40 Times Architects Repurposed Old Buildings And Gave Them A New Life
Like many other things, buildings also tend to wear down over time. But just because a building is old doesn’t necessarily mean it should be demolished. On the contrary – some architects and interior designers see old factories, churches, and even clock towers as perfect canvases for unique and non-traditional living spaces.
Today we have a collection of derelict old buildings that were given a second life by architects who were not afraid of a challenge. Churches turned into breweries, jails turned into hotels, and even malls turned into colleges – check out all the times people repurposed old buildings in the gallery below!
#1 Old Clock Tower Transformed Into A Penthouse
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#2 Architect Turns Old WWII Era Cement Factory Into His Home
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#3 Hotel I Stayed At Was Formerly A Train Station And Had An Actual Train Inside It, With Rooms Inside Each Car
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#4 The Building Used For The Swimming Events At The 2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing Was Transformed Into This Dope-Looking Waterpark
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#5 My Friend’s Living Room In Brooklyn, NY. The Apartment Is Built Inside An Old Church
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#6 This Former Theatre In Buenos Aires Transformed Into A Bookstore
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#7 Church Repurposed Into Dominicanen Bookstore In Maastricht, Netherlands Is Now In The Top 10 Most Beautiful Bookstores Worldwide
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#8 A 100-Year-Old Church In Spain Converted Into A Skatepark
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#9 The Liberty Hotel In Boston Which Was Formerly The Charles St Jail
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#10 Waterpark “Tropical Islands” In A Former Airship Hangar In Krausnick, Germany
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#11 The Walgreens In My Neighborhood Used To Be A Bank And They Used Its Vault As Their Vitamin Section
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#12 The Tallest Indoor Climbing Wall Is Inside Of A Repurposed Grain Silo
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#13 Some Lucky Bastard Gets To Live In This Church
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#14 My College Used To Be A Shopping Mall
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#15 Old Rusty Ship Turned Into Stunning Building With Trees And Plants
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#16 My Apartment Building Used To Be A School
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#17 Revitalized One Of The Last Remaining Art Nouveau Brewhouses As A Bar, In The Middle Of Fürth Südstadt
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#18 My House Used To Be A Police Station And My Bathroom Is An Old Jail Cell, The Original Window Is Still In Place
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#19 Former Power Station Converted Into An Industrial Cafe And Restaurant With Exposed Brickwork And Abundant Planting In Melbourne, Australia
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#20 This Hotel Used To Be A Brewery
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#21 What Used To Be An Abandoned Church Is Now One Of The Most Powerful Supercomputing Centers In The World
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#22 Swimming Pool In Old Church: Netherne, Surrey
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#23 FBI Former NYC Headquarters Is Now A Target But They Kept This Safe
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#24 My Hotel In Oxford, England Is A Former Prison
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#25 Court Room That’s Now A Cafe. Cells Are The Toilets. St. Albans, England
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#26 This Starbucks Drive-Thru In An Old Car Wash
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#27 Jail Turned Into Events Space In Melbourne, Australia
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#28 My House Is A 20,000 Sq Ft 1926 Former Freemason Temple That We Have Been Renovating By Ourselves While Living Inside For The Past 2.5 Years
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#29 My School’s Library Used To Be A Bank
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#30 Ottawa’s Jail Hostel, Each Cell Converted To A Two-Person Hostel Room
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#31 Church Turned Into A Trampoline Park. The Hague, Netherlands
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#32 My Hotel Room Used To Be A Chapel
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#33 This Thrift Store Used To Be A Bowling Alley
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#34 My Apartment Is An Old Police Station And Still Has The Original But Painted Cell Doors
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#35 This Old Pool Converted Into Apartments
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#36 Former Chruch, Now Home To The Dutch Brewer, Jopen
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#37 My Apartment Used To Be A YMCA
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#38 This Satellite Lab Used To Be A McDonald’s
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#39 This Grocery Store Used To Be A Hockey Stadium
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#40 My House Used To Be A Bank, So We Use The Old Safe/Vault As A Basement
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