More Chongqing, China. Traditional building atop apartment monoliths. Bizarre cityscape.4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/UrbanHell
House with The Twisted Chimney in Budapest, Hungary. Built in the 1850s, demolished sometime in the 1960s or 70s.3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Singer Building in 1965, Lower Manhattan, New York, just three years before its demolition. Built in 1900, it was the tallest building in the world for a short period of time at 205 meters (674 ft).3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
The Grand Hotel Ritz of Budapest, Hungary. Built in 1913. A luxury hotel that remained open and operational all the way until January 15, 1945 when it was hit by artillery fire and completely burned down. (5952 × 4730) Image.3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Saint Demetrius Church of Budapest, Hungary. Built in 1741. The roof of the church caught fire and burned down in WW2. As a gift for Stalin's 70th birthday, the communist party of Hungary blew up the remains of the church in 1949.3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Roman City of Aquincum, province of Pannonia. Today Budapest, Hungary.3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/papertowns
Demolition of the Hungarian National Theatre in Budapest, 1964. Completely demolished by the Communist Government to make way for a new metro line, however some people suspect that was simply an excuse to erase cultural relics of the city. Pictures of the theatre before demolition in the comments.4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
SAVED ARCHITECTURE. Buda Castle Bazaar. Budapest, Hungary. Suffered significant damage during WW2 and was left in shambles for decades. The Promenade was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2014 and was brought back to its former beauty. More pictures in the comments.4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Saw this post in r/UrbanHell. Thought I would share it here too.3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Warsaw, Poland 1939. No need to say what happened here. Truly a tragic loss.4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Same but different. Why ornamentation and care for beauty matter so much. Budapest before and after.3yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Budapest in the aftermath of WW2 with the collapsed Chain Bridge and heavily damaged Buda Castle in the back. Much of it was thankfully rebuilt, but the city today only possesses a fraction of the beauty it once held.4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Park Hotel Shanghai. Built in 1934. It was the tallest building in Asia from its completion until 1963.2yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/ArtDeco
Ministry of Finance Building. Budapest, Hungary. Destroyed in WW2. Thankfully the complete reconstruction of the building is currently taking place4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Weiss Villa on Andrassy Avenue in Budapest, Hungary. Now the embassy of Qatar.2yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Hungarian State Treasury Building in in the heart of Budapest, built in 1901. A beautiful example of the Secession movement of architecture, which began at the turn of the 20th century and took motifs from Art Nouveau and similar styles. A truly awe inspiring sight in real life.4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
The 1930s Art Deco 'Green House' in Shanghai, China. Designed by Hungarian architect Laszlo Hudec.2yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
You can look across all of Slovakia from the highest point in Hungary. The tall mountains in the back is the Poland-Slovakia border.5yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/europe
The Anker Palace in Budapest, Hungary. The building's infamous design had polarizing opinions at the time of its completion in 1910, with many saying that it was ugly, too bold, over the top and inelegant for something that stood so large and in the very center of the city. What do you think?4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Ancient Roman ruins of Aquincum behind some commieblocks. Budapest, Hungary4yr ⋅ superdomodo13 ⋅ r/UrbanHell