The city of Görlitz in the Lausatia region of Germany is famous for it's architectural heritage. The Holy Grave, also referred to as Görtlitz Jerusalem, is an artificial landscape with several buildings designed to reference Christian holy sites in Jerusalem in...
Historic water mark in a staircase in the Bonner Münster marking the 1784 flood level. Cities in the Rhine region in west Germany have been subject to floodings for centuries. In 1784 a particularly severe flooding event occured during a particularly cold winter. Here...
Considering that surface temperatures in many places across the globe will rise significantly in average due to global warming, this little town in Australia’s outback might become something of an enigma for our future cities. Coober Pedy is a mining village...
It's a rather popular architectural motif, particularly of course in coastal and riverside cities. I wonder if there ever has been a historical study of the wave in architecture. Here are a few random examples from Europe: Dessauerstraße, Hemshof Ludwigshafen,...
There are only a limited number of options to deal with SLR and land subsidence. One of the more obvious ones is raising buildings. There is of course limitations as to how many buildings you can possibly raise to save the habitats from inundation. Raising a whole...
Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi designed this floating building seen in the lower left corner of this photo. "Half-building, half-boat, the floating structure provides teaching facilities for the slum district of Makoko, a former fishing village in Lagos where over...
In a 1971 special edition of Architectural Review devoted to the lagoon city author Jan Morris proposes to simply let the city sink. It's a polemical claim, but one that takes the ambivalences and dilemmata of historic heritage seriously. A different, longer version...
Paraty is a small town and tourist location on Brazil's Costa Verde, between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Rising as high as 1,300 meters behind the town are tropical forests and mountains. The village was founded in 1597 and established formally as a town by...
"Take the plunge and explore an abandoned and flooded city, an incredible 60 meters underwater. Experience Deep Dive Dubai – a world of exciting and unique scuba and freediving opportunities," reads the website of Deep Dive Dubai, a newly opened diving resort. The...
Cancho Roano is a Spanish archaeological site located in the Extremadura, about 150 kilometers north-west of Cordoba. The architectural structure dates from 550 BC and appears to be some kind of extended ceremonial site, but it's function and purpose remain unclear....
