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I've always wondered about making a building that follows the same form and re-using the frame externally (though obviously not for structural support)

• alex_hitchins 12y ago
  Some of the frames are a real work of art. Shame it's all going to be scrapped. The Victorians put so much soul in to public utilities it seems a real shame to not recognise them for more than gas tanks.
  • M2Ys4U 12y ago
    Some of the frames are Listed, so they should stay standing.
  • noir_lord 12y ago
    They absolutely did. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/The_Octagon,_Crossness_Pumping_Station.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/The_Octag... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossness_Pumping_Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossness_Pumping_Station They saw public works and modern engineering as a statement of intent about where we where going in the future and they took pleasure in making things beautiful even when it was hidden (indeed it was common for ladies and gentlemen to go on tours of civic works including sewage treatment plants). I think we could do with a little bit more of that attitude sometimes.
• nimbs 12y ago
  You might want to google Gasometer, Vienna.
  • andycroll 12y ago
    http://www.wiener-gasometer.at/en/ http://www.wiener-gasometer.at/en/
• desas 12y ago
  In Austria they built apartment complexes inside their considerably larger gas holders, see http://www.wiener-gasometer.at/en http://www.wiener-gasometer.at/en
• alxtye 12y ago
  There is a plan for something like that at King's Cross in London. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=120093256&postcount=2645 http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=120093256&postc...