction projects on Earth. Thirty kilometers out to sea, in the middle of the ocean, is the location for Yangshan Deep Water Port.

42 min · Jan 1, 2004
EPISODE 47

World's Tallest Tower

Building one of the world’s tallest TV towers, the Guangzhou Sightseeing and TV Tower (now called the Canton Tower).

42 min · Jan 1, 2009
EPISODE 49

Singapores Vegas

Singapore's Marina Bay Sands is one of the world's most complicated construction projects. Engineers must build 3 skyscrapers which will then hold a sky park as big as an aircraft carrier. If they succeed, they will have created a city unto itself.

43 min · Oct 5, 2010
EPISODE 51

China's Smart Tower

Typhoon winds to withstand, a rigid deadline to meet, and a towering goal no skyscraper had ever reached. The Pearl River Tower is the holy grail for mechanical engineers, and even generates its own power.

42 min · Jan 1, 2010