PentaxkeWell, there are two upsides to this: a nice building has been preserved and one has another nice photo spot.<br> <br> That said, I still have mixed feelings to what the city of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Antwerp?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antwerp</a> did with the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Havenhuis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Havenhuis</a>. To quote someone whom I showed my photos: "It is as if a giant extra-terrestrial ship has landed and laid a giant egg..."<br> <br> The Havenhuis is a former <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/firestation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firestation</a> that was used until the late nineties for the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/harbour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harbour</a> of Antwerp nearby. The lower section is a replica of a former Hanseatic house (neo-traditional style) and got protected status. Since it could not be demolished, Port of Antwerp decided to write out a competition to which an Iraqi-British architect, Zaha Hadid, won. On top of the building came an upper section in concrete and glass in the form of a ship (reference to the harbour) with the glass in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/diamond?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diamond</a> sections (reference to Antwerp as a major diamond trading city.)<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/architecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/silentsunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silentsunday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travelphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/thisisbelgium?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thisisbelgium</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/belgium?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#belgium</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/schoonbelgie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schoonbelgie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ontdekbelgie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ontdekbelgie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/belgie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#belgie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/belgique?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#belgique</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/voicibelgique?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voicibelgique</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pentax?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pentax</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pentaxphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pentaxphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pentaxk5?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pentaxk5</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pentaxk1?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pentaxk1</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/editedincaptureone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#editedincaptureone</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nightsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightsky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nightphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightphotography</a>