Season 5

2026 · 10 episodes

Episodes

1Reborn Buildings & Sacred GroundsIn Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery.
2Earthquakes & ExoskeletonsMilwaukee commissions Calatrava to design a museum with 90-ton wings that take flight. Oslo tears down its national ski jump and rebuilds it for the World Championships. And in LA, a 235-foot tower is wrapped in steel bands
3Cable Cars & Rooftop ParksWitness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.
4Tunnels & TowersIn Chicago, twin concrete towers push the limits of high-rise design. Engineers conquer the sea to unite Sweden and Denmark. And in Sydney, Norman Foster and team take on the challenge of a new metro station that can't disrupt the busy streets above.
5Canals & CurvesWitness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.
6Twists & TurnsWitness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.
7Summits & SpiresZaha Hadid cuts the top off a mountain and builds a museum inside. A Vancouver tower rises clean over a 115-year-old church. And starchitect Santiago Calatrava spans 7 live railway tracks with a column-free glass and steel station.
8Wings & WaterlinesLord Foster's five-winged steel towers cool Abu Dhabi's national museum naturally. Robots 3D-print a steel bridge in Amsterdam & a concrete tower in Switzerland. And in Sydney, engineers pump out the harbour to build a fish market.
9Space Homes & Glass WavesNASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat rehearses human life on the red planet. Seoul's historic city hall gains a 13-story glass wave. And in Dallas, 68,000 square feet of concrete galleries balance on legs that want to splay open under their weight.
10Sculptures & Skyscrapers