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S1 E1 - Beijing Water Cube
50minChina 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 itFree trial of XiveTV DocumentariesS1 E2 - Shanghai Super Tower
50minTake 60000 tons of steel 260000 cubic meters of concrete 2000 dedicated Chinese workers and some of the best design brains in the business and the Shanghai World Financial Center is what you getFree trial of XiveTV DocumentariesS1 E3 - Chinas Smart Tower
50minTyphoon winds to withstand a rigid deadline to meet and a towering goal no skyscraper had ever reached The Pearl River Tower even generates its own power it is the holy grail for mechanical engineersFree trial of XiveTV DocumentariesS1 E4 - Singapores Vegas
50minSingapores Marina Bay Sands is one of the worlds 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 itselfFree trial of XiveTV DocumentariesS1 E5 - Worlds Tallest TV Tower
47minSoaring a dizzying 610 meters skyward Guangzhous Sightseeing and TV Tower is the tallest television tower on earth Its a testimony to the vision of a small architectural team who dared to dream big Follow each phase of constructing this masterpieceFree trial of XiveTV Documentaries