Hitler's birthplace to be redesigned as a police station
The Austrian government this week presented the winning competition entry for the redesign of a historic, inconspicuous looking house in the small town of Braunau am Inn. The true significance of the brief lies in the building's weighty history and its most infamous former resident: Fascist dictator Adolf Hitler was born there in April 1889 and lived in the house for three years before the Hitler family moved to Germany. The selected redesign proposal by Austrian firm Marte.Marte Architekten seeks to "neutralize" the sensitive site with a reduced, modern overhaul. Read the full post on Bustler
The Austrian government this week presented the winning competition entry for the redesign of a historic, inconspicuous looking house in the small town of Braunau am Inn.
The true significance of the brief lies in the building's weighty history and its most infamous former resident: Fascist dictator Adolf Hitler was born there in April 1889 and lived in the house for three years before the Hitler family moved to Germany.
The selected redesign proposal by Austrian firm Marte.Marte Architekten seeks to "neutralize" the sensitive site with a reduced, modern overhaul.
Read the full post on Bustler
