Hamburg

Architecture

Huge WWII Nazi bunker transformed into mountainous inner-city park

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."

The Niederhafen River Promenade project features large light gray granite amphitheater-like staircases

Architecture

ZHA adds signature style to German flood defenses

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

The project took 110 hours to complete and makes use of about 20,000 pieces of Lego

Architecture

Stunning Elbphilharmonie concert hall recreated in Lego

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.

Walls in St. Pauli use technology to deter public urination

Good Thinking

Hamburg walls use hydrophobic paint to pee back

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.