When it comes time for an aging skyscraper to be put out to pasture, it’s best to do so slowly. For buildings higher than 100 meters tall, there’s no easy path to demolition. Sure, you could blow it up, but the cleanup would be brutal. You could slam it with a wrecking ball, but that’s a little heavy-handed, don’t you think?
Taisei Corporation, a Japanese construction company, is doing things a little more subtly, and making skyscraper deconstruction a more eco-friendly endeavor in the process.
via Popular Science
