Building Giants Season 1 Episode 3 - Super Skyscraper NYC

Airdate: 2018-Jan-18

Episode summary:

Engineers build a cutting-edge skyscraper in a busy area of New York City adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art. Known as 53W53 (or 53 West 53rd Street), this impossibly tall and thin tower must be built with a strange diagonal framework, posing unique challenges for some of the world's best builders.

About Building Giants series:

Building Giants showcases how key technological innovations enable giant superstructures to be built. Footage filmed during construction along with...Show more >