20 Incredible Building Demolitions

From towering skyscrapers to historic structures, these demolitions showcase the meticulous planning, advanced engineering, and sheer power involved in transforming cityscapes. Each entry delves into the technical challenges, the methods used, and the reasons behind the demolitions. Join us as we take a closer look at how these buildings met their dramatic, precisely-calculated ends, making way for the new and leaving spectators in awe. Whether for urban redevelopment or safety reasons, these demolitions are a testament to the ever-evolving nature of our built environments.

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[Naturaldisasterdocumentary]

These 20 incredible building demolitions are absolutely mind-blowing! The precision and power involved in bringing down massive structures are both fascinating and a little terrifying. It’s amazing to watch, but also a reminder of how quickly something so big can be reduced to rubble

[jackielulu]

Would've want to live next door to any of those!

[epicmomentshub]

This footage is proof that reality is better than fiction!

[bobstud]

The first video was not a natural gas storage tank. It was a water cooling tower.

[Silvana-rvzb]

WOW! Where people used to live, shop and/or work...gone!

[nonexisting]

Seeing the grey smoke reminds me of 9/11, from the twin towers collapsing, rest in peace for the people who died that day

[jeanht]

Ont voit Que ce sont des professionnels

[brianthesnail]

Amazing when you think how long they took to build. I am involved the electricity industry and we are demolishing all our coal fired power stations here in the UK. The one at 07.10 in this video is one of them and I used to live close to it. The last coal fired power station in the UK in operation closed on 30 September 2024 after nearly 55 years and they ran the turbines pouring the coal into the boilers until the last second. They are as old as I am and it's a bittersweet feeling as I come to end of my career seeing them fall one by one. They will drop the last one as I retire but a few people are thinking we should retain a few of the cooling towers as a monument to our industrial heritage. I agree.

[backpatchingmountaineer]

they should build public garden park in this area now

[MSK]

8:00 7 ВТЦ в принципе также рухнул, разве что это здание разделилось на две части во время падения, чего не было у ВТЦ 7, потому что в ВТЦ 7 был стальной каркас из балок, стальная рама, а здесь очевидно железобетонное здание, поэтому физика/механика обрушения (сноса) несколько отличается.

[handyandy]

No. 18. Controlled demolition, falls into its own footprint. Now where have I seen something like that before?

[mick]

What are the lifespan on wind turbins ?

[christopheklinger]

When a building doesn’t get hit by a airplane because it got shot down, you have to use controlled demolition anyway to get rid of all the rigging that would remain, rigging for all to see.

[ImaDogTrainer]

Ok, who's going to pay to get the 6" of grime off my house!

[garypring]

SOME OF THESE ARE NOT BUILDINGS AS THE TITLE IS CALLED A WATER TOWER A OLD ROAD ARIELS A WIND FARM TOWER

[Silvana-rvzb]

The VERY sad thing about demolitions are how long it took to first create and build these architectural creations; sweat and long hours for construction workers to build only to be destroyed!

[tuberhead]

Thanks for not saying "implosion".

[MomolosZtips]

Hey Licet : Don't you realize that half of your clips don't match the title?
... and there's nothing "incredible" about any of them -- they went off as planned for, and exactly expected.

[terry_willis]

#13 at 5:40 That bridge looks like it would fall down if you drove a big rig across it.

[garyhallsworth]

Looks like the twins tower very similar was that controlled????