If We Built It Today: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colosseum, the Great Wall of China, the Notre Dame Cathedral. What would it take to build these remarkable super structures today? How long would it take? How much would it cost? How many workers would we need? In our modern era of glass and steel, could we even pull it off? If We Built It Today talks to architects, historians, engineers, and builders to find out if we could use modern day innovations to recreate these iconic masterpieces, or if fundamental techniques have been lost to time.

Series details

• Title: If We Built It Today
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2019-07-14
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: Science
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 65 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 42934
• IMDb ID: tt10637964
• TVDB ID: 366373

Cast and credited roles

• Brian Mitchell — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-07-14; final listed air date 2019-09-08; episode order: 9.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-01-24; final listed air date 2021-05-16; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-10-13; final listed air date 2021-11-17; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from If We Built It Today 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.