Hamburg

The St. Pauli Bunker was commissioned by the Nazis during WWII to protect Hamburg residents from Allied bombing raids. It has now received an ambitious new extension including restaurants, a hotel, and a large park and "mountain path."

Zaha Hadid Architects got the nod to redevelop Hamburg's flood defenses.

We're no strangers to Lego recreations of famous buildings​ at New Atlas, but this model of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie has to rate among the better examples. Lego aficionado Florian Müller​ used the versatile little plastic bricks to get impressively close to Herzog & De Meuron's original design.

It's not long now until the new Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany, will be completed. When it opens, visitors will have the run of three auditoriums, a hotel, 45 private apartments and a public plaza, but the building's spectacular architecture is already very much open to the public.

Hamburg's St. Pauli is one of the world's most famous red light districts, attracting around 20 million visitors a year, and a good number of those visitors urinate in public places. Now, in a fit of poetic justice, the walls of St. Pauli are being upgraded so they retaliate on micturators in kind.

Germany's affection for all things automotive may , with the city of Hamburg setting the wheels in motion for its "Green Network," a bold plan make cars an optional mode of transport in the city within 15-20 years.