Abandoned Nazi Bunker Converted to Power Plant & Cafe
The words 'Nazi power' have taken on a new meaning in Hamburg, Germany as an abandoned bunker formerly equipped with anti-aircraft turrets has been transformed for a surprising new use. The ...
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Lucky Rainbow: Time Lapse Pics of Traffic Light Piercing Fog
The right place, proper timing and a keen eye conspired to help a photographer capture this eerie nighttime phenomena at a crossroads outside of Weimar, Germany. German ...
Car-Free City: Hamburg Announces Audacious 20-Year Plan
Germany may be known for its green political party and sustainable energy focus, but this daring plan to eliminate the need for automobiles entirely across the country's second-largest metropolis ...
Beer Bath: Underground Brewery Converted to Thermal Spa
Lounge in large wooden vats that once contained gallons upon gallons of beer, gazing up at the original stone arches in subterranean vaulted chambers. The Hürlimann Brewery in Zurich, built in ...
Reconstructionism: 88 Dramatic Deformations of 1 Building
His world-famous photo manipulations span the globe but this time with a twist: a single seemingly-unremarkable structure bent, broken, shattered, turned, twisted and reformed in dozens of ...
Indoor Camping: Vintage RVs Reclaimed as Hostel Rooms
At Bonn's Basecamp Young Hostel, travelers enjoy the quirky accommodations of cheerfully decorated vintage RVs, with views of the sea and an unchanging blue sky just beyond their windows. That ...
Rare Visions of the Past: 30 Old Color Photographs
The black-and-white shades of old photos can reduce the immediacy of the images, making them feel as if the people and events they captured existed so long ago as to be irrelevant to our current ...
Crossed Up: 9 Twisted Swastika-Shaped Buildings
Swastikas are ancient symbols of positivity tarnished by a negative recent past, which explains why modern architects have generally avoided employing the hooked cross design in their blueprints. ...
Interactive Light Art Installation Operated by Smart Phones
A five-story 'veil' of light situated along the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany billows and contracts according to users' finger movements on their smart phones. 'Photophore' was installed at ...
The World is Watching: Urban Intervention Goes Ocular
How much more welcoming would a city environment seem if it were filled with friendly creatures? German artist Timm Schneider is filling Weisbaden with very strange beings that are not only ...
