This building was formerly used as a production hall for fast patrol boats when the area of Holmen was the biggest Danish Naval Base. The concrete hall was built in 1952, is 130 m long, 33 m wide and 17 m tall. When the Navy abandoned most of the area in the 1990's the building was rebuilt as an apartment block with a very large glass roofed atrium and its very own internal wharf. Of the original building only the visible concrete pillars and the steel girders are left. With its wharf right beside the canals around the old fortifications this is a regular stop for all the sightseeing boats.
Tomorrow I'll show you the last stop on my tour of modern buildings in this theme, as I'll start a new theme in two days. The building tomorrow would like to take us to the stars...or at least show them to us:-)
Tomorrow I'll show you the last stop on my tour of modern buildings in this theme, as I'll start a new theme in two days. The building tomorrow would like to take us to the stars...or at least show them to us:-)
Oh, you've got my curiousity!!! I'll look forward to tomorrow's post!!! But I do love today's post! I could see myself living in such a place...I love the boat slip...and your photograph of it is really great! I'll be sorry to see this theme end; it has been fascinating. But I know you will present us with more wonderful discoveries caught by your camera...so I won't grieve long :-)
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Looks like good place to live in. I wonder what the flats are. Very intersting post, and I'm looking forward to checking your new theme:)
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This apartment complex looks very comfortable to live, near the water and the garden and wide open space, quiet and private. Just perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love it. In fact, I'm smiling. What a great bunch of buildings you have! They are interesting, colorful and creative. Thanks for showing them to us!
ReplyDeleteThis is really to be creative in the difficult art of recycling buildings. In these posts I have seen many positive examples of this.
ReplyDeleteAmong all apartments you've shown us, I vote for this one. I'd be happy to live here if I were in Denmark.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your nice comments. The only down side of living in this building (as I see it) is the stopping of the tourist boats right outside. They have promised not to use their load speakers here though, so it might be bearable:-)
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