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United Kingdom · Wiltshire
Abbey Mill
Spinning mill → Senior housing · 1972 Residential
Spain · Cornellà de Llobregat
Agbar museum de les Aigües
Water pumping station → Industrial museum & water pumping station · 2001 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · London
Anchor Brewhouse
Brewery → Residential · 1984 Residential
Greece · Chalkida
Archaeological museum of Arethousa
Distillery → Archaeological museum · 2017 Culture
Spain · Barcelona
Asland Museum Cement
Cement production factory → Industrial museum · 2002 Industrial museum
Greece · Ag. Ioannis Rentis
Athens School of Fine Arts
Textile Mill → University of Fine Arts · 1993 Education
United Kingdom · Malmesbury
Avon Mill
Textile mill → Apartments · 1984 Residential
Spain · Caldas de Reis
Azucarera de Portas
Sugar factory → kindergarten, senior citizens' centre, café, municipal auditorium and viewing platform · 2004 Culture Education HoReCa Recreation Sports
Netherlands · Roermond
BACO-gebouw
Flour mill, bicycle factory, cigar factory and home of Berden furniture → Wonen Limburg housing corporation offices · 2013 Office
United Kingdom · Gateshead
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Flour Mill → Centre for Contemporary Art · 1998 Culture
United Kingdom · Chipping Norton
Bliss Tweed Mill
Tweed spinning mill → Luxury housing · 1988 Residential
Spain · València
Bombas Gens
Hydraulic pumps factory → Cultural centre, restaurant, community support day centre · 2017 Community centre Culture HoReCa Recreation
United Kingdom · Bristol
Bristol VR Lab
Glassworks → Bristol VR Lab (digital hub/shared workspace) · 2018 Education Office Workshop/Storage
United Kingdom · London
Butler's Wharf
Warehouse → Housing, offices, restaurants, shops · 1985 Office Residential
Greece · Veria
Byzantine museum of Veria
Flour mill → Museum · 2002 Culture
Netherlands · Helmond
Cacaofabriek
Cocoa Factory → cultural centre (pop venue, film house, exhibition space), cafe, workspaces for companies in the creative industry · 2014 Culture HoReCa Office Recreation Workshop/Storage
Spain · Barcelona
Caixa Forum
Textile mill → Art gallery/Cultural centre · 2002 Culture
Spain · Madrid
CaixaForum Madrid
Electric Power Station → Art gallery/Cultural centre · 2003 Culture
Spain · Barcelona
Can Felipa
Textile Mill → Community centre, sports and cultural facilities · 1986 Community centre Culture Sports
United Kingdom · Manchester
Canada House
Packing warehouse. → Historic England's offices, stores, office space, health club · 1995 Administration Commerce/retail Office
Greece · Volos
Centre of Volos Music Theatre
Electricity production factory → Cultural centre · 2001 Culture
Netherlands · Utrecht
Cereolfabriek
Cattle fodder production factory → School, office, library, café-restaurant, cultural, housing · 2013 Culture Education HoReCa Office Recreation Residential
Spain · Cornellà de Llobregat
Citilab
Textile mill → Research and training centre · 2001 Education
Spain · Barcelona
Civil Centre La Sedeta
Textile mill → School, college and civic centre · 1985 Community centre Education
United Kingdom · Birmingham
Coffin works
Coffin factory → Industrial museum and workspace for small businesses · 2005 Industrial museum Workshop/Storage
United Kingdom · Devon
Coldharbour Mill
Textile Mill → Industrial Museum · 1982 Industrial museum
Spain · Barcelona
Colonia Güell Mill
Textile mill → Bussiness centre · 2001 Office
United Kingdom · Belfast
Conway Mill
Flax spinning mill → Community, cultural, educational, bussiness and industrial functions · 1982 Community centre Culture Education Office Workshop/Storage
Netherlands · Amsterdam
CREA
Diamond polishing factory → Cultural centre of the University of Amsterdam · 2012 Culture
United Kingdom · Matlock
Cromford Mill
Cotton spinning mill / colour pigment manufacturing → Visitor centre, art gallery, retail and restaurants · 1980 Commerce/retail Culture HoReCa Recreation
Spain · Barcelona
Cultural centre Can Saladrigas and Poblenou Library
Textile mill → Cultural centre and library · 2002 Culture Education
Spain · Celrà
Cultural Centre La Fábrica
Chemical plant → Cultural centre,sports, local government offices · 1995 Administration Community centre Culture Sports
Spain · Alicante
Cultural Centre Las Cigarreras
Tobacco Factory → Cultural Centre · 2009 Culture
Greece · Thessaloniki
Cultural Centre of the former vocational training school of Chamidie -Islachane
Machine works → Cultural cluster · 2016 Culture
Greece · Andros
Cyclades Olive Museum
Olive oil mill → Pre-industrial museum · 2000 Industrial museum
Netherlands · Rotterdam
De Fabriek Delfshaven
Steam laundry and dyeing → Offices · 2012 Office
Netherlands · Dongen
De Looierij (The tannery)
Tannery → Museum of leather · 2000 Industrial museum
Netherlands · Panningen
De Ringoven
Brick factory → Day care, restaurant, community centre. · 2011 Community centre HoReCa Recreation Social care / Welfare / Health
United Kingdom · Halifax
Dean Clough Mills
Carpet manufacturing → Business and arts centre · 1983 Culture Office
United Kingdom · London
Diespeker Wharf
Sawmill → Offices, conference rooms, residential accommodation · 1995 Office Residential Other
Netherlands · Nijmegen
Dobbelmanterrein
Detergent factory → Housing · 2009 Residential
Netherlands · Ulft
DRU Industriepark
Ironworks → Residential, cultural, expo centre, library, meeting rooms, café, ICER innovation centre · 2009 Culture Education HoReCa Industrial museum Office Recreation Residential Other
United Kingdom · Manchester
Ducie House
Petticoat factory → Offices for Creative business · 1993 Office
Netherlands · Rotterdam
DWL Terrein
Drinking water company → Mixed use (Housing, office, neighbourhood facilities) · 1977 Office Residential
United Kingdom · Manchester
Eastgate offices
Rag mop factory → Offices · 1992 Office
Spain · Barcelona
El Nacional
Tannery → Restaurant · 2014 HoReCa Recreation
Netherlands · Dordrecht
Energiehuis
Electricity plant → Art centre and restaurant · 2013 Culture HoReCa Recreation
Spain · Girona
Espai Marfá
Textile mill → Municipal cultural centre and library · 2012 Culture
United Kingdom · Stoke-on-Trent
Etruria Industrial Museum
Bone and Flint Mill → Industrial Museum · 1978 Industrial museum
Greece · Lefkada
Fabbrica Oil Museum
Olive oil mill → Industrial museum · 2015 Industrial museum
Spain · Barcelona
Fabra I Coats
Textile Mill → School, cultural centre · 2008 Culture Education
Greece · Thessaloniki
Fabrica IFANET
Wool Textile mill → Library, cafe, social restaurant (Squatted) · 2004 Community centre
Spain · Barcelona
Fabrica Moritz
Brewery → Brewery & restaurant, retail, leisure · 2012 Commerce/retail HoReCa Recreation Workshop/Storage
Netherlands · Eindhoven
Fifth NRE
Gasworks → Jazzclub, restaurant, cafe, brewery · 2013 HoReCa Recreation
Greece · Nafplio
Fougaro
Tomato canning factory → Cultural centre, library, cafe · 2002 Culture Recreation
Spain · Barcelona
Fundació Palo Alto
Textile mill → Cultural centre, creative bussiness centre · 1997 Culture Office
Netherlands · Meppel
Gasfariek Meppel
Gasworks → Mixed-use (Creatieve industry, Horeca, events space) · 2008 HoReCa Office Other
United Kingdom · London
Gasholder No. 8, King's Cross
Gasholder → Park and events' space · 2011 Other
United Kingdom · London
Gasholders 10, 11 & 12, King's Cross
Gasholders → Residential · 2011 Residential
United Kingdom · Stoke-on-Trent
Gladstone Pottery Museum
Bone china tableware factory → Industrial Museum · 1974 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · Sheffield
Globe Works
Cutlery factory → Office space (Globe business centre) · 1989 Office
Netherlands · Gouda
Gouda Cheese Warehouse De Producent
Cheese Warehouse → Housing, offices · 2017 Office Residential
Spain · Bilbao
Harino Panadera
Flour mill → Health and consumption section, municipality of Bilbao · 2007 Administration
United Kingdom · London
Hartley's Jam Factory
Jam Factory → Apartments, flexible live/work units and space for leisure or commercial uses · 1999 Commerce/retail Recreation Residential
Netherlands · Zaandam
Hembrug Museum
Ammunition factory → Industrial Museum · 2006 Industrial museum
Netherlands · Enschede
Het Jannink
Textile mill → Residential & medical care facility · 1979 Residential Social care / Welfare / Health
Spain · Guardia
Hotel Cosme Palacio
Bodega → Hotel · 1990 HoReCa
United Kingdom · Stockport
Houldsworth Business & Arts Centre
Cotton spinning and weaving mill → Business & Arts Centre, apartments, commercial and leisure uses · 2000 Commerce/retail Office Recreation Residential
Greece · Drama
Hydrama Grand Hotel
Tobacco warehouse → Hotel · 2015 HoReCa
Greece · Athens
Hytirio
Foundry → Theatre/cultural centre · 1998 Culture
Spain · Badalona
IES La Llauna
Factory of manufacturing and lithography of metal containers → Institute of secondary education · 1984 Education
United Kingdom · Rossendale
Ilex mill
Textile mill → Apartments · 2003 Residential
Netherlands · Sas van Gent
Industrial Museum Zeeland
Sugar Factory → Industrial museum · 2015 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · Telford
Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Potteries, saltworks, lead smelters, clay pipe, porcelain and glass factories, mining activity, coal, brick, lime and iron production → Network of Industrial Museums and visitor attractions · 1973 Culture Industrial museum Recreation
Netherlands · NL
Jobsveem
Warehouse → Housing, offices · 2007 Office Residential
Greece · Evia
Kaminos Resort
Magnesite Extraction facilities → Hotel · 2012 HoReCa
Netherlands · Schiedam
Ketelfactory
Dairy → Art gallery · 2008 Culture
United Kingdom · London
King’s Cross granary complex
Granary → Mixed Use (University, offices, shops, restaurants) · 2014 Commerce/retail Education HoReCa Office
Spain · Vitoria-Gasteiz
La azucarera de Vitoria
Sugar factory → R & D centre of the company Sprilur · 1998 Office Workshop/Storage
Spain · Barcelona
La Bohémia (Antigua Fábrica Estrella Damm)
Brewery → Beer museum, cultural events space, offices. · 2010 Culture Industrial museum Office Other
Spain · Llodio
La Cerámica (Llodio)
Ceramics factory → Bussiness centre · 1986 Office
Spain · Balmaseda
La Encartada factory - Museum
Beret factory → Industrial museum · 2007 Industrial museum
Spain · Barcelona
La farinera del Clot
Floor factory → Cultural and community centre · 1997 Community centre Culture
Greece · Lavrion
Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park
Mining company → Mixed use(scientific research, educational, business and cultural park) · 1994 Culture Education HoReCa Industrial museum Office Workshop/Storage
Netherlands · Heerenveen
Leerlooierij in Heerenveen
Leather factory → Business centre · 2007 Office
Spain · Badalona
Library Casacuberta & Space Betúlia
Garment factory → Library, cultural and educational centre · 1989 Culture Education
Netherlands · Haarlem
Lichtfabriek
Gas and electricity plant → Mixed use (Events, HoReCa and leisure) · 2013 HoReCa Recreation
Netherlands · Delft
Lijm and Cultuur
Gelatin and glue factory → Cultural and events space, offices, restaurant · 2003 Culture HoReCa Office Recreation Workshop/Storage
United Kingdom · Bradford
Lister Mills
Silk Mills → Community centre and housing, offices, retail and leisure space. · 2001 Commerce/retail Community centre Office Recreation Residential
Greece · Lesvos
Machine - Eleftheriadis Oil Mill
Oil mill-soap factory → Cultural centre · 2014 Culture
Greece · Lesvos
Mandamados cultural centre
Olive oil mill → Cultural centre Culture
Greece · Trikala
Matsopoulos Mill
Flour mill → Cultural centre & industrial museum · 1993 Culture HoReCa Industrial museum Recreation
Greece · Athens
Melina Mercuri Museum and Cultural Centre
Hat factory → Cultural centre · 1988 Culture
United Kingdom · Stoke-on-Trent
Middleport Pottery
Pottery → Pottery, Visitor centre, workshops · 2014 Industrial museum Workshop/Storage Other
Greece · Larisa
Mill of Pappas
Flour Mill → Cultural cluster, outdoors cinema, offices of the Section of Culture and Science of the Municipality of Larissa, ,cafe- bars, industrial museum (expected) · 2014 Administration Culture HoReCa Industrial museum Recreation
Greece · Thessaloniki
Mill of Thessaloniki
Flour mill → Cultural centre · 1991 Culture
Spain · Minas de Riotinto
Mining park Riotinto
Mining → Mining museum/Visitors centre · 1992 Industrial museum
Spain · Bergara
Municipal Sports Centre of Bergara
Scrap yard of Steelworks UCEM → Sports centre · 1987 Sports
Spain · Vigo
Museo do mar de Galicia
Cannery (first) and slaughterhouse (second) → Museum · 1992 Industrial museum
Spain · Barcelona
Museu Can Framis
Textile mill → Art Museum · 2009 Culture
Netherlands · Tilburg
Museum de Pont
Textille mill → Museum · 1992 Culture
Spain · Terrassa
Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia (mNACTEC)
Textile mill → Industrial Museum · 1996 Industrial museum
Netherlands · Schiedam
National Jenever Museum Schiedam
Distillery → Industrial museum · 1996 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · London
New Concordia Wharf
Flour mill → Housing (Lofts) · 1981 Residential
Greece · Thessaloniki
Offices of Region of Central Macedonia
Gasworks → Offices of Region of Central Macedonia & retail · 2016 Administration Commerce/retail
Greece · Lesvos
Oil press museum Vranas
Olive oil mill → Industrial museum · 2005 Industrial museum
Greece · Kefalonia
Olive museum of Pilaros
Olive oil Mill → Industrial museum · 2010 Industrial museum
Greece · Mithimna
Olive Press Hotel
Olive Press factory → Hotel HoReCa
United Kingdom · London
Oxo Tower
Power station for the Post Office/ Cold store → Design, arts and crafts shops, restaurant, bar and brasserie, apartments, events venue · 1996 Commerce/retail Culture HoReCa Recreation Residential Other
Spain · Logroño
Parliament of Rioja & Exhibition hall Amós Slavador
Tobacco Factory (original use: convent) → Parliament of Rioja, Library of Rioja, Exhibition hall Amós Slavador · 1984 Administration Culture
Greece · Lesbos
Plomari cultural centre
Soap factory → Cultural centre, museum of soap production · 1990 Culture Industrial museum
Greece · Lesvos
Polichnitos cultural centre
Olive oil mill → Cultural and events space · 1988 Culture
Greece · Thessaloniki
Porto Palace Hotel
Tannery → Hotel · 1992 HoReCa
Spain · Bilbao
Private school Abusu Ikastola
Flour mill → School · 1995 Education
Greece · Athens
Public tobacco factory in Lenorman
Tobacco factory → Library of the Greek parliament (First floor) · 2000 Other
Spain · Granollers
Roca Umbert
Textile Mill → Cultural centre, Library, Technological and Univerity Centre (CTU) · 2002 Culture Education
Netherlands · Amersfoort
Rohm & Haas
Soap factory → Artists studios, office space, restaurant · 2011 Culture HoReCa Office Recreation
United Kingdom · Waltham Abbey
Royal Gunpowder Mills
Gunpowder Mills → Industrial museum, offices · 2006 Industrial museum Office
Netherlands · Enschede
Rozendaal factory
Textile Mill → Cultural cluster (TwentseWelle museum, artists' studios, housing, the Centre for Visual Arts, museum restaurant.) · 2008 Culture HoReCa Industrial museum Recreation Residential Workshop/Storage
Spain · Terrassa
Sala Muncunill
Dyeworks → Exhibition hall · 1982 Culture
Greece · Santorini
Santorini Arts Factory
Tomato canning factory → Industrial museum, cultural events space · 2014 Culture Industrial museum
Greece · Volos
School of Second chance
Textile mill → School · 1987 Education
Greece · Neapoli
Silk Mill Helios
Silk Mill → Primary School & municipla cultural centre · 1994 Culture Education
Greece · Volos
Silk Museum of Etmektzoglou Brothers
Silk Mill → Silk museum, library, cinema club, offices of the Municipal Research Company · 1996 Administration Community centre Culture Education Industrial museum
United Kingdom · Cambridge
Spillers Mill
Flour Mill → Apartments · 2015 Residential
Greece · Volos
Spirer building
Tobacco warehouse → Volos's Municipal Center for History and Documentation, library, municipality administration services, events hall · 1995 Administration Culture Education
Greece · Volos
Sports Centre Karagats
Tobacco Warehouse & processing → Sports centre · 1998 Sports
Greece · Volos
Sports centre of Volos
Textile Mill → Sports centre Vakis Paraskevopoulos · 2001 Sports
Spain · San Sebastián
Tabakalera-International centre for contemporary culture
Tobacco factory → Art Museum · 2015 Culture
Netherlands · Dongen
Tannery Driesen
Tannery → Housing · 2005 Residential
Greece · Neo Karlovasi
Tanning museum in Karlovasi
Tannery → Industrial Museum · 2010 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · London
Tate Modern
Power station → Modern Art museum · 2000 Culture
Greece · Athens
Technopolis (Gazi)
Gasworks → Cultural centre, industrial museum, innovation centre INNOVATHENS, radio station offices · 1999 Culture HoReCa Industrial museum Office Recreation
United Kingdom · Glasgow
Templeton on the Green
Carpet factory → Housing, offices, pub, workshops and creative studios · 1984 HoReCa Office Recreation Residential Workshop/Storage
Netherlands · Tilburg
Textile Museum Tilburg
Textile mill → Industrial Museum · 1985 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · Thames Tunnel Mills
Thames Tunnel Mills
Flour mill → Social housing · 1981 Residential
United Kingdom · Southampton
The Brickworks museum at Bursledon
Brickworks → Industrial Museum · 1995 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · Stoke-on-Trent
The Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CoRE)
Pottery → Training facility, exhibition space, conference and meeting facilities · 2002 Education Industrial museum Other
Greece · Paleo Faliro
The Factory Outlet
Textile Mill → Shopping centre · 1998 Commerce/retail
Greece · Edessa
The Hemp factory in Edessa
Ropeworks → Museum & recreation centre · 2000 Industrial museum Recreation
Greece · Lesvos
The Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production of Lesvos
Olive oil mill → Industrial museum · 1985 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · Liverpool
The Nadler Liverpool
Engineerworks → Hotel · 2010 HoReCa
United Kingdom · Bristol
The Tobacco Factory of Bristol
Tobacco Factory → Mixed use: Cafe Bar, restaurant, meeting spaces, gym, offices of creative organisations, a performing art school, residential apartments, theatre · 1995 Culture Education HoReCa Office Residential Sports
Netherlands · Delft
Thomashuis 'De Oliemolen'
Oil mill → Home for people with intellectual disabilities. · 2008 Residential Social care / Welfare / Health
Netherlands · Maastricht
Timmerfabriek, Sphinx
Carpentry of an earthware factory → Cinema ( Lumière Cinema), music venue ((Muziekgieterij), cafe, events and exhibitions venue (Bureau Europa) · 2009 Culture HoReCa Recreation
Netherlands · Winterswijk
Tricot
Textile Mill → Housing & Culture · 2006 Culture Residential
Netherlands · Apeldoorn
Tricotfabriek Tima
Textile Mill offices → Social housing · 1993 Residential
Greece · Volos
Tsalapatas complex
Rooftile and Brickworks factory → Roof tile and Brickworks Museum N. & S. Tsalapatas, bars, restaurants, offices of the University of Thessaly services · 2007 Culture HoReCa Industrial museum Office Recreation
Spain · Barcelona
University of Barcelona -Institute of continuous formation & National Telecommunications Commission
Institute of technology and university centre. Headquarters of the National Telecommunications Commission → Textile mill, foundry and machine works · 1996 Education Office
Spain · Sevilla
University of Seville
Tobacco factory → Headquarters of the University of Seville · 1956 Education
Greece · Volos
University of Thessaly, “Pedion Areos” Campus
Metalworks → University of Thessaly (Departments: Architecture Engineering, Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, Mechanical Engineering, Planning and Regional Development, Civil Engineering, Library) · 1999 Education
United Kingdom · Dundee
Upper Dens Mill
Textile mill (Linen works) → Housing · 1983 Residential
Netherlands · Rotterdam
Van Nelle factory
Tobacco, coffee and tea factory → Office and events space, museum (expected) · 2000 Industrial museum Office Other
Spain · Barcelona
Vapor Llull
Chemical factory → Residential(Lofts) · 1997 Residential
Spain · Barcelona
Vapor Vell de Sants
Textile Mill → Library & School · 2000 Education
Netherlands · Dordrecht
Villa Augustus
Water tower and pumping station → Hotel & Restaurant · 2007 HoReCa
United Kingdom · London
Vogan's Mill
Flour mill → Housing · 1987 Residential
Netherlands · Amersfoort
Wagenwerkplaats
Workshop for the maintenance of the freight wagons → Creative workshops and craft enterprises, Event Venue, Education, Transport Garden · 2000 Culture Education HoReCa Office Workshop/Storage Other
Greece · Thessaloniki
Water supply museum of Thessaloniki
Pumping station → Industrial museum · 2001 Industrial museum
United Kingdom · Kirkcaldy
West Bridge Mill
Flax spinning mill → Foyer(Affordable accommodation, vocational guidance and access to training for the unemployed or homeless) · 1996 Community centre Residential Social care / Welfare / Health
Netherlands · Amsterdam
Westergasfabriek
Gasworks → Cultural and recreation park, hotel · 1993 Commerce/retail Culture HoReCa Office Recreation
Netherlands · 's-Hertogenbosch
Willem II
Cigar factory → Cultural centre, cafe-restaurant · 1987 Culture HoReCa Recreation
Netherlands · Zaandam
Zaanse chocoladefabriek
Chocolate factory → Café-restaurant, office and business space, library, shops, fitness centre · 2009 Commerce/retail Education HoReCa Office Recreation Sports
Greece · Lesvos
Zaira Hotel
Olive Oil mill → Hotel · 1986 HoReCa
Netherlands · Wormerveer
Zeepfabriek de Adelaar
Soap Factory → Offices (Headquarters of Vanilia clothing firm) · 2007 Office

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