Houses Archives

Kolkata and its colonial past

In Kolkata, the former capital of British India, entire neighbourhoods still boast colonial buildings with imposing architecture but in precarious condition. Shovabazar, Bagbazar, Chitpur and the streets around College Street are dotted with buildings that were once symbols of prestige and power, now marked by water damage, peeling walls and exposed beams. Life goes on […]

August 11, 2025

Puri and its ruins

Arriving in Puri, which is a charming coastal city in Odisha, I had a clear objective: to discover abandoned places that often tell forgotten stories. The abandoned hotel on Puri Beach The first sight was an old hotel a few steps away from the beach. With its windows now blind and its walls consumed by […]

November 4, 2024

The Bats’ Den

The abandoned building located in the province of Pistoia, stands as a haunting relic of the past. As I make my way through its decaying corridors and rooms, I am greeted by an eerie atmosphere, the air heavy with the weight of abandonment and time. The Abandoned Store On the ground floor, darkness prevails, with […]

November 11, 2023

Shroma Cultural Centre

Today we travel to the Guria region, to the village of Shroma. It is here that one of the most luxurious meeting rooms in Georgia is hidden in an annexe of the school building. Inside, the décor is realistic, with paintings depicting ‘Gurians‘ in their national dress celebrating the harvest. Above the stage, a bas-relief […]

August 23, 2023

Beria’s dacha

Houses were built in the 1930s and the first orphanage in the area was opened in 1926. Primarily children who had been left without parents following the August uprising of 1924 lived there. In the years that followed, famous writers and artists often visited the orphanage. Soviet Period During the Soviet period, all buildings in […]

August 20, 2023