Demolition – The Art of Demolishing, Dismantling, Imploding, Toppling & Razing by Helene Lis with the Loizeaux Family of Controlled Demolition Inc. Published by Black Dog &Leventhal, New York, 2000, large hardcover with dustjacket, 128 pages, colour photos.

This book provides a fascinating insight into the world of demolition and features many examples of a various selection of structures that have been dealt to by the Loizeaux family and their company Controlled Demolition around the world.

It starts with an introduction to demolition, looks at the tools and equipment developed and used for conventional demolition and continues onto implosion as a means of bringing down a structure so that there is little or no impact to the surrounding areas.

Good used, ex-library.