Modern Marvels

Season 11 Episode 35: Building a Skyscraper: The Skeleton

What does it take to construct a building that will cover an entire city block? Try 13,000 tons of steel, 36,000 cubic yards of concrete, enough wire and cables to stretch from New York City to Boston, hundreds of professionals, and two years of blood, sweat, and swearing. Welcome to Skyscraper 101. In the first hour, we see how architects design a building and check out the new California Department of Transportation headquarters–a project we’ve followed for two years.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

23

Episodes:

707

Actor:

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1993

IMDb:

8.1