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Editor's Picks #419

A rendering of the Frick Collection's proposed renovation. Credit Neoscape Inc Hans Holbein the Younger, Thomas More German, 1527 New York, Frick Collection Hans Holbein the Younger, Thomas Cromwell German,1536 New York, Frick Collection Empire State Plaza looking northeast by UpstateNYer via http://www.abandonedberlin.com/2015/03/tempelhof-mother-of-all-airports.html The remarkable Nazi-era terminal, 300,000 square meters including hangars that curve out 1.23km under a column-free cantilevered roof Owners of the fabled Hotel Okura say it is too old The main lobby of the entrance hall. Noriko Hayashi - For The Washington Post. The entrance of the main building. The exterior walls — called “Namakokabe” or “sea cucumber” — are made first by placing flat tiles in a checkerboard fashion. Noriko Hayashi - For The Washington Post via Paula G

The remarkable Nazi-era terminal, 300,000 square meters including hangars that curve out 1.23km under a column-free cantilevered roof

The remarkable Nazi-era terminal, 300,000 square meters including hangars that curve out 1.23km under a column-free cantilevered roof