Extreme engineering, produced by Powderhouse Productions for Discovery Channel ; produced by Chris Schmidt ; written by Ed Fields, Alan Lindgren. Tokyo's sky city /
Examines the challenges facing architects and engineers from Japan, Taiwan and Canada as they plan to construct Sky City, a towering, vertical concrete and glass community in Tokyo. Twice the height of any existing building, the walled community looks impressive on paper, but will it be able to with...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
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Silver Spring, MD :
Discovery Channel,
c2003.
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| Summary: | Examines the challenges facing architects and engineers from Japan, Taiwan and Canada as they plan to construct Sky City, a towering, vertical concrete and glass community in Tokyo. Twice the height of any existing building, the walled community looks impressive on paper, but will it be able to withstand earthquakes, typhoons and fire? |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast as an episode of the Discovery Channel television series Extreme engineering. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (43 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; colour recording system: NTSC. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Francis Bisson ... [et al.] ; editor, Cherry Enoki ; music, Ray Loring. |