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[-] verstra@programming.dev 19 points 4 days ago

What's this building? I suspect this might be a crime against architecture as a field.

[-] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 4 days ago

It really isn't.

It's the Antwerp Port Authority in Antwerp, Belgium. Designed by Zaha Hadid. Pretty cool.>!!<

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_Building_(Antwerp)

I saw several such hybrid old/new building combinations in Flemish cities. And they usually manage to pull it off.

Another example I liked is the STAM, the Ghent city museum. They also host a nice yearly jazz festival in the courtyard of that one.

https://stamgent.be/

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 4 days ago

I think there's a bias in the US against this sort of thing that doesn't exist (or not to the same extent) in Europe due to the age of the cities/buildings.

In the US, a building from the 1700s is a historic artifact to be cherished, while in parts of Europe a building from the 1500s is just the local pub.

So, the US is often hesitant to modify these old buildings, but Europe seems to have more of a perspective of "it's a building, not a museum, let's give it new life by modifying it."

This is just from the perspective of me, from the US


and I think these old/new buildings are really neat!

[-] mrcmzl@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 days ago

Meh, I don't know. Europe is full of old buildings, and such attempts are still not all that common.

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