50 Buildings Repurposed In Such Cool Ways, We Just Had To Share Them With You (New Pics)

The cool thing about architecture is that what you see isn’t always what you get. That bank over there? It’s actually a coffee shop. That old cement factory? Now it’s full of office workers. And those swimmers and skaters heading to those churches over there aren’t really going to mass. Welcome to the wonderful world of adaptive reuse!

Our team at Bored Panda has collected some of the most creative and impressive photos of buildings being repurposed for something entirely different. It’s probably not something the original architects intended, but it sure works. Scroll down for some awesome pics and a huge dose of inspiration.

We wanted to learn more about the advantages of repurposing buildings, so we reached out to designer Danish Kurani, the founder of the design firm 'Kurani.' He was kind enough to shed some light on the topic and even shared some examples of his work focusing on adaptive reuse.

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An Old Bank Is Now A Bookstore In Bucharest, Romania

Interior of a grand building conversion into a bookstore, featuring multiple levels and intricate architectural details.

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50 Buildings Repurposed In Such Cool Ways, We Just Had To Share Them With You (New Pics)

An Old Bank Is Now A Bookstore In Bucharest, Romania

Local Mexican Restaurant Used To Be A Chinese Restaurant. Instead Of Painting Over A Mural, They Just Put Sombreros On The Pandas

This Book Store Was Built Inside An Abandoned Theater

German Restaurant Repurposed Giant Wine Barrels Into "Eating Pods"

Community College Turned A Former Mall Into A Campus

London Church Converted Into A Swimming Pool

A Barn Converted Into A Home

Abandoned Church Transformed By Skaters Into Something Straight Out Of A Video Game

Office Repurposed From Old Cement Factory In Sant Just Desvern, Spain By Ricardo Bofill (1973)

A Library In A Former Walmart, Mcallen, Tx

Church Turned Into A Concert Venue, Manchester UK

Discontinued Bridge Converted Into A Basketball Court In The Philippines

Coffee Shop Built Out Of Brightly Colored Shipping Containers

Old Grain And Milk Factory Turned Into One Of The Most Populair Nightclubs Of The Netherlands (De Melkweg)

Soviet Water Tower As Bouldering Park In Jonava, Lithuania

Power Plant Turned Bookstore And Restaurants, Baltimore, Md

Old Bank Turned Into A Coffee Shop In Greer, Sc

Converted Abandoned Church In Spain

This Museum In France Is A Former Swimming Pool

My Local Dunkin’ Donuts Used To Be A Car Wash So The Drive Thru Is Inside The Building

Welcome To C-Mine (Genk, Belgium). It Used To Be A Coal Mine. Now It’s A Cinema, Cultural Centre And It Has A Few Restaurants As Well!

The Recinta Moderniste De Sant Pau - An Absolutely Incredible Art Nouveau Hospital-Turned-Museum That's Right Down The Street From The Sagrada Familia

Railway Tunnel Repurposed For Walking Path In Fairmont

Former Pub

This Grocery Store That Used To Be A Hockey Arena Still Has Center Ice Marked

House Of Worship? Only If Your God Is Beer

Restaurant We Ate At Is A Converted Church (Zizzi In Cheltenham, UK)

My Local Library Used To Be A Jail

This Pizza Hut Was Converted Into A House

Church Converted Into An Apartment Building (Philadelphia, USA)

Old Mall Turned Into Apartments

Former Bell Labs Research Facility In Holmdel, New Jersey, After Being Revitalized As A Cultural Hub

This Old Bowling Alley Converted Into A Target. The Red Balls Are Bowling Balls

35 Ft Bus Converted Into A Cafe

This United States Post Office Repurposed Into A Grocery Store

An Elevator Shaft Repurposed Into A Toilet

Movie Theater Turned Into Rock Climbing Gym

Fitness Center At The Beacon: A Luxury Apartment Complex Repurposed From A Hospital

My University Built A New Building Around An Existing One, Making The Outside Now Inside

Former Train Station Near Paris, Now A Mcd's

This Dunkin' Donuts Used To Be A Bank

Old Apartment Complex In Saigon Now Filled With Restaurants And Boutique Stores

This Goodwill Location Used To Be A Tower Records

Pagony, Budapest, A Children's Swimming Pool Turned Into A Bar!

Movie Theater Is Now A Vietnamese Supermarket

An Old Barn Near Me Got Converted Into A McDonald's

Updated Priorities: Hamburg Brothel Transformed Into Covid-19 Testing Facility

Boarding School Owned By Dutch Colonist In Indonesia, Circa 1931, Turned Into KFC Today

A Former Bank Is Now A McDonald's In Kristiansand, Norway

This CVS In La Was Once A Historic Theatre

My Apartment Which Was Renovated From A Jailhouse Used In The 1800s

Found Photos Of My Building Before It Was Converted. So Wierd To See Where We Live And What It Used To Be Like

An Old Bank In Brooklyn, Repurposed Into Trader Joe's

This Strip Club Used To Be A Church

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An Old Movie Theater Was Turned Into A KFC

This Old Toys R Us Is Now A Gun Store

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Mariia Tkachenko

Mariia Tkachenko

Jonas Grinevičius

Jonas Grinevičius

Gabija Palšytė

Gabija Palšytė