16 Old Buildings Given A New Life After Being Changed Into Something Completely Different
by N/A, 9 years ago |
3 min read
Most of the time when you hear about something being "upcycled" it's something old in your house that you'd otherwise throw out, but in the case of these buildings, upcycling changed them from old dilapidated buildings that would probably have been torn down, and gave them new lives.
1. This underground bomb shelter turned into an urban farm
2. A 13th centruy church in Holland converted into a bookstore
3. An artist turned this 1949 Pullman-Standard sleeper car into her home
4. A Presbyterian church in London was transformed into a bar
5. The Liberty Hotel in Boston used to be the Charles Street Jail
6. The Ambler Boiler House in a Philadelphia suburb was turned into a pretty sweet office building
7. Laura Clark, an architect, somehow converted this public restroom in London into a beautiful one-bedroom apartment
8. An airship hanger in Krausnik, Germany was turned into the Tropical Islands Resort, complete with the world's largest indoor rainforest
9. A water tower built in 1923 was transformed into a bed and breakfast
10. The Tate Modern, Britain's national gallery of international modern art, was once the Bankside Power Station
11. The gasometers (gas tanks) in Europe's largest gas plant are now being turned into aparments
12. A meat packing plant in Chicago was converted into an urban farming area
13. The Pumping Station Haarlemmerweg of Amsterdam has been turned into the Cafe Restaurant Amsterdam
14. Comvert, a clothing company, found a 1950s movie theatre and had it remodeled for their headquarters
15. A decades empty grain silo in Texas was converted into the Gruene Homestead Inn
16. An abandoned Walmart was transformed into a public library in McAllen, Texas
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