Stunning.

Hero!!! That's AMAZING!

It should really be a crime to cover up such beauty.

Gorgeous!

That's a huge win for architecture right there.

Babe, it's open. I was in it last summer. It's BEAUTIFUl.

I only know the old paintings. Nice to know it stands (again) as it was

Good... job ... bombs?

Beautiful

Love these Art Nouveau places.

Lovely

From horror film to fairy tale

Poland been destroyed so badly through the centuries, Warsaw was literally flat ruin. If you would visit now you couldn't believe how much restoration has been done. Poland is excellent example of many beautiful buildings which have been brought back from hardcore. Interesting fact is that to rebuild capital people over the country were sending bricks and materials because Poland was so poor and destroyed after wars and robbery of Russia (they even were stealing rails tracks...) So yes, if you are looking for a example, look at Poland. I'm proud of Polish nation.

The before was just criminal.

Proper treatment and reuse!

Impressive work. Must have cost a fortune to bring it back to life from the ruin that it was.

It's the Hadlow Tower not Harlow. I used to live down the road from this, it's in Hadlow just outside Tonbridge

Bucharest had some beautiful buildings in the past but unfortunately Ceausescu had hundreds destroyed to build his vanity projects. There are still some stunning buildings to be found in the city, if you can look under the grime!

Stunning.

Now this is a house!

My thought is, how beautiful these restored buildings are. So historic with deep roots in historical Russia. Wouldn't it be terrible if a narcissistic ruler of a much bigger country decided, 'if I can't have it, no one can' and blew the living c**p out of all of it with only a made up reason to do so.... Hmmm?

For those not familar with this one, it was originally built in 1751 but then bombarded during the Croatian War of Independence. Nice to see it restored to its former glory

Looks so classy!!!!

Hiding in plain sight

Nice use of lighting!

Been there, great gin & tonics

I think that Russia must be a stunning Place. It's a pity that we are enemies... Stop the war and let us know you in Freedom.

So much better!

Amazing

Wow!

Beautiful work, but I do hope they replace some of the trees and foliage they tore down to accomplish it.

Oh wow. It wasn’t much left 1945… but the whole Dresden was pretty much the same state of ruins after the war. Pretty impressive how they managed to rebuild it all

Quite a bit of yard work on that one.

Yes! Somehow classical forms in a modern urban space always actualize the past.

Wow this looks amazing and really clean compared to the first pic. But the wires just kinda ruin it

*Gründerzeitgebäude If you include one Umlaut don't skip on the second one.

Pretty dramatic.

Amazing.

oh i totally love this

It's amazing that there was enough left to rebuild. The thieves that make a very good living there will strip every piece of the interiors, right down the the lathe in the walls. I lived in a historic home there that, fortunately, was only open to the thieves for a very short time, but they still managed to make off with a huge amount of the millwork that the home was known for. It's an absolute shame, and something to celebrate when these places can be restored.

Restoring places that are in ruins must be extremely difficult.

That interior is absolutely gorgeous!!

So beautiful. The colours.

Comparison would've been better if both pictures were taken from the same angle

The same reason most places have besides war, fire or neglect - the bland post WWII cover it up to look "modern" and plain. No one appreciated the fanciful architecture

I wish that something had been done around the building instead of dirt

Don’t like what they did to the tower

This does not belong here, because it was not »saved«, it was destroyed during WW II, and the remains utterly removed on the 1950s. So this is a completely new building. Besides this, I find this example very problematic: Some 120 years ago, towards end of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the original building was commissioned as a riding hall for the emperor, so absolutely private, not intended for the people, for the public, but for the ruling elite. The Neo-Baroque style was specifically meant to be adapt for the aristocracy. So if a democratic country in the 21st century decides to construct a conference centre, but decides to copy a building from an undemocratic past and of another function: what does this tell about the decision makers?

Still needs work on the left, but the right looks super clean