Famous demolitions

The largest single building ever imploded is said to be the Hudson Department Store in Detroit, Michigan, US, in 1998.

John F Kennedy International Airport Terminal 3 in New York was taken down in stages between 2013 and 2015.

The Deutsche Bank Building, New York, was demolised in 2011, after it was damaged in the World Trade Centre attacks.

The Bank of Lisbon building in Johannesburg was demolished in 2019, after a deadly fire claimed the lives of three firefighters in the building in 2018.