List of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings

Voluntary building demolition is the decision by either the landowner or a higher government body to demolish a structure for any number of reasons, ranging from severe structural damage to the redevelopment of the land the building sits upon. Involuntary (or unplanned) building demolitions, such as the collapse of a building during a severe earthquake or by a terrorist attack, are not included in this list.

The demolition of especially high buildings presents unique challenges, especially when their location is within densely populated areas of their respective cities. Buildings particularly tall are most often deconstructed floor-by-floor down to the building's basement, as opposed to controlled implosion of the structure, which would most likely damage surrounding structures.

Rank	Building name	City	Country	Height		Floors	Year completed	Year demolished	Method	Reason
				(m)	(ft)
1	AXA Tower	Singapore	Singapore	235	771	52	1986	2023	Deconstruction	Demolished for redevelopment of the tower's site.
2	270 Park Avenue	New York	United States	215	707	52	1960	2021	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for a taller building at 270 Park Avenue. [1]
3	Singer Building	New York	United States	187	612	47	1908	1968	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza.
4	CPF Building	Singapore	Singapore	171	561	46	1976	2017	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for a 29-storey office tower (only 10 meters taller). 2nd tallest building ever to be demolished in Asia.
5	Meena Plaza I	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	168.5	553	46	2014 (halted)	2020	Implosion	Topped out, but never completed. Tallest building ever to be demolished using explosives. [2]
6	Fuji Xerox Towers	Singapore	Singapore	165	541	38	1987	2023	Deconstruction	Demolished for redevelopment of the tower's site.
7	World Trade Center (Tokyo)	Tokyo	Japan	163	533	40	1970	2023	Deconstruction	Demolished as part of the Hamamatsucho Station West Entrance District redevelopment
8	Morrison Hotel	Chicago	United States	160	526	45	1925	1965	Manual	Demolished to make way for Bank One Plaza.
9	Deutsche Bank Building	New York	United States	158	518	39	1974	2011	Deconstruction	Heavily damaged from the September 11 attacks.
10	UIC Building	Singapore	Singapore	152	499	40	1973	2013	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for V on Shenton.
t-11	One Meridian Plaza	Philadelphia	United States	150	492	38	1972	1999	Deconstruction	Heavily damaged from a fire on February 23, 1991.
t-11	Tun Razak Tower	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	150	492	35	1983	2014	Deconstruction	Damaged from the 2014 fire that broke out on the 27th floor of the building.
13	City Investing Building	New York	United States	148	487	33	1908	1968	Manual	Demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza.
	Mizuho Bank Uchisaiwaichō Head Office Building	Tokyo	Japan	143	469	38	1981	2023	Deconstruction	Demolished as part of the Uchisaiwaicho 1-Chome District Redevelopment
13	The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	142	465	31	1993	2009	Manual	Demolished to make way for China Construction Bank Tower.
14	Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka	Tokyo	Japan	141	463	39	1982	2013	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for Tokyo Garden Terrace.
15	Hennessy Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	140	458	41	1983	2008	Manual	Demolished to make way for Hysan Place.
t-16	The Harmon Hotel	Paradise	United States	138	453	47	2009 (halted)	2015	Manual	Found to be structurally deficient and subsequently ordered demolished; never opened.
t-16	Funkhaus am Raderberggürtel  [ de ]	Cologne	Germany	138	453	34	1980	2019	Deconstruction	Partial vacancy since 2003.
t-18	Ardmore Park Old Block 1	Singapore	Singapore	137	449	36	1978	1997	Manual	Demolished to build new structures on the site. [3]
t-18	Ardmore Park Old Block 2	Singapore	Singapore	137	449	36	1978	1997	Manual	Demolished to build new structures on the site.
t-18	Ardmore Park Old Block 3	Singapore	Singapore	137	449	36	1978	1997	Manual	Demolished to build new structures on the site.
21	Shaw Tower	Singapore	Singapore	134	440	35	1975	2020	Deconstruction	Demolished for redevelopment of the tower’s site.
22	J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition	Detroit	United States	134	439	29	1911	1998	Implosion	Bankruptcy of J.L. Hudson Department Store; replaced by the Hudson's Tower in 2017 with construction expected to be completed in 2024.
23	National City Company Building	New York	United States	131	432	32	1928	1982	Manual	Demolished to make way for 60 Wall Street.
24	Palace II	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	130	426	22	1995	1998	Implosion	Partially collapsed on February 22, 1998 due to engineering error.
24.5	Savoy-Plaza Hotel	New York	United States	128	420	33	1927	1965	Manual	Demolished to make way for the General Motors Building.
25	State Office Block	Sydney	Australia	128	420	32	1965	1997	Manual	Demolished to make way for Aurora Place.
26	The Excelsior	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	126.3	414.5	37	1973	2019	Manual	Demolished to make way for a 135m tall office tower.
27	CAGA House	Sydney	Australia	125	410	30	1977	1992	Manual	Demolished to make way for Governor Phillip Tower.
28	Bayer-Hochhaus	Leverkusen	Germany	122	400	32	1963	2012	Manual	Various issues with structure.
29	Empire Landmark Hotel	Vancouver	Canada	120	393.7	42	1973	2019	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for a pair of new high-rise residential towers.
30	Landmark Tower	Fort Worth	United States	120	393.6	30	1952	2006	Implosion	Abandoned since 1990, and later damaged in a tornado in 2000. The cost to renovate the building was deemed unviable.
31	Asahi Seimei Otemachi Building	Tokyo	Japan	119.6	392	29	1971	2023	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for Torch Tower.
32	First National Bank Building	Pittsburgh	United States	118	387	26	1912	1969	Manual	Demolished to make way for One PNC Plaza.
32	Jinhua Building	Xi'an	China	118	387	21	1996	2015	Implosion	Demolished for redevelopment of the tower's property. It was not used for decades even though it was legally the property of Jinhua Pharmaceutical Factory.
33	Centre International Rogier	Brussels	Belgium	117	384	30	1960	2001	Manual	Demolished to make way for Rogier Tower.
34	AfE-Turm	Frankfurt	Germany	116	381	32	1972	2014	Implosion	Demolished for redevelopment of the tower's site. Tallest building to have been imploded in Europe.
35	Ocean Tower	South Padre Island	United States	115	379	30	2008 (halted)	2009	Implosion	Demolished after cracks were found in the building's supporting columns, and various other deficiencies, were discovered during construction. Never opened.
36	Trinity Court Building	New York	United States	114	374	26	1927	2015	Manual	Demolished to make way for 76 Trinity Place
37	Pearl Bank Apartments	Singapore	Singapore	113.4	372	38	1976	2019	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for One Pearl Bank.
38	Richfield Tower	Los Angeles	United States	113	372	13	1929	1969	Manual	Demolished to make way for City National Plaza.
39	Edifício São Vito	São Paulo	Brazil	112	367	27	1959	2011	Manual	Building fell into disrepair.
40	Landmark Hotel and Casino Las Vegas	Paradise	United States	111	364	31	1969	1995	Implosion	Demolished to make way for a parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center.
41	Wilson Mendes Caldeira Building  [ pt ]	São Paulo	Brazil	110	361	32	1963	1975	Implosion	Imploded to make way for the Sé metro station and Praça da Sé.
42	Furama Hong Kong Hotel	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	110	360	32	1973	2002	Manual	Demolished to make way for AIA Central.
43	Chongqing passenger transport building / Chaotianmen Hotel	Chongqing	China	110	360	32	1996	2012	Implosion	Demolished to make way for Raffles City.
	Yamato Seimei Building	Tokyo	Japan	109	359	26	1984	2023	Deconstruction	Demolished as part of the Uchisaiwaicho 1-Chome District Redevelopment
44	Stardust Resort & Casino Las Vegas	Winchester	United States	108	354	32	1990	2007	Implosion	Demolished to make way for Echelon Place and Resorts World Las Vegas.
45	Lisbon Bank Building	Johannesburg	South Africa	108	354	26	1967	2019	Implosion	A fire in 2018 caused the structure to be deemed unstable. [4] [5] [6]
46	Yufeng building	Nanchang	China	108	354	26	1990	2017	Implosion
47	Sheraton Lincoln Hotel	Houston	United States	107	352	28	1962	2011	Deconstruction	The hotel had sat vacant since 1986 at the time of its demolition.
48	Millennium Hotel Cincinnati	Cincinnati	United States	107	350	32	1977	2022	Manual
49	Windsor Tower	Madrid	Spain	106	348	32	1979	2005	Manual	Heavily damaged from a fire on February 12, 2005.
50	Hotel Sofitel Tokyo	Tokyo	Japan	106	348	26	1994	2008	Unknown
51	Manhattan Life Insurance Building	New York	United States	106	348	18	1894	1963 or 1964	Unknown
52	Farmers Bank Building	Pittsburgh	United States	105	345	27	1902	1997	Implosion	Demolished due to a lack of tenants.
52	Crowne Plaza Hotel	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	105	345	26	1973	2014	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for the proposed Tradewinds Square.
53	Capital Plaza Tower	Frankfort	United States	103	338	28	1972	2018	Implosion	Falling concrete and water leaks from the building were reported in its later years. It was demolished to make way for a new 5-story office building, park, and 1,100-space parking garage.
54	Supertech Apex Tower	Noida	India	103	338	32	2009-2012 (halted)	2022	Implosion	Demolished due to Violation of National Building Code, along with the slightly smaller Ceyane Tower.
55	New York Tribune Building	New York	United States	102	335	19	1875	1966	Unknown
56	Enterprise House	Melbourne	Australia	102	336	24	1973	2020	Deconstruction	Demolished to redevelop the tower's site.
57	Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus	Ludwigshafen	Germany	101	333	28	1957	2014	Manual	Demolished for the new BASF headquarters building.
58	Martin Tower	Bethlehem	United States	101	332	21	1972	2019	Implosion	Demolished for mixed-use rezoning of the tower's property.
59	Sparkasse Hagen Tower	Hagen	Germany	101	331	21	1975	2004	Implosion	Damage from water leakage problems.
60	Tower Building	Baltimore	United States	101	330	16	1912	1986	Manual
61	Drapers' Gardens	London	United Kingdom	100	328	30	1967	2007	Deconstruction	Demolished for redevelopment of the tower's site.
62	Southwark Towers	London	United Kingdom	100	328	25	1976	2008	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for The Shard.

Tallest voluntarily demolished buildings 50 meters (164 feet) to 100 meters (328 feet) in height

Rank	Building name	City	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year completed	Year demolished	Method	Reason
59	Genesee Towers	Flint	United States	99.4	326	19	1968	2013	Implosion	The building was demolished due to the risk of falling concrete from the structure.
60	CRA Building	Melbourne	Australia	99.1	325	26	1962	1988	Manual	Demolished to make way for 101 Collins Street.
61	Angkasa Raya Building	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	99.1	325	24	1977	2011	Deconstruction
62	Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino	Atlantic City	United States	97.8	321	39	1984	2021	Implosion	Demolished after being closed since 2014 and falling into such disrepair that chunks began falling off the building.
63	1515 Tower	West Palm Beach	United States	97.6	320	30	1974	2010	Implosion	Damaged by Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne in 2004.
64	Lodge on the Park	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	96.6	317	29	1988	2011	Manual	Demolished to make way for Kennedy Park at Central.
65	Saint Paul Building	New York	United States	96	315	26	1898	1958	Manual	Demolished to make way for Western Electric Building.
66	Houston Main Building	Houston	United States	95.1	312	21	1952	2012	Implosion	Demolished due to basement issues.
67	Supertech Ceyane Tower	Noida	India	95	312	29	2009-2012 (halted)	2022	Implosion	Demolished due to Violation of National Building Code, along with the slightly taller Apex Tower.
68	One James River Plaza	Richmond	United States	94.4	310	21	1978	2020	Implosion
69	New York World Building	New York	United States	94	308.32	20	1890	1955	Manual	Demolished to make way for an entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.
70	Beautiful City Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	93.3	306	28	1978	2003	Manual	Demolished to make way for CASA 880.
71	Limebank House	London	United Kingdom	93	305	26	1969	1998	Manual
72	Zhongyin Building (never opened)	Wenzhou	China	93	305	22	1997	2004	Implosion	Deemed unsafe. Never opened.
73	Deutsche Bank IBCF  [ de ]	Frankfurt	Germany	93	305	21	1971	2018	Manual	Demolished to make way for Four (Frankfurt).
74	Poltegor Centre	Wrocław	Poland	92.1	302	25	1982	2007	Manual	Demolished to make way for Sky Tower.
75	Masonic Temple	Chicago	United States	92	302	21	1892	1939	Unknown
75	Skrunda-1 Receiver Building	Skrunda	Latvia	91.4	300	19	1991	1995	Implosion	Demolished as a result of then-US President Bill Clinton’s commitment to help the Latvian government comply with a treaty involving the withdrawal of Russian troops.
76	20 Fenchurch Street	London	United Kingdom	91.1	299	25	1968	2008	Deconstruction	Previous building demolished for the redevelopment of the tower's site.
77	109 Bluevale Street	Glasgow	United Kingdom	90.8	298	30	1968	2016	Deconstruction	Residents later weren't satisfied with the flats.
78	51 Whitevale Street	Glasgow	United Kingdom	90.8	298	30	1968	2016	Deconstruction	Residents later weren't satisfied with the flats.
79	Sander Hall	Cincinnati	United States	90.5	297	27	1971	1991	Implosion	Demolished because of various problems, largely fire safety concerns.
80	Tai Sang Commercial Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	90	295	27	1997	2009	Manual
81	10 Red Road Court	Glasgow	United Kingdom	89	292	31	1965	2015	Implosion
82	21 Birnie Court	Glasgow	United Kingdom	89	292	31	1965	2013	Implosion
83	33 Petershill Drive	Glasgow	United Kingdom	89	292	31	1965	2015	Implosion
84	63 Petershill Drive	Glasgow	United Kingdom	89	292	31	1965	2015	Implosion
85	93 Petershill Drive	Glasgow	United Kingdom	89	292	31	1967	2015	Implosion
86	123 Petershill Drive	Glasgow	United Kingdom	89	292	31	1967	2015	Implosion
87	World Trade Centre	London	United Kingdom	89	292	19	1991	2004	Unknown (likely deconstruction)	Damaged by the 1996 Docklands bombing.
88	Iduna-Hochhaus (Hamburg)  [ de ]	Hamburg	Germany	89	292	23	1966	1995	Implosion	Demolished after being vacant since 1987 due to asbestos contamination.
89	Euler-Hermes-Hochhaus  [ de ]	Hamburg	Germany	89	292	23	1981	2021	Deconstruction
90	Key Bank Tower	Salt Lake City	United States	88.4	290	20	1980	2007	Implosion	Demolished to make way for City Creek Center.
90.5	Tokyo Ginko Kyokai Building	Tokyo	Japan	88.2	289	20	1993	2016	Unknown
91	Old Toronto Star Building	Toronto	Canada	88.1	289	22	1929	1972	Manual	Demolished to make way for First Canadian Place.
92	13 Beima Road (Never completed)	Harbin	China	87	286	23	1996 (halted)	2018	Implosion	Left incomplete & abandoned, never opened.
93	Hong Kong Hilton	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	86.6	284	26	1962	1995	Manual	Demolished to make way for Cheung Kong Center.
94	Northwestern Mutual Place	Milwaukee	United States	86	283	16	1979	2014	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons. Northwestern Mutual cited maintenance problems caused by water seepage as the reason for demolishing the building.
95	Liggett Building	New York	United States	86	283	22	1922	2016	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for One Vanderbilt.
96	Lake View Hotel	Nanchang	China	86	281	22	1997	2010	Implosion	[ citation needed ]
97	Studioturm Deutsche Welle	Cologne	Germany	86	281	24	1976 (on hold)	2021	Deconstruction
98	Derwent Tower	Dunston	United Kingdom	85	280	29	1972	2012	Manual	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
99	Hotel Grand Chancellor	Christchurch	New Zealand	85	279	26	1986	2012	Manual	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
100	Chinatrust Financial Building	Taipei	Taiwan	85	279	22	1996	2016	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for Taipei Sky Tower.
101	High-rise of Pécs	Pécs	Hungary	84	276	25	1976	2016	Deconstruction	Unoccupied since 1989 due to structural instability.
	JX Building	Tokyo	Japan	84	275	20	1970	2017	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for Tokiwabashi Tower.
102	Dunes North Tower	Paradise	United States	84	275	24	1965	1993	Implosion	Demolished to make way for Bellagio Las Vegas.
103	Sands	Paradise	United States	83	274	18	1965	1996	Implosion	Demolished to make way for The Venetian Las Vegas.
104	Owasina Hall	Calgary	Canada	83.5	274	22	1972	2016	Deconstruction	Demolished to be redeveloped. [7]
105	Gillender Building	New York	United States	83	273	20	1897	1910	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for 14 Wall Street. [8]
106	Elegant Court	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	83	273	25	1987	2009	Manual	Demolished to make way for 21 Whitfield.
107	Hochtief-Hochhaus	Frankfurt	Germany	83	273	22	1974	2004	Manual	Demolished to make way for WestendDuo.
108	C&S Bank Tower	Atlanta	United States	81	266	20	1968	1993	Manual	Demolished after the NationsBank Plaza (now Bank of America Plaza) was completed. [9]
109	Northwestern National Bank Building	Minneapolis	United States	80	264	16	1930	1984	Implosion	Damaged by the 1982 Thanksgiving Day fire. The Wells Fargo Center now stands on the site. [10]
110	Blanding/Kirwan Towers, University of Kentucky	Lexington	United States	80	264	22	1967	2020	Deconstruction	Not cost effective to upgrade to modern dormitory standards, site was turned into a green space. [11] [12]
111	103 Colmore Row	Birmingham	United Kingdom	80	262	23	1976	2016	Manual
112	10-30 Petershill Court	Glasgow	United Kingdom	80	262	26	1968	2015	Implosion
113	153-213 Petershill Court	Glasgow	United Kingdom	80	262	28	1968	2012	Implosion
114	Four Seasons Hotel Maputo	Maputo	Mozambique	80	262	22	1974 (halted)	2007	Implosion	Owing to the Mozambican War of Independence, the building was never finished.
115	Bürohaus Osthafenplatz	Frankfurt	Germany	80	262	21	1966	2003	Unknown
116	Winchester House	London	United Kingdom	80	260	22	1968	1997	Unknown
117	Wisma Kosgoro	Jakarta	Indonesia	80	260	23	1976	2020	Decontruction	Demolished after the 2015 fire.
118	PwC Tower Christchurch	Christchurch	New Zealand	79	251	21	1990	2013	Manual	Demolished after being damaged during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake; the foundations were demolished in 2021. [13]
119	Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	United States	78	255	18	1956	2005	Implosion	Closed since 2000. Demolished to make way for a biomedical research park.
120	Commonwealth Building	Louisville	United States	78	255	21	1928	1994	Implosion
121	Hotel Vancouver (1916)	Vancouver	Canada	77.1	253	15	1916	1949	Manual	Demolished to be redeveloped. [14]
122	Traveler's Insurance Building	Boston	United States	77	253	18	1959	1988	Implosion	Demolished to make way for 125 High Street.
123	Crocodile House 1	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	77	251	23	1982	2008	Manual	Demolished to make way for Agricultural Bank of China Tower.
124	Melbourne Industrial Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	77	251	23	1977	2005	Manual	Demolished to make way for One Island East.
125	Hotel Manhattan	New York	United States	76	250	16	1896	1961	Unknown
	Five Ways Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	76	249	23	1979	2024	Manual
126	420 Main	Evansville	United States	76	248	18	1970	2021	Implosion	Demolished to make way for 5th & Main complex.
127	Hôtel de la Montagne	Montreal	Canada	75	246	20	1974	2014	Manual	Demolished to be redeveloped. [15]
128	Hotel Laurentien	Montreal	Canada	75	246	20	1948	1978	Manual	Demolished to be redeveloped. [16]
129	Maths Tower	Manchester	United Kingdom	75	246	18	1968	2005	Deconstruction
130	Sheraton-Oklahoma Hotel	Oklahoma City	United States	75	245	24	1932	1977	Implosion	Demolished because it was in the way of an urban development.
131	Executive Building	Brisbane	Australia	75	245	17	1972	2017	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for Queen's Wharf, Brisbane.
130	McGuire Apartments	Seattle	United States	74	242	25	2001	2011	Manual	Structural instability.
131	Woodmen of the World Building	Omaha	United States	73.8	242	19	1912	1977	Implosion
132	Qingdao Railway Plaza	Qingdao	China	74	241	24	1991	2007	Implosion
133	Aik San Factory Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	73	240	22	1972	2005	Manual	Demolished to make way for One Island East.
134	Lee Gardens Hotel	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	73	240	22	1970	1990	Manual	Demolished to make way for Manulife Plaza.
135	International Complex	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	73	240	18	1978	2014	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for the proposed Tradewinds Square.
136	Inn on the Park	Toronto	Canada	72.5	238	23	1971	2016	Manual	Demolished to be redeveloped. [17]
137	DOKP  [ pl ]	Katowice	Poland	72	236	18	1974	2015	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for KTW buildings  [ pl ]. [18] [19]
138	240 Roystonhill	Glasgow	United Kingdom	72	236	25	1967	1992	Implosion
139	20 Rosemount Street	Glasgow	United Kingdom	72	236	25	1967	2013	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
140	40 Rosemount Street	Glasgow	United Kingdom	72	236	25	1967	2016	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
141	Pabst Building	Milwaukee	United States	72	235	14	1891	1981	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for 100 East Wisconsin.
142	Hotel New Netherland	New York	United States	71	234	17	1893	1927	Unknown
143	HSBC Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	70	230	13	1935	1978	Manual
144	St. Johns House	Bootle	United Kingdom	70	230	19	1981	2001	Implosion	Suffered from sick building syndrome.
145	Anada Tower	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	70	229	21	19??	2008	Manual	Demolished to make way for Agricultural Bank of China Tower.
146	Le Tripode  [ fr ]	Nantes	France	70	229	18	1972	2005	Implosion	Demolished to make way for a mixed-use development.
147	40 Stirlingfauld Place	Glasgow	United Kingdom	69	226	24	1975	2008	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
148	45 Stirlingfauld Place	Glasgow	United Kingdom	69	226	24	1975	2008	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
149	Clarendon Tower	Christchurch	New Zealand	68.7	225	18	1988	2012	Manual	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake [20]
150	Shamrock Hotel	Houston	United States	68.5	225	18	1949	1987	Manual
t-151	Pacific Palisades East	Vancouver	Canada	68	223	22	1966	1994	Implosion	Demolished to make way for The Palisades Apartments.
t-151	Majestic Building (Detroit)	Detroit	United States	68	223	14	1896	1962	Unknown	Demolished to make way for 1001 Woodward
153	Birmingham Post & Mail Building	Birmingham	United Kingdom	67	220	16	1964	2005	Deconstruction
154	Traymore Hotel	Atlantic City	United States	67	220	16	1906	1972	Implosion
155	Zhejiang University Number 3	Hangzhou	China	67.1	220	20	1993	2007	Implosion	[21]
156	Swire House	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	66.8	219	20	1962	1998	Manual	Demolished to make way for Charter House.
157	Lord Simcoe Hotel	Toronto	Canada	66.8	219	20	1956	1980	Manual	Demolished to be redeveloped. [22]
158	Marsham Towers	London	United Kingdom	66	215	20	1971	2003	Unknown
159	Vanderbilt Avenue Building	New York	United States	65	214	18	1913	2016	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for One Vanderbilt.
160	Concourse Building	Toronto	Canada	65	213.3	16	1928	2013	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for EY Tower. [23]
161	Draper Tower	Nashville	United States	65	212	12	1990	2018	Implosion	Demolished to make way for Nashville Yards.
162	Hotel Equatorial	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	65	212	16	1973	2012	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for the new Hotel Equatorial.
163	City Hall Annex	Jacksonville	United States	64	210	15	1960	2019	Implosion	Demolished to make way for redevelopment.
164	Ronan Point	London	United Kingdom	64	210	22	1968	1986	Manual	Damaged by gas explosion in 1968. It was demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
165	Crocodile House 2	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	63	208	19	1966	2008	Manual	Demolished to make way for Agricultural Bank of China Tower.
166	Esso Tower	Paris	France	63	208	11	1963	1993	Manual
167	Stephenson Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	63	207	20	1967	2011	Deconstruction	Demolished to make room for redevelopment at Birmingham's New Street Station.
168	Lashkowitz High Rise	Fargo	United States	62.2	204	22	1971	2023	Implosion	It was determined that demolition was the best option for the building as it had small 300-square-foot units with low ceilings, asbestos in the walls, rotting pipes, lead-based paint and units with bed bugs.
169	Dalton Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	61	200	21	1971	2011	Implosion	Demolished to make room for new student housing.
170	Radio Network House	Christchurch	New Zealand	61	200	14	1986	2012	Implosion	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, was the first controlled building implosion in New Zealand. [24]
171	Dallas Cotton Exchange	Dallas	United States	61	200	17	1926	1994	Implosion	Sat vacant since 1987 prior to its implosion.
172	Chartered Bank Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	60	197	18	1959	1986	Manual	Demolished to make way for Standard Chartered Bank Building.
173	Hyatt Regency	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	60	197	18	1964	2006	Manual	Demolished to make way for iSQUARE.
174	Hotel Holiday Inn	Christchurch	New Zealand	60	197	16	1988	2012	Manual	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the foundations are still standing. [25]
175	Williamson Building	Cleveland	United States	60	196	16	1900	1982	Implosion	Demolished to make way for 200 Public Square.
176	Clyde Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	59	194	20	1967	2006	Implosion
177	Lawrence Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	59	194	21	1971	2011	Implosion	Demolished to make room for new student housing.
178	The Oregonian Building	Portland	United States	59	194	13	1892	1950	Manual
179	Vienna Wood Community	Hefei	China	59	192	16	2005	2005	Implosion
180	Carlton House Hotel [26]	Pittsburgh	United States	58.83	193	21	1952	1980	Implosion	Demolished to make way for the BNY Mellon Center.
t-181	Stafford Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	58	190	21	1971	2014	Implosion	Demolished to make way for a five-acre park at Aston University.
t-181	16-18 Pinkston Drive	Glasgow	United Kingdom	58	190	20	1967	2013	Manual	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
t-181	17-19 Pinkston Drive	Glasgow	United Kingdom	58	190	20	1967	2013	Manual	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
t-181	2 Queen Elizabeth Square	Glasgow	United Kingdom	58	190	20	1965	1993	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
t-181	30 Bogany Terrace	Glasgow	United Kingdom	58	190	20	1966	1993	Implosion
t-181	16-18 Fountainwell Place	Glasgow	United Kingdom	58	190	20	1967	2008	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
t-181	16-32 Queen Elizabeth Square	Glasgow	United Kingdom	58	190	20	1965	1993	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
t-181	Shell House	Singapore	Singapore	58	190	15	1960	1989	Unknown
189	Rochor Centre	Singapore	Singapore	57.84	189.76	17	1977	2018	Deconstruction	Demolished to make way for the North–South Corridor expressway tunnels.
190	Tung Ying Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	57	186	17	1965	2006	Manual	Demolished to make way for The ONE.
191	Tung Sang Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	57	186	17	1972	2006	Manual	Demolished to make way for York Place.
192	Scientific Institute of Water Management Tower (VITUKI Torony)	Budapest	Hungary	57	186	15	1975-1976	2020	Implosion	Demolished to make way for an athletic stadium (note: after that Budapest won the right to host the 2023 World Athletics Championships, originally they wanted to keep this building, but later, during the preparation of the construction work, its condition was assessed, which revealed that the building could not be used, so it had to be demolished for technical-economic reasons.)
193	Hyde Park Block B	Sheffield	United Kingdom	56	184	19	1965	1993	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
194	Westpac Canterbury Centre	Christchurch	New Zealand	55.1	181	14	1983	2012	Manual	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. [27]
195	Bingxiong Building	Zhengzhou	China	55	180.4	14	2000	2019	Implosion	Demolished to redevelop the building's site.
196	Home Insurance Building	Chicago	United States	54.9	180	12	1885	1931	Manual	Demolished to make way for the Field Building.
197	City East Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	53.3	175	16	1973	2007	Manual	Demolished to make way for Gardeneast Serviced Apartments.
198	Hotel Fontenelle	Omaha	United States	53.3	175	14	1915	1983	Unknown	[28]
199	Jardine House	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	53.3	175	16	1957	1980	Manual	Demolished to make way for Wheelock House.
200	APA Building	Melbourne	Australia	53	174	12	1889	1980	Unknown
t-201	Cornwall Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	52.1	171	18	1970	2014	Implosion	Demolished to make way for low-rise housing.
t-201	Normansell Tower	Birmingham	United Kingdom	52.1	171	18	1972	2012	Implosion	Demolished after being derelict for several years.
203	Christchurch Central Police Station	Christchurch	New Zealand	52	171	13	1973	2015	Implosion	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and was the 2nd controlled building implosion in New Zealand. Was the last high rise to be demolished in Christchurch after the 2011 earthquakes. [29]
204	Victoria Square Tower	Christchurch	New Zealand	51.8	170	15	2006	2012	Manual	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
205	Heritage Hotel	Christchurch	New Zealand	51.6	169	12	1971	2012	Manual	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
206	BNZ Tower	Christchurch	New Zealand	51	167	12	1967	2012/2017	Manual	Damaged by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The tower portion was destroyed in 2012 while the final part was destroyed in 2017.
207	Portland Airport Administration Building	Portland	United States	50.3	165	8	1958	2002	Unknown
208	Regal Constellation Hotel	Toronto	Canada	50.1	164.3	15	1966	2011	Manual	Demolished to make way for a Park 'N Fly parking lot. [30]
209	Revera House	Wellington	New Zealand	50	164	10	1990	2017	Deconstruction	Damaged by the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.
210	Chiao Shang Building	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	50	164	15	1964	2004	Manual	Demolished to make way for 100QRC.

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