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Good news: The California State Historical Resources Commission voted on August 1, 2019 to include the station on its nomination list for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.

Corlett & Spackman / Ernest Born: Glen Park Underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station, San Francisco, California, USA, 1973

Photo: © Chris Rooney 2019

From one of the city’s most popular bar-restaurants to an abondoned ruin - a similar fate happened to many other establishments during the fall of communism in Bulgaria. Still, this building is significant with its concrete crone on top.

Petko Popov: Bar Olgin (Бар Олгин) , Pernik, Bulgaria, 1980s

Photos: @StefanSpassov 2019 / © Drzaven Arhiv Pernik

The largest housing accommodation on the Campus of Washington University presents itself in and out as an exposed concrete structure. The accommodations are organized in cluster style with balconies which offer spectacular easterly views of Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains. The architects were recognized with an AIA Seattle Honor Award in 1966.

Kirk, Wallace, McKinley and Associates: McMahon Hall Dormitory, University Of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1965

Photos: © Evan Chakroff 2008/2013/2017

Light and almost floating: The Church of St. Paul appears like an oversized piece of Japanese paper-folding art. The folded concrete units are only 7 cm thick. Then new engineer technologies made the realization possible.

Fritz Schaller: St. Paulus Church, Neuss, Germany, 1966–1968

Photos: © Hajo Wigbels 2018