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Seven examples of recycled urban architecture

WebUrbanist presents seven amazing examples of recycled architecture.

Who would have thought you could make so much with simple structures from trailer parks? And that’s just the beginning. For ecological reasons, for eccentric clients and simply for fun, more and more architects and designers are figuring out clever approaches to adaptively reuse old structures in novel ways. From pigsty and water tower houses to a beautiful chapel bookstore and a gigantic shipping container museum, here are seven more ingenious reuses of otherwise wasted architecture into amazing recycled designs.

Pictured below is my personal favorite. (It was also featured in last month’s issue of Dwell.) FNP Architekten created it from a 230 year old building in Germany. It creates a “unique blend of modern and aged architecture. Partly demolished in WWII this structure sat idle for years before these clever designers figured out a way to insert an entire building within the existing building - providing shelter and protection for the aged structural shell.” Amazing.