Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures

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Lily-Rose Depp is frozen with fear in FIRST look ofher upcoming horror film that follows a 'haunted woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her' Mysteries of the Abandoned (12 May 2017), Soviet Doomsday Device | Mysteries of the Abandoned , retrieved 4 April 2018 In BUILT, structural engineer Roma Agrawal takes a unique look at how construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors to towers of steel that reach into the sky. She unearths how humans have tunnelled through kilometres of solid mountain, bridged the widest and deepest of rivers, and tamed Nature’s precious – and elusive – water resources. She tells vivid tales of the pioneers behind landmark builds such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Burj Khalifa, and examines, from an engineering perspective, tragedies like the collapse of the Twin Towers. She reveals how she designs a building so it will stand strong – even in the face of gales, fire, earthquakes and explosions. Tommy Fury fails to mention fiancée Molly-Mae Hague as he pays tribute to their daughter Bambi on return to the UK after partying in Abu Dhabi