How Did They Build That?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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?

Series details

• Title: How Did They Build That?
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-01-03
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Smithsonian Channel
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 52816
• IMDb ID: tt21088048
• TVDB ID: 394571

Cast and credited roles

• Scott Rummell — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-01-03; final listed air date 2021-02-28; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-07-10; final listed air date 2022-09-04; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2024-08-18; final listed air date 2024-10-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2025-07-27; final listed air date 2025-10-05; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2026-07-27; final listed air date 2026-10-05.

Source and licence

Adapted from How Did They Build That? on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.