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Season 5 Episode 10: Shanghai Super Tower

The California Academy of Sciences is the world's largest green public building, seamlessly blending into the landscape of Golden Gate Park with its undulating living roof that appears to be a floating part of the park itself.

Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Dam Busters

1. Dam Busters

Aired: Dec 30, 2008

A team of experts undertakes a massive project, disassembling, excavating, an...

Episode 3 Shanghai Super Tower

3. Shanghai Super Tower

Aired: May 14, 2008

Next episode, the Shanghai World Financial Centre, a towering 101-floor skysc...

Episode 4 Beijing Water Cube

4. Beijing Water Cube

Aired: May 21, 2008

The Beijing Water Cube, a futuristic structure with a steel frame and ETFE sk...

Episode 8 Icelandic Super Dam

8. Icelandic Super Dam

Aired: Jun 18, 2008

The next episode delves into the Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project in Iceland...

Episode 9 Beijing Water Cube

9. Beijing Water Cube

Aired: May 21, 2008

China's 2010 environmental improvement plan in Beijing aimed to drastically d...

Episode 10 Shanghai Super Tower

10. Shanghai Super Tower

Aired: May 14, 2008

The California Academy of Sciences is the world's largest green public buildi...

Episode 11 Bridge Breakdown

11. Bridge Breakdown

Aired: Sep 10, 2008

Demolition of a historic bridge is underway, with a team facing challenges as...

Episode 12 Deep Earth Drillers

12. Deep Earth Drillers

Aired: Dec 20, 2008

Mega Green Tech ventures into the earth's underground to unlock the secrets o...

Episode 13 Icelandic Super Dam

13. Icelandic Super Dam

Aired: Jun 18, 2008

A team of experts must demolish and recycle a massive 25,000-ton dam within a...

Episode 15 Atom Smasher

15. Atom Smasher

Aired: Jan 8, 2008

The Large Hadron Collider represents a groundbreaking feat of scientific inge...

Episode 24 Impossible Build

24. Impossible Build

Aired: Sep 3, 2008

The California Academy of Sciences, a globally renowned eco-friendly structur...

Info about Megastructures

Seasons: 9

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: National Geographic

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary