Bankside dominated the southern shore of the River Thames. After closing and falling into disrepair it was it was threatened with demolition for years, until Britain's National Gallery - The Tate - stepped in. In the 1960s TWA decided to build a new terminal at JFK as a statement of the jet age - designed with a giant concrete swooping roof like a bid's wing in flight. But within just a few years it was unable to cope with the number of passengers streaming through into New York, and was closed and fell dormant.Constructed in a former Soviet airship hangar, Tropical Islands Resort is a tropical theme park housed in the world's biggest free-standing hall. With a maximum daily capacity of 8,200, it's the largest indoor waterpark in the world. But installing enough sand to create a vast indoor beach, as well as an entire indoor tropical rainforest, had its challenges.
Engineering Reborn was broadcast on SBS ONE at Friday 25 November 2022, 09:30.