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One of the biggest dome structures in the US was demolished in a controlled implosion (video)
On Monday, November 20th, the Georgia Dome – an 80,000-capacity stadium that opened in 1992 and hosted events in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, was torn down. More than 2,000kg of explosives were used for...
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Renovation of residential quarters in Moscow has been underway, thousands of Soviet-era 5-storey buildings to be demolished
The Russian Duma recently approved the bill (in its final form) concerning Moscow’s residential face-lift. Up to 7,900 aging apartment blocks (a full 10% of the city’s housing) is set to be torn down...
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The post-war Robin Hood Gardens in East London, an exemplary of new brutalism, is about to be demolished
Designed by architects Alison and Peter Smithson during the 1960s and completed in 1972, Robin Hood Gardens is considered by some people as one of the most important post-war Britain's social hou...
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Bridge demolition for metro’s construction in downtown LA (video)
A short bridge was demolished in downtown LA, as it was standing in the way of the Regional Connector project, the city’s metro line extension. The bridge, leading to Hope Street, was built in the are...
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19 buildings demolished at once in Central China (video)
To make way for a new business district in the city of Wuhan (formerly known as Hankou) in Central China, 19 apartment buildings were demolished on Saturday, January 21. It was the largest building im...
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