The BEST episodes of Megastructures season 2007
Every episode of Megastructures season 2007, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Megastructures season 2007!
Take an eye-popping look at the greatest structures and machines ever created as we focus on some of the world's modern-day super-human miracles of construction.
#1 - Queen Mary 2
Season 2007 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2007
Megastructures will take you on a voyage through the largest ocean liner ever built, from the cutting of the first steel panel to the installation of the iconic red and black funnel of this 800 million dollar giant of the seas.
#2 - Impossible Hotels: Dubai
Season 2007 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2007
Looks at the design, engineering and construction of the luxury Burj Al-Arab Hotel, built of the coast of Dubai.
#3 - Dubai's Dream Palace
Season 2007 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/25/2007
Megastructures heads to the tiny desert kingdom of Dubai to explore the remarkable engineering behind the seven-star Burj Al-Arab Hotel. Five years in the making, this striking building stands like a gigantic white sail off the shore of Dubai. As this programme reveals, a refusal to compromise on the part of the hotel’s young designers ensured that the project pushed the boundaries of design. The Burj Al-Arab was envisaged by Dubai’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, as a means of diversifying the country’s economy away from oil into tourism. The Sheikh dreamt of a luxury hotel that would put Dubai on the world map, and surprised many by choosing a relatively inexperienced British firm to supply the design.
#4 - Building the World
Season 2007 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2007
The engineering, design and construction of a man-made archipelago, built in the shape of a world map, just off the coast off Dubai, the project of ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
#5 - Electric Ocean
Season 2007 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/12/2007
Three teams of engineers are locked in a race to harness what may be the most powerful form of green energy: swift tidal currents and battering waves, the power of the oceans.