September 2011
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Distillery District, Toronto, Canada The... →
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Distillery District, Toronto, Canada
The Design
Situated in the east of Downtown Toronto, Distillery District is a heritage and entertainment hub. Architecturally, it is said that in North America, it has the largest collection of the Industrial Style of architecture during…
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New Batcave? →
If the rumors are true, the Batcave may be getting a green facelift. The Dark Knight Rises Rumors site reports that in one of the most exciting adaptive re-use projects to date, Transylvania’s old Salina Turda Salt Mine could be Christopher Nolan’s location of choice for the latest Batman movie to be released next summer. Nolan unofficially visited what is now a popular tourism site in...
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High Houses →
The High Houses are proposed as part of the reconstruction of Sarajevo after the siege of the city that lasted from 1992 though late 1995. Their site is the badly damaged “old tobacco factory” in the Marijn dvor section near the city center. The concept of the project is simple. The houses rise up high into the airspace once occupied by falling mortar and artillery shells fired by the city’s...
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This supermassive hangar once housed gigantic airships, and now it has been given a second life as an indoor tropical resort that holds the world’s largest indoor pool and water park. Located in the countryside between Dresden and Berlin, the building was modified to bring in lots of sunlight and the huge doors were welded shut to keep in the heat — even during the snowy German winter. Inside,...
