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  • Silo transformation at Gate M West Bund Dream Center by MVRDV

    MVRDV adds orange stairs to Shanghai cement factory

    Dutch studio MVRDV has overhauled a former industrial site in Shanghai to create the Gate M West Bund Dream Center, a riverside cultural district punctuated with bright orange circulation routes. More about MVRDV adds orange stairs to Shanghai cement factory

    Amy Peacock | 30 July 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Papuli Tower by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

    Bofill Taller de Arquitectura unveils La Fábrica-informed skyscraper in Tirana

    Spanish studio Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has released renders of the 190-metre-tall Papuli Tower in Tirana, Albania, which has the appearance of four elongated silos. More about Bofill Taller de Arquitectura unveils La Fábrica-informed skyscraper in Tirana

    Starr Charles | 14 February 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Automatic Mills by Prokš Přikryl Architekti

    Prokš Přikryl Architekti transforms historic mill in Czech Republic into arts centre

    Local studio Prokš Přikryl Architekti has converted a historic brick mill building in the Czech Republic into an arts centre, inserting galleries into its cavernous concrete grain silos. More about Prokš Přikryl Architekti transforms historic mill in Czech Republic into arts centre

    Jon Astbury | 3 August 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Cotton Park by AIM Architecture

    AIM Architecture transforms oil silos in China into community park

    Chinese studio AIM Architecture has transformed a series of former oil silos in Changzhou into Cotton Park, a mixed-use community space surrounded by a public garden and play areas. More about AIM Architecture transforms oil silos in China into community park

    Jon Astbury | 16 June 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Bacalan Block by Colboc Sachet Architects

    Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux

    A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. More about Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux

    Jon Astbury | 15 May 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Kunstilo art museum

    Dezeen Debate features "an intelligent re-use of an industrial structure"

    The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Kunstsilo art gallery in Norway by Barcelona studios Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "an intelligent re-use of an industrial structure"

    Saudatu Bah | 14 May 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Zeitz MOCAA, South Africa, by Heatherwick Studio

    Six industrial silos repurposed as unusual homes and public spaces

    Following the opening of the Kunstsilo art gallery in Norway last week, we spotlight six examples of industrial silos that have been adaptively reused around the world. More about Six industrial silos repurposed as unusual homes and public spaces

    Lizzie Crook | 14 May 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Kunstsilo in Norway by Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida

    Kunstsilo gallery opens within "basilica-like" grain silo in Norway

    The Kunstsilo art gallery has opened within the shell of a 1930s grain silo in the south of Norway, converted by Barcelona studios Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida. More about Kunstsilo gallery opens within "basilica-like" grain silo in Norway

    Lizzie Crook | 9 May 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Silo Living by Stella van Beers

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    Stella van Beers converts grain silo into micro home

    Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Stella van Beers has created a watchtower-style house inside a grain silo. More about Stella van Beers converts grain silo into micro home

    Amy Frearson | 30 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • MKM Museum Küppersmühle

    Herzog & de Meuron creates brick extension to its MKM Museum Küppersmühle

    Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has created an extension to the dockside MKM Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg, Germany. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates brick extension to its MKM Museum Küppersmühle

    Tom Ravenscroft | 24 September 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Zeitz MOCAA, South Africa, by Heatherwick Studio

    Thomas Heatherwick reveals Zeitz MOCAA art galleries carved out of Cape Town grain silo

    Thomas Heatherwick has created South Africa's biggest art museum – by hollowing out the inside of a historic grain silo building. More about Thomas Heatherwick reveals Zeitz MOCAA art galleries carved out of Cape Town grain silo

    Amy Frearson | 15 September 2017 | 30 comments
  • The Silo by COBE

    COBE transforms Copenhagen grain silo into apartment block with faceted facades

    Galvanised-steel panels form faceted balconies and window surrounds on the exterior of this former grain-storage silo in Copenhagen, which Danish studio COBE has converted into an apartment building. More about COBE transforms Copenhagen grain silo into apartment block with faceted facades

    Alyn Griffiths | 28 June 2017 | 5 comments
  • Black Silo Renovation by Wenink\Holtkamp Architects

    Wenink Holtkamp Architecten transforms old Dutch grain silo into street-food market

    Eindhoven studio Wenink Holtkamp Architecten has converted a former grain silo in the Dutch city of Deventer into a community food hall overlooking the harbour (+ slideshow). More about Wenink Holtkamp Architecten transforms old Dutch grain silo into street-food market

    Alyn Griffiths | 31 May 2016 | 1 comment

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