Plot: The evolution of the skyscraper and a look at how high buildings can become. The role that steel is described, and how steel frames have played a part, the elevator's role in the ""face for the sky"", the challenge that wind presents, making a building flexible, and what stops us from building skyscrapers that exceed today's tallest ones
Inquiring Minds - Season 2 - Why Don't Sky Scrapers Fall Over? (Episode 12)
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, November 26 2000
24 years ago
Sunday, November 26 2000
24 years ago