New East Digital Archive

Concrete Ideas

The story of Budapest’s Déli Pályaudvar, the sensual modernist train station condemned as an eyesore | Concrete Ideas

The story of Budapest’s Déli Pályaudvar, the sensual modernist train station condemned as an eyesore | Concrete Ideas

The end of Istropolis: the modernist Slovak landmark doomed to demolition | Concrete Ideas

The end of Istropolis: the modernist Slovak landmark doomed to demolition | Concrete Ideas

Embracing modernism in Slovenia's only mosque | Concrete Ideas

Embracing modernism in Slovenia’s only mosque | Concrete Ideas

The South Czech Philharmonic Concert Hall gets a second, minimalist life | Concrete Ideas

The South Czech Philharmonic Concert Hall gets a second, minimalist life | Concrete Ideas

The corn-inspired crowdfunded clinic on top of a Guatemalan mountain | Concrete Ideas

The corn-inspired crowdfunded clinic on top of a Guatemalan mountain | Concrete Ideas

This modern Czech home hides a remodelled ancient Greek atrium | Concrete Ideas

This modern Czech home hides a remodelled ancient Greek atrium | Concrete Ideas

Poljud Stadium: the Yugoslav-era sports venue shaped like a seashell | Concrete Ideas

Poljud Stadium: the Yugoslav-era sports venue shaped like a seashell | Concrete Ideas

The story behind Haludovo, the luxury Yugoslav-era hotel built for the international elite | Concrete Ideas

The story behind Haludovo, the luxury Yugoslav-era hotel built for the international elite | Concrete Ideas

Yugoslav masterpiece and party hotspot: the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Concrete Ideas

Yugoslav masterpiece and party hotspot: the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Concrete Ideas

Inside the egg-shaped playhouse from the future | Concrete Ideas

Inside the egg-shaped playhouse from the future | Concrete Ideas

Enter the dreamy cottage inspired by a ship’s cabin | Concrete Ideas

Enter the dreamy cottage inspired by a ship’s cabin | Concrete Ideas

The story behind the Vranov dam: the concrete backbone to the Czech Republic’s hidden holiday spot | Concrete Ideas

The story behind the Vranov dam: the concrete backbone to the Czech Republic’s hidden holiday spot | Concrete Ideas

The story behind Tallinn’s concrete concert hall that’s become a Hollywood backdrop | Concrete Ideas

The story behind Tallinn’s concrete concert hall that’s become a Hollywood backdrop | Concrete Ideas

Prague’s Dancing House is a deconstructivist oddity among baroque, gothic and art nouveau buildings | Concrete Ideas

Prague’s Dancing House is a deconstructivist oddity among baroque, gothic and art nouveau buildings | Concrete Ideas

Tartu’s Snail Tower is a spiral-shaped postmodern tribute to eternity | Concrete Ideas

Tartu’s Snail Tower is a spiral-shaped postmodern tribute to eternity | Concrete Ideas

The story behind Kyiv’s Flowers of Ukraine, the modernist greenhouse that miraculously escaped demolition | Concrete ideas

The story behind Kyiv’s Flowers of Ukraine, the modernist greenhouse that miraculously escaped demolition | Concrete ideas

The twisted fate of Bishkek’s treasured UFO-like Soviet-era circus | Concrete Ideas

The twisted fate of Bishkek’s treasured UFO-like Soviet-era circus | Concrete Ideas

Skopje’s eccentric post office is testament to the city’s turbulent history | Concrete Ideas

Skopje’s eccentric post office is testament to the city’s turbulent history | Concrete Ideas