http://inhabitat.com/world-war-ii-flak-tower-transformed-into-tropical-aquarium-in-vienna/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/world-war-ii-flak-tower-transformed-into-tropical-aquarium-in-vienna/comment-page-1/#comment-384114 peterhansen Sun, 27 May 2012 20:33:52 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=383221#comment-384114 Visited them last summer and well worth the effort. You can see the location of the 6 towers here: http://www.battlefieldsww2.com/Vienna.html Visited them last summer and well worth the effort. You can see the location of the 6 towers here: http://www.battlefieldsww2.com/Vienna.html

]]> http://inhabitat.com/world-war-ii-flak-tower-transformed-into-tropical-aquarium-in-vienna/comment-page-1/#comment-383143 feline74 Sat, 12 May 2012 22:16:15 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=383221#comment-383143 Modern-day castles! The ones with the windows are a fascia and remodel away from making very energy efficient mansions or apartment houses, to boot. Modern-day castles! The ones with the windows are a fascia and remodel away from making very energy efficient mansions or apartment houses, to boot.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/world-war-ii-flak-tower-transformed-into-tropical-aquarium-in-vienna/comment-page-1/#comment-383013 rainingmirrors Fri, 11 May 2012 09:30:39 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=383221#comment-383013 The Haus des Meeres is just one of the flak towers in Vienna, Austria. A complete list can be found at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Flaktürme (in german). I wanted to note, that of your photographs only one displays the Haus des Meeres, all the other pictures are from different towers. All the towers actually come in pairs, one contained the command centre (Feuerleitstelle) and the other the actual gun crews (Gefechtsturm). Others of the towers are used as depots, one is used as an exhibition room/centre for the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Once there was a discussion to use one of them as a high security data centre, which is, btw, already the case with one other war relic in Austria. The Haus des Meeres is just one of the flak towers in Vienna, Austria. A complete list can be found at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Flaktürme (in german). I wanted to note, that of your photographs only one displays the Haus des Meeres, all the other pictures are from different towers.
All the towers actually come in pairs, one contained the command centre (Feuerleitstelle) and the other the actual gun crews (Gefechtsturm).
Others of the towers are used as depots, one is used as an exhibition room/centre for the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Once there was a discussion to use one of them as a high security data centre, which is, btw, already the case with one other war relic in Austria.

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