Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center Featured on “How Did They Build That?”

What goes into building a visitor center at 14,000 feet where temperatures can swing from -40 to 50 degrees within a 24-hour period and wind gusts can exceed 200 miles per hour?

Season 4 Episode 7 of the Smithsonian Channel’s “How Did They Build That?” dives into the complex design and construction of the new Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center atop a mountain that was once believed to not be fit for man nor beast.

During the episode, GWWO’s Design Principal, Alan Reed, shares key aspects of the design process on this spectacular site where “everything we did was to bring the mountain forward and the architecture, make it more background.”

Stream the episode on Amazon Prime now.