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In Manhattan, architects and engineers are redefining just how much land it takes to support a skyscraper. In a city where the only direction to build is up, they've designed a needle-thin tower 82 stories high, built on the construction equivalent of a postage stamp.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 105

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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.

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Future Broadcast times for "Impossible Builds": (show all)

Sat, Nov 9	2:00 P.M.	The Floating House NH Explore (11.2)
Fri, Nov 15	3:00 P.M.	The Scorpion Tower NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Nov 16	2:00 P.M.	The Floating House NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Nov 17	4:00 A.M.	The Scorpion Tower NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Nov 22	3:00 P.M.	Europe in the Desert NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Nov 23	2:00 P.M.	The Scorpion Tower NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Nov 24	4:00 A.M.	Europe in the Desert NHPBS (11.1)