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 base, a nightclub, and more, after the fall of communism. Following a period of disrepair, it will now be turned into a technology education center for young people by Dutch firm MVRDV.

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