Jan 17th 2013 7:00AM
The ongoing demolition of a Tokyo skyscraper makes it look like the 460-foot-tall building is shrinking. Taisei Corp., the construction company taking down the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, is using a new demolition technique, disassembling the building from the top down, floor by floor. No mess, no dust -- and it's... Continue Reading »
Aug 24th 2012 5:25PM
Conservationists are rushing to win landmark status for a home in Arizona built by iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright to block its pending demolition. In June, developer 8081 Meridian paid $1.8 million for the David and Gladys Wright House -- which Frank Lloyd Wright designed for one of his sons. Its plan is to tear... Continue Reading »
Jul 2nd 2012 2:30PM
Say you're halfway through building a new home when you realize -- oops! -- there's not enough room for a pool in the backyard! What ever are you to do? If you're one couple in the Hamptons, you tear the sucker down and start again from scratch. Eric and Margaret Friedberg did just that when, in the middle of... Continue Reading »
Jun 26th 2012 3:21PM
When is a $19 million 11,200-square-foot mansion with a "resort-style health club," a 60-foot pool and 5,000 square feet of stone terraces not enough? When the view is partially obstructed by the $4.2 million mansion next door. The solution? Tear down the house next door. That's what Clark and Sharon Winslow of... Continue Reading »
Jun 9th 2010 5:00PM
The childhood home of former Massachusetts governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was torn down yesterday as part of a plan to demolish thousands of dilapidated homes in Detroit. The Romneys lived in the 5,500-square-foot Palmer Woods home from 1941 to 1953. The former Romney home was located at... Continue Reading »
