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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/15/te2uo2hl61qdznlpy3tu.jpg?quality=751200675In the years after World War II, Berlin saw a number of new skyscrapers erected to provide the burgeoning middle class with affordable housing. Even though many were designed by famous architects they were eventually viewed as concrete monsters and mouldered in disuse, until recently.