Super Skyscrapers
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Super Skyscrapers

Season 1
From PBS - Super Skyscrapers follows the creation of four extraordinary skyscrapers showcasing how they will revolutionize the way we live, work, and how we protect ourselves from potential threats, both from the environment and terrorist attacks. Episodes include: One World Trade Center; One57; Shanghai Tower; and The Leadenhall Building.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - One World Trade Center

    February 4, 2014
    55min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  2. S1 E2 - Building the Future

    February 11, 2014
    55min
    TV-PG
    Commonly known as “the cheese grater,” the Leadenhall Building is the pinnacle of avant-garde architecture. Designed as a tapered tower with a steel exoskeleton, it’s the tallest and most innovative skyscraper in the City of London.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Verticle City

    February 18, 2014
    55min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Billionaire Building

    February 25, 2014
    55min
    TV-PG
    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.
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