Referring to buildings of the 80's, seems to hit the news on a frequent basis, as to how some of these structures were of poor design, stability or eventually 'fit for purpose'.

Tower blocks were once the planner's dream of resolving homeless issues, but look how many tower blocks built within the last 40/50 years have now gone by their sell by date. This just doesn't include housing, but commercial enterprise properties as well. Even 'modern' hospitals are not immune.

The Victorian builders had some great ideas and structures, and how many of those are still rock solid, and will remain so for further generations?.

Talking about demolition from top to bottom, then perhaps look no further than Fred Dibnah's adventures!.

Going on explosive commercial demolition, I recall the days when this was fairly new, and I was involved with some very old solid crane block removals at the side of the Thames in Greenwich. As I said, the whole idea of confined demolition was fairly new, and the 'expert' had to be brought in from Germany, because at the time this was the only option.