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Engineering Catastrophes

Engineers have beenbuilding here, higher and higher, ever since the 19th century. Sean...

Engineers have been
building here, higher and higher, ever since the 19th century. [narrator] Sean Khorsandi
is an Assistant Professor
of Architecture. [Sean] Historically,
towers are about ego. They're about eminence,
they're about attitude

Full Transcript

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Engineers have been building here,
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higher and higher,
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ever since the 19th century.
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[narrator] Sean Khorsandi is an Assistant Professor of Architecture.
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[Sean] Historically, towers are about ego.
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They're about eminence, they're about attitude.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:21
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
10
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E01 [narrator] Valencia on Spain Mediterranean coast - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
[narrator] Valencia on Spain Mediterranean coast
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: From the 19th century, long before the National Park - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
NARRATOR: From the 19th century, long before the National Pa...
S06 • E08 I'm so proud of the people I live on the lake with. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:30
I'm so proud of the people I live on the lake with.
S06 • E07 If the support fails, there's a risk of total collapse. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
If the support fails, there's a risk of total collapse.
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: New Zealand in the South Pacific - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
NARRATOR: New Zealand in the South Pacific
S06 • E05 [narrator] Liverpool, Northern England. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:30
[narrator] Liverpool, Northern England.
S06 • E09 By the 1870s, this area - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
By the 1870s, this area
S06 • E10 And that why it was so great to be building tall - Engineering Catastrophes 00:37
And that why it was so great to be building tall
S06 • E06 [narrator] But the city's gleaming skyline - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] But the city's gleaming skyline
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: But the growing number of visitors created a problem, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: But the growing number of visitors created a probl...
S06 • E01 As well as great weather, it has amazing culture - Engineering Catastrophes 00:33
As well as great weather, it has amazing culture
S06 • E03 The extension would run for nearly two miles, much of it in new tunnels, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
The extension would run for nearly two miles, much of it in ...
S06 • E07 It's also home to the most southernly capital city in - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
It's also home to the most southernly capital city in
S06 • E09 The solution in 1903 was to dam the existing Lawn Lake, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
The solution in 1903 was to dam the existing Lawn Lake,
S06 • E07 {\an8}Wellington is often ranked as one of the most livable - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
{\an8}Wellington is often ranked as one of the most livable
S06 • E02 [narrator] Though it's up for debate, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:29
[narrator] Though it's up for debate,
S06 • E08 One of the most incredible things is how this community - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
One of the most incredible things is how this community
S06 • E04 It was not your-run-of-the-mill kind of a thing - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
It was not your-run-of-the-mill kind of a thing
S06 • E09 Dam safety engineer Mark Baker explains that strategy. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Dam safety engineer Mark Baker explains that strategy.
S06 • E08 The fact that our dam is being replaced at all I think is kind of a miracle. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:31
The fact that our dam is being replaced at all I think is ki...