Built to Last

The Crystal Palace: How a Gardener Built a Hall of 293,000 Glass Panes in 190 Days

Taipei 101: How Engineers Built a 508-Metre Tower to Survive Typhoons and Earthquakes

The Great Pyramid of Giza: How Egypt Moved 2.3 Million Blocks With Boats, Sledges and Bread

Panama Canal: How Engineers Lifted Ships Over a Mountain Range

Segovia Aqueduct: How Roman Builders Made 24,000 Granite Blocks Stand Without Mortar

Louvre Pyramid: How I. M. Pei Moved the Museum Entrance Underground

Florence Cathedral: How Brunelleschi Built a Dome Without Timber Centering

CN Tower: How Canadian Engineers Poured Concrete Non-Stop for 40 Months to Build the World's Tallest Free-Standing Structure

Burj Al Arab: How Dubai Drove 9,000 Piles Into the Seabed to Build a Sail-Shaped Hotel on a Man-Made Island

Guggenheim Bilbao: How Frank Gehry Used Aerospace Software to Build a Titanium Museum That Saved a City

Brooklyn Bridge: How a Ferry Accident, Caisson Disease, and a Wire Fraud Scandal Built New York's Most Iconic Span

Golden Gate Bridge: How 4,000 Workers Spun 80,000 Miles of Wire and Bridged San Francisco's Unbridgeable Bay