5 of the best demolition videos from 2025

From towering skyscrapers to complex industrial facilities, each project showcased the skill and creativity required to bring massive structures down safely and efficiently.

2025 has seen some truly remarkable demolitions, where technology and expertise come together to turn destruction into art.

In this article, we’ve selected five of the best demolition videos from 2025, highlighting the most technically impressive and visually stunning projects of the year.

5 of the best demolition videos from 2025

Brown & Mason carries out a record breaking demolition

In August, UK-based demolition specialist Brown & Mason set a Guinness World Records title for the most cooling towers demolished with controlled explosives simultaneously.

The company completed the record by bringing down eight 114m towers at Cottam Power Station in Nottinghamshire in a single precise blowdown.

The record-breaking event formed part of the decommissioning of the former coal-fired facility and followed months of meticulous planning, detailed modelling, and a strict focus on safety, the company said.

To qualify, Brown & Mason was required to complete the demolition within 40 seconds – a target it achieved in just 10 seconds. Below is a video of the project, as well as an interview with Rikki Isgar, Explosive Demolition Manager at Brown & Mason.

Demolition begins on White House East Wing

Demolition crews from Maryland-based contractor Aceco started tearing down part of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a new 999-person ballroom back in October.

Heavy construction equipment was seen dismantling the facade of the building, which was used as the first lady’s offices, a theater, and a visitor entrance for foreign dignitaries.

The current East Wing was erected in 1942, during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration and amid World War Two, over a bunker built for the president’s use in case of emergency.

TVA implodes 540ft cooling tower

September saw the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has safely imploded the 540ft cooling tower at its Hartsville property in Trousdale County.

The implosion, carried out by TVA’s Demolition team in the early morning hours of September 18, brought down the massive hyperbolic structure in a matter of seconds.

The tower was originally built in the 1970s as part of a planned nuclear power plant that was never completed. In the decades since, the unused structure had become a target for trespassing, creating growing safety concerns for the public and first responders.

Total Wrecking completes demolition of former power station

Total Wrecking & Environmental undertook the controlled implosion of the main boiler structure and 525-ft stack at the Dolet Hills Power Station, Louisiana.

The company said the imposion, which took place on October 6 at 8:00 am, was carried out using high-precision, engineered explosive techniques to minimise environmental impact and ensure public safety.

The site is being redeveloped to support renewable energy infrastructure, including one of Louisiana’s largest solar power installations.

Sizewell A turbine hall demolished

Finally, a major decommissioning project was completed at the former Sizewell A nuclear power station in Suffolk, United Kingdom, in July with the demolition of a turbine hall and its adjoining structures.

The works were carried out by demolition specialist Erith, on behalf of Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) and included the removal of more than 17,000t of concrete and rubble.

The turbine hall, along with the site’s fire station and electrical annexe, was dismantled following the use of controlled explosives to break up four large concrete plinths.