Jay Ellis
Self - Host
Series SeasonSeason 2 episodes2022
How Did They Build That?
Season 2
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Episode 142 min2022-07-10
Riverparks & Artworks
Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée and revealing how they were built.
Episode 242 min2022-07-17
Swamps & Swagger
Engineers explain the constructions of architect Santiago Calatrava's university building in Florida, architect Frank Gehry's museum in Spain, and cultural center The Shed in New York City.
Episode 342 min2022-07-24
Retrofits & Airport Glitz
Experts explain the engineering behind the creation of architect Norman Foster's Hearst Tower in NYC, Jewel Changi airport in Singapore, and architect Yann Weymouth's Dali Museum in Florida.
Episode 442 min2022-07-31
Elevated & Elegant
See the architectural secrets behind a Canadian school on stilts, a sports museum that traces Louisiana’s history and an opulent train station in Belgium.
Episode 542 min2022-08-07
Skywalks & Suspension
A glass bridge arcing over the Grand Canyon, the weather-resistant Audain Art Museum in Whistler, Canada, and Zaha Hadid's university library in Vienna are explored.
Episode 645 min2022-08-14
Upside Down & Under Sea
The innovative designs of the gravity-defying Vancouver House, the subaquatic Under restaurant and the cantilevered Seattle Central Library challenged engineers to think outside the box.
Episode 745 min2022-08-21
Steep & Stunning
Experts explain how engineers built the world's steepest funicular railway in the Swiss Alps and how construction of Zaha Hadid's residential high-rise in Miami overcame a hurricane.
Episode 845 min2022-08-28
Breakthroughs and Bridges
We visit London’s Gherkin, Seattles’s Evergreen Point floating bridge and Lyon’s Mysee des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
Episode 945 min2022-09-04
Mirrors and Marble
We visit Australia’s One Central Park, The Oslo Opera house and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
Episode 1045 min2022-09-18
Radical & Resplendant
A look at the design and engineering stories behind DC’s Museum of African American History, the Montreal tower and the Equinor building in Oslo