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8 incredible structures that were built underground

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From a vineyard nestled in the Andes mountains to an event venue built twenty-five feet below a Tennessee mansion, here are some of the most incredible subterranean structures around the world.

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Submerged beneath the granite bedrock of Stockholm, a former nuclear bunker built in 2008 has been transformed into a sleek data center by Albert France-Lanord Architects.

The impenetrable complex boasts soaring waterfalls and verdant greenhouses, the latter of which are made possible by artificial daylight, while a German submarine engine is used for backup power.



Deep inside Slovenia’s Postojna Cave lies the first-ever subterranean post office, in a retail pavilion designed by Studio Stratum.

It was miraculously assembled under a weighty constraint: The architects could use only materials small enough to be shipped down on Postojna’s cave train.



Only a stone’s throw from Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals, this luxurious Bjarne Mastenbroek–designed three-story home rises triumphantly from the Swiss Alps.

Entering through an Alpine barn on the outskirts of the property, visitors traverse a 72-foot-long concrete tunnel before arriving at the light-filled modernist cave. Inside, the stark white rooms are furnished by a coterie of Dutch designers, including Hella Jongerius and Claudy Jongstra.



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