In the city that never sleeps, one architect's dream for a greener future has been realised. The One Bryant Park building in New York City is not only going to be the second tallest building in the city, but is set to be one of the most energy efficient skyscrapers in the world. Richard Cook and his team take on an exhilarating challenge to transform the modern approach to green technology. His vision to break new ground in the arena of environmentally conscious skyscrapers is a significant step forward in a city known for massive energy consumption. Follow the trials and triumphs of erecting a skyscraper whose blueprints might just map out a new design for our planet's future.

National Geographic Ancient Megastructures - Angkor Wat 720p HDTV
English | avi | 704 x 528 | 25 fps | XVID 1581 kbps | MP3 128 Kbps | 576MB
Genre: Documentary

  Hidden profound in Cambodia's jungles, the temple of Angkor Wat is a elevated monument to the Hindu god Vishnu, belying its origins as the mausoleum for a usurper king who murdered his great uncle.

Megastructures: Super Pipeline looks at one of the gas industry’s riskiest projects ever undertaken. By 508, Britain will be connected to Norway via a 1,50 km super pipeline. It’s composed of over one million tonnes of steel and equating to a 1/3 of the world’s combined pipeline production company. Yet all of the work must be completed by robots working 3 km under the North Sea against harsh underwater currents, sub-zero temperatures and abysmal wind and wave conditions.

For 20 years, the Sears Tower held the record for the world’s tallest building. Completed in 1973, the 110 stories high building is almost half a kilometer tall. And it still holds the record for having the world’s highest antenna. John Zils, structural engineer and designer of this mega-structure shares some of the secrets about the tower. And get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the various systems and controls that are vital to the building, like security monitoring, the elevators, and the water and power distribution to the various levels, and even the machines that cleans the windows.

It is a bold experiment in architecture and a cutting-edge vision of construction eco-engineering. When hosts the 2008 the eyes of the world will be riveted on this building. Its official name is the National Aquatics Centre but in the world of mega-architecture it is reverently known as the Water Cube. It's a brilliant fantasia of steel and plastic – a honeycomb of 22,000 steel beams supporting pillows of high tech plastic inflated onto shimmering translucent bubbles. Go behind the scenes to learn more about the vision that saw the creation of a building destined to become one this century's leading architectural feats.

It's big, it's nasty but it's more than just a hole in the ground. Puente Hills is Los Angeles' dirtiest suburb. Mammoth machines trundle around a pile of trash twenty stories high. Man and technology are pitted in battle against a tidal wave of waste. Some landfills take in 2,000 tons of trash a day but America's largest active dump takes in that amount each hour. Take a spin in the 15,000 lb Bomag Compactor with its 55-inch garbage crushing steel wheels. Puente Hills powers over 100,000 homes and a fleet of vehicles with the landfill's methane gas. Sift through the gargantuan world of garbage and find out what happens to your trash when you're not looking.

National Geographic - Megafactories: Fire Truck (2010) HDTV XviD
Language: English
00:46:49 | 624x352 | XviD - 927Kbps | 25.000fps | MP3 - 102kbps | 349MB
Genre: Documentary

The burning of fuel truck is taken to the next level of engineering, making it a achievement of technological genius. This is the ultimate firefighting vehicle.

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National Geographic Royal Maya Massacre 2010 DVDRip.XviD-KhDV
English | 50 mins | 704 x 400 | 25fps | Xvid | MP3 - 131kbs | 700 MB
Genre: Documentary 

This National Geographic advertisement uses state-of-the-art archaeological discoveries, computer generated recreations and visits to not merely supposed or fancied locations to reconstruct the development and a

National Geographic - Relentless Enemies (2006 ) 1080p BluRay x264
Bluray | English | MKV | AVC @ 9520kbps | 1920 x 1080 | AC3 @ 640kbps | 1h 32mn | 6.56GB
Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary

It is a curiosity few have seen firsthand. Two foes trapped on an island in a alien part of Africa - and a battle to survive captured in despotic-defi

National Geographic - Explorer: Climbing Redwood Giants (2010) 720p HDTV x264-DiVERGE
HDTV DiVERGE | English | MKV | AVC 3026Kbps 1280x720 29.970fps | AC3 384Kbps 6CH 48Khz | 45mn 48s | 1.09GB
Genre: Documentary

They are living giants; one of the Earth's largest and oldest trees. Some spire more than 350 feet high, taller than the Statue of Liberty; more may have been

National Geographic - Breaking Up The Biggest: Historic Bridge (2010) 720p HDTV x264-SomeTV
HDTV SomeTV | English | MKV | AVC 2920Kbps 1280x720 25ps | AC3 192Kbps 2CH 48Khz | 47mn 18s | 1.09GB
Genre: Documentary

A young demolition team must lower an historic bridge to recycle 25,000 tons of dirk, concrete and rebar. Watch them as they test their limits, combat the elem

National Geographic The Heroin Trade Documentary.XviD-iNT
English | 46 mins | 720 x 480 | 25fps | Xvid | AC3 - 448kbs | 1472 MB
Genre:  Documentary

Every time a heroin dedicate buys a bag of heroin on the street, they are supporting this bloody industry. In addition to destroying their own life and the lives of those on every side them, heroin

National Geographic - Master Of Disaster: Avalanche (2010) 720p HDTV x264-DiCH
HDTV DiCH | English | MKV | AVC 2914Kbps 1280x720 25ps | AC3 192Kbps 2CH 48Khz | 47mn 24s | 1.09GB
Genre: Documentary

Disaster specialist Tim Samaras measures the limitless and examines a range of terrifying natural and man made disasters including tornadoes and salute, collapsed buildings,

National Geographic - Mississippi River Quest S01E03: Memphis To The Gulf (2010) 720p HDTV x264-DHD
HDTV DHD | English | MKV | AVC 3024Kbps 1280x720 29.970fps | AC3 384Kbps 6CH 48Khz | 45mn 53s | 1.09GB
Genre: Documentary

After a colossus log punches a hole in the boat, forcing Marcus, Stephen and Bill on the ~side of the water to make crucial boat repairs, their jour