SciShow
How Tall Can Skyscrapers Get?
Get an engineeer's-eye-view of the tallest buildings in the world, to learn what challenges they face as they reach for the sky and wonder, how tall can we build?
SciShow
How Intergalactic Particles Are Attacking Your Laptop
In the early 1980s IBM engineers had a hard time to to figure out inexplicable computer module failures in Denver, Colorado. When they finally cracked the puzzle, the cause turned out to be otherworldly.
MinutePhysics
How To Stop Structures from SHAKING: LEGO Saturn V Tuned Mass Damper
This video is about Tuned Mass Dampers, which can be used to reduce or avoid unwanted vibrations, swaying, swinging, bending, etc on engineered structures ranging from buildings, skyscrapers, electricity power transmission lines,...
SciShow
The Secret to Super Strong Concrete Is... Bacteria?
Engineers would love it if concrete bridges and skyscrapers didn't require so much maintenance, and they might have found the perfect solution using bacteria.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Will there ever be a mile-high skyscraper? - Stefan Al
Would a mile-high skyscraper ever be possible? Explore the physics behind some of the tallest buildings and megastructures in the world. -- In 1956, architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a mile-high skyscraper, a building five times as...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is the World Wide Web? - Twila Camp
The World Wide Web is used every day by millions of people for everything from checking the weather to sharing cat videos. But what is it exactly? Twila Camp describes this interconnected information system as a virtual city that...
Curated Video
Skyscrapers for Kids | Bedtime History
Discover the awe-inspiring world of skyscrapers in our latest video! From the towering heights of the Burj Khalifa to the architectural marvel of One World Trade Center, explore how these giants of engineering transform city skylines....
Curated Video
Big Ideas - Episode 12 - Tallest Buildings
The Chrysler Building, commissioned by the famous car manufacturer of the same name in the 1930 s, is, at 1048 ft, one of the world s tallest buildings. But it held its title as the world s tallest for only a year when the Empire State...
Learning Mole
How Does it Work? - Skyscraper
This video is explaining how skyscraper works for kids.
Curated Video
Visiting Ho Chi Minh
Join us on an adventure as we explore the captivating city of Saigon, also known as Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam. In this video, we delve into the rich history and cultural significance of Saigon, from its French colonial architecture to...
Mr. Beat
Hong Kong and Macau Compared
Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Macau and Hong Kong, both located in China.
TMW Media
22nd Century Skyscrapers: Why is climatization a big concern
How can wind and rain water help tall buildings? What are the benefits of an adaptive facade?
22nd Century Skyscrapers, Part 2
Next Animation Studio
80-story wooden skyscraper planned for Chicago
Architectural firm Perkins and Will, along with engineers Thronton Tomasetti and the University of Cambridge conceptualized a wooden skyscraper to be built along the Chicago River in 2017.
Next Animation Studio
Architects reveal the high-rise that sucks CO2 out of air
Cities of the future will suck smog and use that carbon to build roads with.
PBS
What's actually the worst greenhouse gas?
Earth's atmosphere naturally contains greenhouse gases. Without them, the world would be way too cold for humans. But we are adding extra greenhouse gases, which are causing Earth to heat up and disrupting weather patterns worldwide. So...
Next Animation Studio
London’s wooden skyscraper explained
PLP Architecture and Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture unveiled a proposal in 2016 to build London’s first wooden skyscraper.
Next Animation Studio
Proposed Nanjing skyscraper would be world's tallest LEED-Gold certified building
U.S.-based architectural firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill has won a competition to design Nanjing’s newest skyscraper, the South HeXi Yuzui Financial District Tower.
The Economist
Are wooden skyscrapers the future?
Urbanisation is happening faster than at any time in history. High-rise buildings offer a solution to overcrowded cities, but materials like concrete and steel have limitations—could timber be the answer?
Amor Sciendi
A Building with An American Accent
The Flatiron building had been painted and photographed by artists for over a century because it looks so different, but the parts that draw on tradition are just as interesting.
Amor Sciendi
The Greatest Modern Building?
How can a building define a city? A look at London's "Gherkin" designed by Sir Norman Foster will give us some insight.
British Movietone
COMPLAINT FROM THE KERB SIDE
This shows the vigil of a Vietnamese, who stayed in a car living on water only for three weeks, as a protest to the housing shortage in America. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
British Movietone
AN ULTRA MODERN CITY
Caracas, Venezuela where President Jimenez opened a housing project, which he instituted 3 years ago. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
Bridgeman Arts
1960s: Aerial view of large city with skyscrapers
1960s: Aerial view of large city with skyscrapers. Inside bank, tellers help customers and people fill out banking slips. In vault, banker pulls out safe deposit box for customer, then replaces it.
Bloomberg
How New York City Got Its Skyline
Jun.07 -- Many of the classic skyscrapers that define New York City’s skyline have their design roots in a monumental 1916 zoning law, which established “setback” requirements for buildings above a certain height. In the heart of the...