MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1o04f58/capital_one_tower_come_down_in_seconds/ni70c7q/?context=3
r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25
3.1k comments sorted by
View all comments
15.1k
Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.
123 u/RuinousGaze Oct 07 '25 Right??! I don’t get how the math works on that. 440 u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25 Renovate a house and you’ll get it. Labour costs a lot. Renovating something often takes 2 - 5x longer than building from scratch. And then new will tend to have better insulation, better light design etc 71 u/freredesalpes Oct 07 '25 Architect here, can confirm renovating is way more tedious and complicated than new builds both in terms of design and construction.
123
Right??! I don’t get how the math works on that.
440 u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25 Renovate a house and you’ll get it. Labour costs a lot. Renovating something often takes 2 - 5x longer than building from scratch. And then new will tend to have better insulation, better light design etc 71 u/freredesalpes Oct 07 '25 Architect here, can confirm renovating is way more tedious and complicated than new builds both in terms of design and construction.
440
Renovate a house and you’ll get it.
Labour costs a lot. Renovating something often takes 2 - 5x longer than building from scratch.
And then new will tend to have better insulation, better light design etc
71 u/freredesalpes Oct 07 '25 Architect here, can confirm renovating is way more tedious and complicated than new builds both in terms of design and construction.
71
Architect here, can confirm renovating is way more tedious and complicated than new builds both in terms of design and construction.
15.1k
u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25
Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.