Tuesday, August 23, 2005

SPIEGEL ONLINE - Recycling Architectural Disasters: A Communist Block House Renaissance

SPIEGEL ONLINE - Recycling Architectural Disasters: A Communist Block House Renaissance:
"Eastern Germany's population is shrinking and leaving hundreds of thousands of empty buildings behind. With plans afoot to demolish 350,000 apartments worth of hideous, communist-era buildings made from pre-fab concrete, a Berlin architectural firm is recycling the material into immensely livable single-family homes."
Via Archinect