MegaStructures
Season 4 Episode 2 - Dubai's Dream Palace (Worlds Tallest Hotel)
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.
Episodes in Season 4
Ultimate Structures: Super Copter
60 min
Dubai's Dream Palace (Worlds Tallest Hotel)
60 min
Smart Tunnel
60 min
Queen Mary 2
60 min
Hawaii Superferry
60 min
South Pole Station
60 min
Episode 8
60 min
Deep Ocean Port (China's Ultimate Port)
60 min
Episode 10
60 min
The World's Biggest Cruiseliner
60 min
Beijing Olympic Stadium
60 min
Episode 13
60 min
Episode 14
60 min
Future Trains
60 min
Building the World
60 min
Episode 17
60 min
Building Green Beijing
60 min
Atom Smasher
60 min
Megabridges: China
60 min
Ultimate Structures: Super Sub
60 min
Sun Engine
60 min
Super Pipeline
60 min
Hawaii Superferry
60 min
Extreme Alaska
60 min
World Trade Center Bahrain
60 min
The World's Biggest Shredder
60 min
Impossible Hotels: Dubai
60 min
Building Green Beijing
60 min
Episode 107
60 min
