engineering

Discovery Channel’s documentary of the construction of the world’s longest multi-use tunnel for storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (44 min, 5 segments)

A short virtual tour (5:40 min) plus a Discovery Channel documentary (40 min in 4 segments) on the engineering achievement of the California Academy of Sciences, believed to be the greenest museum in the world.

A Discovery Channel program about a visionary plan for a city in a pyramid on Tokyo Bay. To build it, planners intend to use science and technology that’s on the bleeding edge and may actually shape the direction in technology, transportation, construction. (42 minutes in 5 segments)

The story of how the Water Cube was conceived and built. (38:00 min in 4 parts)

Excellent animation of [H2O]3, the Water Cube (3:59 min)

From the Temple-Pyramids at Tikal, to the royal tomb at Palenque, to the star observatory at Chichen Itza, this episode examines the architecture and infrastructure that enabled the rise and fall of the ancient Maya civilization. (45 minutes in 5 segments)

The Beijing Olympic Games will showcase The Bird’s Nest Stadium, the most ambitious architecture & engineering project in China. (45 minutes in 5 parts)