Albania's Tirana Pyramid is a building with an interesting past. Opening in 1988 as a museum honoring the country's former communist leader Enver Hoxha, it was subsequently used as a temporary NATO ...

The sprawling, space-age "pyramid" in Tirana's centre had many uses before falling into ruin: built as a museum for a dictator, it later hosted a NATO base, TV studio, nightclub and more. After years ...

Anti-government protestors at the pyramid in January 2011. Photo: Godo Godaj Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter ...

Albania’s controversial Tirana Pyramid—a former monument to the country’s communist leader—will finally be repurposed after years of decay. MVRDV has officially unveiled designs to transform the ...

Once seen as a symbol for an oppressive totalitarian regime, a building resembling a pyramid in the center of Albanian capital Tirana is about to be given a new tech-centered lease of life. The best ...

Work has begun on the conversion of the 1980s brutalist Pyramid of Tirana in the Albanian capital into a youth-focused cultural hub. Dutch-architecture studio MVRDV is set to convert the 11,835-square ...

The former Enver Hoxha Museum in the centre of Tirana is also known as “the pyramid”. The expressive building was completed in 1988. It was designed by an architects’ collective whose members included ...

The sprawling, space-age "pyramid" in Tirana's centre had many uses before falling into ruin: built as a museum for a dictator, it later hosted a NATO base, TV studio, nightclub and more. After years ...

After years of neglect, the crumbling structure is now set for another rebirth as an IT hub in the heart of Albania’s fast-changing capital. Tirana’s ‘pyramid’, originally built as a museum for ...