The Scorpion Tower
impossible builds

Follow the construction of one of the most complex skyscrapers ever to make it off the drawing board. Its design is so radical that construction experts have turned to a building material never before used in skyscrapers.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 101

About Impossible Builds:

Learn about the creation of some of the world's most ambitious and technologically advanced buildings.

From subaquatic homes to futuristic towers and pencil thin skyscrapers, see how these previously impossible structures are taking shape.

Watch Impossible Builds - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Episode 5 Preview | Ice World Ice World
Battling the RainBattling the Rain
Buck Hoists Play an Essential Role in Building the TowerBuck Hoists Play an Essential Role in Building the Tower
Impossible Builds | Creating the Scorpion Tower's Silky Aesthetic Creating the Scorpion Tower's Silky Aesthetic
Episode 2 Preview | Europe in the Desert Europe in the Desert
Episode 4 Preview | Skinny Skyscraper Skinny Skyscraper

NHPBS Over-the-Air Broadcast

WENH-TV Ch. 11 Durham

WLED-TV Ch. 48 Littleton

WEKW-TV Ch. 18 Keene

W50DP-D Ch. 50 Hanover

W34DQ-D Ch. 34 Pittsburg

Cable and Satellite Channels

NHPBS Five Channels

NHPBS - 11.1

NH Explore - 11.2

NH World - 11.3

NH Create - 11.4

NH Kids - 11.5

Learn More

 

April Printable Schedules

March Printable Schedules

Frequently Asked Questions

NHPBS NHPBS Passport Passport

Made With Love | America Made With Love
NOVA | Pompeii's Secret Underworld
Secrets of the Dead | Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part One)
Great Migrations: A People on The Move | Coming to America
History with David Rubenstein | Danielle Allen
Finding Your Roots | The Ties That Bind
Finding Edna Lewis | Finding Edna Lewis
Antiques Roadshow | Living History Farms, Hour 1
Austin City Limits | ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family
Nature | Expedition Killer Whale
Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise | Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise
Doc World | Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War
Funny Woman | Episode 1
Resistance: They Fought Back | Resistance: They Fought Back
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy | Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Lucy Worsley Investigates | The Gunpowder Plot
All Creatures Great and Small | Episode 1: To All Our Boys
Journey to America: with Newt and Callista Gingrich | Journey to America: with Newt and Callista Gingrich
Best of Rome New Year's Day Parade 2025 | Best of Rome New Year's Day Parade 2025
London's New Year's Day Parade | London's New Years Day Parade 2025
Vienna Blood | Mephisto Waltz
The 89th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | The 89th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Local, USA | With Peter Bradley
Next at the Kennedy Center | Sara Bareilles: New Year's Eve with the National Symphony Orchestra & Friends
American Masters | Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around [ASL]
The Earthshot Prize | The Earthshot Prize
The Earthshot Report | The Earthshot Report
Violent Femmes: 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony | Violent Femmes: 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony
Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah | Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah
Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle | Fact and Fiction
Miss Scarlet | Episode 1: The Rival
Great Performances | Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Christmas with John Rutter at Preston Hollow | Christmas with John Rutter at Preston Hollow
Christmas With The Tabernacle Choir | Joy: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir
Lidia Celebrates America | Lidia Celebrates America: Changemakers
A Classic Christmas with the Bach Festival Society | Joyful Sounds
The Caverns Sessions | BIG RICHARD
Leonardo da Vinci | Part Two: Painter-God
Independent Lens | Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen