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Across the globe, radical architects, ingenious engineers, and skilled builders are creating structures so outrageous, they defy logic...and often even gravity. From a Manhattan skyscraper that looks like a Jenga tower to a Singapore glass dome big enough to house a mountain to a high rise in Italy with a built-in forest, we examine the world's most extraordinary buildings, bridges, and lifts, reveal their design secrets, and discover the incredible stories of their construction as we try to answer the question: How Did They Build That?

They are some of the world's all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today's technology, could they be duplicated and done better?

An entertaining series featuring HGTV's popular twins Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott as they join forces to complete a massive renovation of the Scott family home in Las Vegas, just in time for a family reunion.

Building Giants showcases how key technological innovations enable giant superstructures to be built. Footage filmed during construction along with CGI reveal the building process with astonishing detail.

Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott embark on their biggest challenge yet: Heading out West to renovate a close family friend's ranch near where the Scott brothers grew up. Watch as they transform a run-down ranch into a dream property, complete with a barn makeover and guest house transformation on "Property Brothers at Home on the Ranch".

Couples learn what it really means to downsize when they take the plunge into the tiny house real estate market. At an average size of only 180 square feet, watch as clients meet with their builders, or decide to build these tiny homes all by themselves, and follow along through the construction process until the house is complete.

This documentary series explores situations in which technology doesn't work correctly, such as building collapses and airplane crashes, resulting in spectacular (and often tragic) failures.

A monumental transformation will be in store for home renovation fans with the Wednesday, March 30, release of Queen of Versailles Reigns Again on discovery+. In 2012, the world was introduced to Jackie Siegel and her quest to build the largest single-family home in America in the hit documentary The Queen of Versailles. After a stock market plummet nearly killed her dream home, Jackie and her family are ready to return to their famous 90,000 square-foot home. Offering the first glimpse inside the home since the documentary premiered a decade ago, the series will chronicle a vast renovation project, including the completion of five kitchens, a 35-car garage, 150-person dining room, ballroom and the family's very own British-style pub.

Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle) shows off his knack for home renovation as he attempts the most difficult project yet, the total renovation of a six-bedroom, five-bath lake home in Palm Beach, FL.

HGTV has ordered the new eight-episode home renovation series Rico to the Rescue (wt), starring builder Rico León as he steps in to help Denver homeowners salvage renovations that have gone off the rails. Driven by his parents' past experience with a crooked contractor, Rico is an advocate for desperate families who need an empathetic expert to fix their stressful situations.

Page Turner and DeRon Jenkins are busy house flippers in Nashville and Atlanta - and, they also happen to be exes. For this driven former couple, no job is too big, too small or too dirty. With a decade of partnership, this duo knows the real estate game inside and out, and they're willing to fight the market - and maybe each other - to get top dollar and return on their investment.

Mega Machines unlocks the secrets of iconic machines, such as roller coasters, bullet trains, and cargo planes. Transforming our understanding of the machines around us, the series goes inside, under, over, and through them, revealing how they were built, how they work, and more.

Following an elite crew of workers - brakemen, engineers, construction crews, mechanics and train drivers - this series illustrates the battle against ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep the State of Alaska's critical 500-mile long railroad rolling to deliver life sustaining supplies.

Woodworker Clint Harp travels the country in search of some of the oldest, most beautiful structures still standing today, examining how they were built, restored and given new life by some of the country's most talented craftsmen.

Jeff Devlin is the go-to guy when it comes to historic houses in and around Buck's County PA, where the structures are literally older than the country itself. In each episode of Stone House Revival , Jeff and his team of restoration experts work with homeowners to help revive these dilapidated structures into modern living spaces while preserving their historic integrity. Watch as he brings the amazing character of these old, rundown homes back to life.

This is a reality TV show that follows a build-and-design team from Tiny Heirloom Homes, an Oregon City-based company, as they create tiny luxury homes that are 150- to 440-square feet.

Meet the team at Priestly Demolition, a family business with a big heart and with over 250 jobs a year. There are countless treasures to be found before the wrecking ball moves in. Once the buildings are stripped and the last brick has fallen the salvage team embarks on the fun, fast and furious auctioning and sale of the items discovered and we soon learn that people will pay for the strangest things.

Home inspector Joe Mazza, along with designer Noel Gatts, helps families find and renovate their dream home. Every episode, Joe reveals the secrets, checklists and solutions that help buyers get every edge they can.

Cascading 15-foot waterfalls; luxury grottos and swim up bars are nothing for the Pool Kings. Follow along as Kelly Caviness and his sons Christian and Cameron create over the top award-winning dream pools for their clients. From your own custom lake to a show-stopping backyard water park, the sky is the limit when the Pool Kings are on the job.

Design Star: Next Gen will feature eight finalists who are talented designers, renovators and social media brand-builders as they compete in intense weekly challenges. In the end, only one competitor will win the once-in-a-lifetime prize of $50,000 and their very own HGTV show. In a new twist, the series will be shot in an isolated "design hub" community away from typical production locations. Each competitor will be given a design lab - a house-like space that must be reimagined for each challenge. The community also will provide everything the competitors need, including a design center for sketching, a construction workshop to build their creations, as well as a fully stocked furniture and styling warehouse so they can focus on making gorgeous spaces.

Following a construction journey like no other, Rock Solid Builds takes viewers to Newfoundland where third-generation builder Randy Spracklin and his team battle the island's rugged terrain and notoriously harsh weather to pull off historic renos and jaw-dropping builds.

The show features four teams of Texas-based real estate entrepreneurs as they competehead-to-head to buy low, work fast and sell high in a property-flipping competition. However, in a compelling twist, agents must enlist a construction crew to literally pick up the home and move it to a new location.

Australia's boldest and most inspired home renovators put their skills, finances and relationships to the test in the quest to create their perfect homes.

This is a makeover show of people's properties. Each week Nick Knowles and the team transform different rooms in viewer's houses.

Engineering enthusiasts from around the UK must battle to create the most ingenious contraptions using everyday objects in Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions. Teams of contestants will go head-to-head to build their own Chain Reaction Machines. With contestants having access to a workshop and purpose-built home environment to test their invention, they will be given the challenge each week of designing, creating and showcasing a new construction, before being judged based on their ingenuity, design and build-quality.