Six former slaughterhouses reimagined for new purposes
The slaughterhouses and abattoirs in this roundup, originally built for slaughtering animals, have been transformed into galleries, breweries and cooking schools. More
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KWK Promes transforms slaughterhouse into art gallery with rotating walls
Architecture studio KWK Promes has converted a slaughterhouse in the Czech Republic into Plato Contemporary Art Gallery, with exhibition spaces lined with rotating concrete walls. More
Cave Bureau creates Anthropocene Museum in Sharjah slaughterhouse
Kenyan architectural studio Cave Bureau has transformed the Old Sharjah Slaughterhouse into the Anthropocene Museum 9.0 as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial. More
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Pihlmann Architects creates sleek brewery in former Copenhagen slaughterhouse
Bulbous steel tanks hang from where carcasses used to be suspended at the ÅBEN brewery in Copenhagen, which local studio Pihlmann Architects transformed from a slaughterhouse into a restaurant and bar. More
Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez converts Spanish slaughterhouse into community centre
Architect Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez added a windowless white facade to this former slaughterhouse in a Spanish village, as part of its conversion into a gallery and community centre (+ slideshow). More
Behind-the-scenes look inside one of the world's biggest slaughterhouses by Alastair Philip Wiper
Photo essay: British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper toured the interior of one of the largest slaughterhouses in the world to create this series of images documenting how pigs are turned into pork, sausages and bacon (+ slideshow). More
Professional Cooking School in Ancient Slaughterhouse by Sol89
Spanish architecture studio Sol89 has converted a former slaughterhouse in the historic town of Medina-Sidonia into a school for training chefs (+ slideshow). More