Down From the Inside

This building in Tokyo's Akasaka district is interesting not only because of its cool design, but because it's coming down... from the inside.   

As this article explains, demolition experts are using a new technique to raze the building from the top down - working from the building's interior.   The building is literally shrinking before our eyes:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/08/news/razing-skyscrapers-from-the-inside/#at_pco=cfd-1.0

Owners of this old hotel - and its hyper-pricey plot of land - plan to construct a new hotel on the same site.