Superstructures: Engineering Marvels (2019)★ 7.4/10
- Documentary
Directed by: Elliot Kew, Tom Turner, Liz Biggs
A new blue-chip series that reveals the extraordinary feats of engineering hidden in the world's most spectacular manmade structures. Each episode uses cutting-edge CGI to strip down construction layer by layer. Each time a layer is removed, buildings are reduced to their skeletons, revealing game-changing innovation analyzed by world-class industry players.
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Cast & crew
Erik ThompsonNarratorAndrew SteeleSelf - Physicist
Trevor CooperNarratorDanielle GeorgeSelf - Electronics Engineer, University of ManchesterBenjamin FlowersSelf - Architect, Georgia TechMaxwell HutchinsonSelf - Former President, RIBABen EvansSelf - Engineer, Swansea UniversityAmos WinterSelf - Mechanical Engineer, MITSujata KunduSelf - Materials Scientist, Digital ScienceBill BakerSelf - Structural Engineer, SOMClive LewisSelf - Lead Architect, ARUPDava NewmanSelf - Former NASA Deputy Administrator, Professor, MITAllison McIntyreSelf - Chief of Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, NASA JohnsonRoma AgrawalSelf - Structual Engineer, AecomBashar KassabSelf - Director of Facility Management, Burj KhalifaGreg SangSelf - Project Direcor, EMAARJin Teik OonSelf - Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Sports HubAkhill AllasSelf - Senior Technician, EMAARMike KingSelf - Lead Structural Engineer, ARUPRandall Lim Tse HsiangSelf - Assistant Director, C&W ServicesNick BradbeerSelf - Naval ArchitectDmytro AntonovSelf - Pilot, Antonov AirlinesStephan WrobelSelf - Manager, DB Schenker LogisticsAleksandrs PrzendzinskisSelf - Loading Master, GPO HeavyliftOleg BogdanovSelf - Chief Designer, Antonov CompanyEvgeniy NikityukSelf - Master, GPO AmethystDon PettitSelf - Astronaut, NASAStuart ClarkeSelf - Flight Safety Advisor, British Airline PilotsJeff HoffmanSelf - Former NASA AstronautMykhailo KharchenkoSelf - Director, Antonov AirlinesYuri RomanSelf - Technician, Antonov AirlinesSuni WilliamsSelf - NASA AstronautEverett BolducSelf - Flight Controller, NASA
Samantha CristoforettiSelf - ESA AstronautMorgan AbneySelf - Space Systems Engineer, NASADagfinn ThorsenSelf - Managing Director, GPO HeavyliftVitaliy ShostSelf - Flight Manager, Antonov AirlinesLeslie RingoSelf - Capcom Flight Controller, NASALayne CarterSelf - I Subsystem Manager, NASASS WaterHuei-Lin HsuSelf - Engineer, CSBC Corporation, TaiwanStepan SumenkovSelf - Hull Superintendent, GPO HeavyliftKonstantin AntufyevSelf - Engineer, GPO AmethystKen KamrinSelf - Mechanical Engineer, MITChun An LinSelf - Engineer, CSBC Corporation, TaiwanOleksandr DveyrynSelf - Designer, Antonov AirlinesRishabh BirlaSelf - Managing Director, Air ShagoonOleksandr HalunenkoSelf - Test Pilot, Antonov CompanyGabriel WeymouthSelf - Maritime Engineer, University of SouthamptonJonathan TeoSelf - Pitch Architect, Singapore Sports HubGeorge MichaelsSelf - Senior AV Manager, Global Spectrum AsiaKarl LudvigsenSelf - Automotive HistorianCarl HahnSelf - Former CEO, VW GroupGeorg PichlerSelf - Architect, Henn GMBHAhmed Al FalasiSelf - Executive Director, Emaar PropertiesAlexander WittmaierSelf - Manager, Wind Tunnel Efficiency Centre, VW WolfsburgAaron WongSelf - System Manager, C&W ServicesUlrich MeyerSelf - Manager & Process Analysis, VW WolfsburgXu JingfengSelf - Associate Principal, Arup AcousticsChristoph BrunhenSelf - Manager, Railroad Department, VW WolfsburgAnselm SchminckeSelf - Wind Tunnel Efficiency Centre, VW WolfsburgOliver KlimtschokSelf - Manager of Dispatch, VW WolfsburgHilmar SchimenasSelf - Manager, Control Centre, VW WolfsburgStefan BraunSelf - Manager, Body Shop, VW WolfsburgThorsten CrammSelf - Communications, VW WolfsburgChristopher LudwigSelf - Analyst, Automotive Manufacturing SolutionsHelge WurdemannSelf - Lecturer & Mechanical Engineer, University College London