The above picture was taken in Gdansk today, 6th August 2018. The houses are beautiful with drain pipes, gargoyles, and windows. It’s hard to believe that this entire street and almost all of the old town of Gdansk was rebuilt after WWII based on drawings, paintings, and documents.
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10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips
Weird wonders, including a prowl around Amsterdam’s cat museum, a truly deep Transylvanian theme park and ‘Stalin’s World’ in Lithuania, have made readers embrace the quirky. Julian Worker has written a number of travel books including Travels through History : France Travels through History – The Balkans: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia Travels through HistoryContinue reading “10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips”
Megastructures: seven wonders of the modern world near completion
From Britain to the Middle East and China, engineers and architects are pushing the boundaries of possibility as they strive to create the biggest and the best
World Architecture Festival 2015 ‘building of the year’ and other winners – in pictures
A ‘horizontal’ residential development in Singapore takes the top prize at the 2015 World Architecture Festival
The London that might have been – in pictures
From Nelson’s Globe to a tower that dwarfs Big Ben and a landing strip on Park Lane, here are 300 years of designs for London that, if built, would have changed the city for ever
Eco-friendly architecture in the Alps hits new heights
Attitudes to Alpine wilderness have changed in the 150 years since the Matterhorn was first climbed: these cutting-edge new buildings treat the mountains gently, while still looking great
Stirling prize 2015 shortlist highlights UK’s desperate housing crisis
There are no flashy baubles by famous names, as the contenders for the best building of the year reflect the chastened times in which they were designed
22 Bishopsgate – and the steroidal towers set to ruin London’s skyline
Twice as big as the buildings already there, the latest addition to London’s square mile will dwarf its predecessors, block out all the light … and cost £1.5bn. But it’s not even the biggest skyscraper in the works
Palaces for the people: five communist buildings
Beyond the stereotype – from a workers’ club in Moscow to the mosaics and marbles of the Kiev Metro, these structures inspired by the communist project are often surprising as well as extraordinary
Jeddah’s Kingdom Tower: how much higher can skyscrapers go? A history of cities in 50 buildings,
A monumental tower in Saudi Arabia that, when finished in 2018, will become the world’s first kilometre-high skyscraper.
