Skinny Skyscraper
impossible builds

Tue, Jul 16 9:00 P.M. NH World (11.3)  

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

All broadcast times for this episode: (show all)

Tue, Jul 16 9:00 P.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Jul 17 2:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Jul 17 10:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jul 19 3:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Jul 20 5:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jul 23 5:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jul 23 11:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)

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)

Tue, Jul 16 5:00 A.M. The Scorpion Tower     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jul 16 11:00 A.M. The Scorpion Tower     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jul 16 9:00 P.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Jul 17 2:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Jul 17 10:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jul 19 2:00 A.M. Ice World     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Jul 19 3:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Jul 20 5:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jul 23 5:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jul 23 11:00 A.M. Skinny Skyscraper     NH World (11.3)


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