for many, the poetic scattering of mammoth abandoned structures across vast urban landscapes translates to sculptural grandiosity and important glimpses into the past. Whether it be Detroit, Cleveland, or Buffalo, the relics of bygone prosperity and gilded hedonism have long charmed today’s architecture buffs. Courtesy Mike BroomfieldĮnough time has passed to revisit the infrastructure of the American Rust Belt. Included in the price is a log cabin and an airstrip.The Lake and Rail Grain Elevator, Silo City in Buffalo, New York was built from 1927 to 1930 and was in operation until 2017. Scattered all over the U.S., these underground spaces were built for $18 million, while today, a renovated underground silo in upstate New York can be bought for $3 million. One of the most surprising examples is located in upstate New York, where an old storage facility built for storing Atlas-F missiles during the Cold War was transformed into a luxury living space. The silo, which is located just outside Cedar Falls, Iowa, has become a climbing mecca in the middle of the Great Plains. The eight-story structure is covered with ice curtains that run along a large wall and opens every winter, provided that the temperatures are consistently below 26 degrees. Don Briggs took a staple of the landscape - a grain silo - and converted it into an ice climbing wall. There aren’t too many places to go ice climbing in the corn fields of Iowa, so avid climbers in the area have to get a little bit creative. The interior is converted into a vertical gym, with a space for a bar, a library, an information center, a travel center, a store and several meeting rooms. The original smooth volume of the facilities was transformed into a triangulated and faceted structure with climbing routes added to their sunny southern sides. The proposal was initially rejected by the developer, but after the architects performed a feasibility study for an adaptive reuse of the third silo, Silo O was granted another chance. NL Architects transformed an abandoned silo outside of Amsterdam into a world class climbing and mountaineering facility. It is a cluster of 42 huge grain silos converted into a massive luxury development comprised of 80 galleries, art conservation facilities, a rooftop sculpture garden, bookshops, cafes and other amenities. V&A Waterfront Museum, Cape TownĪt this year’s Design Indaba conference, London-based architecture firmThomas Heatherwick released images of their V&A Waterfront Museum in Cape Town. In fact, their own studio is located in one of these buildings-an old beer factory in Guangzhou built in the 1960s. The 90 foot high complex was transformed into an exhibition space with beautiful spiraling ramps and glass floors, and was used as a venue for the event. In charge of the renovation project was O-Office Architecture-Chinese practice, experienced in repurposing industrial buildings all across the country. The two dilapidating silos of the former Guangdong Float Glass Factory in Shekou industrial district in Shenzhen were converted into a venue for the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture in 2013.
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