Building Wild

Building Wild is a reality construction series. It premiered on National Geographic Channel on January 14, 2014. The network's first-ever "do-it-yourself" series, Building Wild features the work of Paul DiMeo and Pat "Tuffy" Bakatis, collectively known as The Cabin Kings.[1] Each week on the series, The Cabin Kings meet a new client who dreams of a backwoods getaway. In seven days or less, The Cabin Kings build their clients a custom cabin; the landowners must provide some materials and manpower in order to get the job done before the deadline. The cabins featured on the series each included an unexpected design element: a cabin that rotates 360 degrees, a cabin that floats, a cabin with a winch elevator (Tuffy-vator), or a bus converted into living space. Promoted by the network as "The most rugged construction series ever built,"[2] all episodes were filmed in the area surrounding Hoosick Falls, NY. The show was created by and is executive produced by George Verschoor and William Spjut.[3]

Its second and final season premiered on February 24, 2015,[4] and ended on April 21, 2015.

  1. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (2014-02-17). "Manifest Destiny: Into The Wild With A Tool Belt". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Channel Homepage". National Geographic Channel. National Geographic. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
  3. ^ O'Connell, Michael (24 March 2013). "Nat Geo And Wild Build Original Slate, Order More Cesar Milan". HollywoodReporter.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  4. ^ Stockly, Ed. "Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'The Italian Americans' on KOCE". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 23, 2015.