(CNN)Jails are not the first place people typically look to for design inspiration. For the most part they are brutalist, utilitarian blocks that are built to house row after row of prison cells and which offer altogether dismal living conditions.
But a few disused penitentiaries have had their potential unlocked by redevelopers -- and in these second leases on life, former jails have been transformed into everything from luxury hotels to schools, shopping complexes, or even a film lot.
Pentridge Prison in Australia guarded some of the nation"s most notorious criminals -- including the legendary outlawed "bushranger" Ned Kelly -- but it"s now being re-envisioned as a vibrant residential and commercial hub in Melbourne.
In the Turkish capital of Istanbul, the Sultanahmet "Capital City Murder" Jail -- which is now a luxurious Four Seasons Hotel -- had its fifth section reserved for famous personages such as poet Nazim Hikmet and satirist Aziz Nesin. Somewhat foreshadowing its destiny as hotel accommodation, the prison was ironically referred to as "The Hilton".
Take a look through the gallery above to see creative examples of former prison spaces now rehabilitated.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/03/design/former-jails-transformed/index.html
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