How Are Skyscrapers Engineered? – with Roma Agrawal


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How high can we build skyscrapers with the help of new materials and technologies?
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Roma Agrawal delves into the history of the materials that enabled immense construction, particularly concrete and steel, and the developments that made our structures what they are today. All while noting the accomplishments of key visionary engineers – Henry Bessemer, Fazlur Khan and Elisha Otis.

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