If We Built It Today
If We Built It Today

If We Built It Today (2019)

8.03 seasonsDocumentary

They are some of the world’s all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today’s technology, could they be duplicated and done better?

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 19 episodes
Secrets in the Pyramid

1. Secrets in the Pyramid

45 min

Egypt's Great Pyramid is one of the world's greatest and most mysterious marvels, and using cutting-edge tech and the latest engineering innovations, experts reveal what it would take to build the ancient wonder today.

Battle of Brooklyn Bridge

2. Battle of Brooklyn Bridge

45 min

New York's Brooklyn Bridge might be the most important bridge in the world, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge engineering to built it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as deadly.

Ghosts of the Colosseum

3. Ghosts of the Colosseum

45 min

Rome's Colosseum is the most famous stadium on the planet, and it took cutting-edge engineering and a fallen emperor to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as difficult.

Hunt for Noah's Ark

4. Hunt for Noah's Ark

45 min

According to the Bible, Noah's Ark was a world-changing engineering feat, and it took cutting-edge construction to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as difficult.

Rise of the Aqueducts

5. Rise of the Aqueducts

45 min

Rome's aqueducts are one of the greatest engineering marvels in history, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge construction to build them. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building them a second time would be just as deadly.

Secrets at the Great Wall

6. Secrets at the Great Wall

45 min

The Great Wall of China is one of the world's greatest engineering marvels, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge construction to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as deadly.

Fortress of the Gods

7. Fortress of the Gods

45 min

Rome's Pantheon hides the secret to the Roman Empire's power, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge engineering to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as deadly.

Doomsday in Venice

8. Doomsday in Venice

45 min

Experts use today's technology in figuring out if building Venice today would be as dangerous as it was before.

Resurrecting Notre-Dame

9. Resurrecting Notre-Dame

45 min

When catastrophic fires ravaged Notre-Dame in April 2019, one of the world's great wonders was left in ruins. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal what it will take to build it a second time.

Season 28 episodes
Washington, DC Reborn

1. Washington, DC Reborn

82 min

Washington, DC was built as the capital city of a new, revolutionary country, and it's home to some of America's greatest wonders; now, experts use cutting-edge engineering to reimagine what this place would look like if we had to build it again.

Atlantis Rises

2. Atlantis Rises

45 min

Experts reveal if it's now possible to build a modern Atlantis underwater.

Code of the Parthenon

3. Code of the Parthenon

45 min

The Parthenon is the crowning jewel of ancient Greek architecture engineered according to a mysterious mathematical formula, the golden ratio; expert builders examine the secrets of its design and investigate if modern-day methods could rebuild it.

Resurrecting the Titanic

4. Resurrecting the Titanic

45 min

Experts use cutting-edge tech to discover if a modern vessel of equal opulence to the Titanic could be successfully built for the sea today.

Transcontinental Secrets

5. Transcontinental Secrets

45 min

America's transcontinental railroad helped transform the United States into a global superpower, and today, cutting-edge engineering is behind hi-tech railways to once again revolutionize travel from sea to shining sea.

Legend of Machu Picchu

6. Legend of Machu Picchu

45 min

Experts reveal what it would take to rebuild the legendary Machu Picchu.

Eiffel Tower Decoded

7. Eiffel Tower Decoded

45 min

Experts decode the groundbreaking engineering behind the Eiffel Tower.

Engineering the Home

8. Engineering the Home

45 min

From ancient cave dwellings to massive multi-winged estates, the home has never stopped evolving; now, experts mix modern materials with state-of-the-art technology to reveal if a modern home can be constructed to truly stand the test of time.

Season 35 episodes

Cast

Brian Mitchell

Brian Mitchell

Narrator

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