The Mice Bunker: An Icon of Transition

Photographer

Marcel van beek

Category

Architectural Photography - Heritage

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2026

Country / Region

Germany

This series interrogates Berlin’s ‘Mice Bunker’, a paradigmatic monument of Brutalism navigating a profound identity crisis. Once a high-security laboratory, now a modern ruin, the building develops a striking presence through its very decay. These images utilise deliberate tonal shifts to reflect the structure's fractured history and evolving symbolic meaning. From the anthropomorphic gaze of its industrial vents to the melancholy of the rear view, where accumulated waste sacks mark its current state of neglect, the work captures the tension between architectural iconicity and the somber reality of abandonment.

Professional
2026
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Photographer / Company

Robin Yong

Category

Editorial Photography - Culture

Country / Region

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Amateur
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Photographer / Company

Erik Fraser

Category

Editorial Photography - General News

Country / Region

United States

Amateur
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Photographer / Company

H.H.van.den.Ham

Category

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Country / Region

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Amateur
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Photographer / Company

Russell Trozera

Category

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Country / Region

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