Building Documentaries
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- A spotlight on ambitious plans that cities are undertaking to transform their skylines with massive skyscrapers
- StarsBob DalyMichael S. HeiserDan DebenhamDiscussion with architects, historians, engineers, and builders to find out if we could use modern day innovations to recreate these iconic masterpieces, or if fundamental techniques have been lost to time.
- StarsCampbell ScottYohuru WilliamsA.J. BaimesThe rise and fierce rivalries of industrial heavy hitters Henry Ford, William Boeing, Walter Chrysler, JP Morgan Jr., and Pierre Du Pont.
- StarsIan KarrDaniel DickrellYohuru WilliamsIt looks at iconic structures such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Panama Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad.
- StarsAndrew SteeleTrevor CooperDanielle GeorgeA new blue-chip series that reveals the extraordinary feats of engineering hidden in the world's most spectacular manmade structures. Each episode uses cutting-edge CGI to strip down construction layer by layer. Each time a layer is removed, buildings are reduced to their skeletons, revealing game-changing innovation analyzed by world-class industry players.
- StarsChris JarmanJason DesporteBritish documentary series exploring incredible feats of human endeavour underground, revealing what people have built, where they have built it, how and why.
- StarsJulian BarrattErleen HatfieldAvrey MartinFrom the world's longest tunnels to the world's most advanced skyscraper, Building Giants reveals the extraordinary innovations that help record-breaking superstructures to be built, and uncovers the inner secrets of how they work.
- StarsDanny ForsterMargaret TeoTahir GozelArchitect Danny Forster gets up close and personal with mega construction. Along the way, Danny explores design and construction of amazing structures. Danny loves what he does, brings some background knowledge, and gets hands on at every site.
- StarsGuy GrisonBill E. CunninghamAlberto Ruiz GallardónCapturing the biggest, most complex, most stressful and most dangerous engineering projects around the world, Megabuilders chronicles the most awe-inspiring construction projects in modern engineering.
- StarsJay EllisCorina KwamiHayley LorenExplores some of the most incredible feats of engineering and features architectural wonders from all over the world.
- StarsRob BellJohn BoathNigel TegginEngineer Rob Bell examines the design and construction challenges faced in building a true engineering marvel, rock lighthouses - lighthouses built on treacherous rocks and reefs out at sea that were a hazard to shipping.
- StarsJon RandThe secrets behind ancient marvels that are among the most studied and scrutinised monuments in the world, and yet still remain shrouded in mystery.
- CreatorJonah BekhorJonas Bell PashtStarsWally WingertMatt KirshenAlison HaislipHow to Build Everything breaks down the step-by-step process behind our world's greatest innovations in a way everyone can understand. From the helicopter to the hovercraft and from the cruise ship to the satellite, each episode will take you on a fun, fascinating, tongue-in-cheek adventure through our most incredible machines.
- StarsCorey JohnsonAn all access look at the creation of some of the world's most ambitious, complex and technologically advanced construction projects.
- StarsSteven KearneyRichard CottonAdel KelanyThe most iconic and historic buildings from the ancient and medieval world are examined using CGI animation to reveal how they were built.
- StarsCampbell ScottAdam RichmanNigel BarberThe stories behind innovations such as TV, radio, phones, airplanes, motorcycles and power tools as well as the inventors including Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker.
- StarsRuth GoodmanPeter GinnTom PinfoldHistorian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold learn about living in the medieval world and help rebuild a castle.
- From the ancient pyramids to the lost world of Pompeii, experts use twenty-first century technology to examine and unearth ground-breaking information about some of the most mystifying archaeological structures the world has ever known.
- Cabin owners share a look into the architecture and design behind their beautiful homes.
- StarsLucy WorsleyAmanda VickeryPatricia Whittington-FarrellFinding secret doors add and rooms.
- StarsHasani IssaJeff WilburnGeorge ElworthyTake a journey inside the monumental future of mega-builds for a high stakes look at tomorrow's extreme engineering.
- StarsCampbell ScottH.W. BrandsMark CubanRockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
- StarsPete NelsonTory JonesChristina SalwayA man builds one-of-a-kind treehouses.