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If at some point it was deemed unsafe and impossible to fix, I am wondering how you could do a controlled destruction of it without damaging nearby buildings.
by prmoustache 3y ago
If at some point it was deemed unsafe and impossible to fix, I am wondering how you could do a controlled destruction of it without damaging nearby buildings.
I guess you'd need to dismantle it floor by floor? Are there any example of very high skyscraper having been destroyed/dismantled on purpose, not by 9.11 attacks?
EDIT: found a table on wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_voluntarily_demolished_buildings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_voluntarily_de...
- defrost 3y agoMost high buildings in that table were "deconstructed". This one, at 46 floors, was the tallest imploded: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IFItCikJUk0 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IFItCikJUk0