NOVA: High-Risk High-Rise

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Every year, hundreds of new skyscrapers are built around the globe. As nations vie for prestige, these shimmering towers are rising higher and higher. But for all their impressive engineering, are these buildings safe? Can we be sure how they will hold up in earthquakes, fires, and other potential disasters? What have—or haven’t—we learned from past tragedies?
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Every year, hundreds of new skyscrapers are built around the globe. As nations vie for prestige, these shimmering towers are rising higher and higher. But for all their impressive engineering, are these buildings safe? Can we be sure how they will hold up in earthquakes, fires, and other potential disasters? What have—or haven’t—we learned from past tragedies?

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