Top 33 World’s Strangest Buildings (sorted by 4.520 visitors votes)

Atlantis is actually in Nassau, Bahamas

Actually if you were to use the wonderful tool called “Google” you would see that is actually in UAE, you are partially correct that there is an Atlantis in the Bahamas as well.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastiko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yo creo que todo ese tipo de casas son una tonteria y yo creo que se deverian a dedicar a construir edificios de verdad
y tratar de ponernos en el siglo 21

the wonderworks building is in Orlando, Florida. i would know… i lived ten minutes from it. that is the parking garage for pointe orlando behind it.

Thought you might like this as well:

http://espliego.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/450px-prague_-_dancing_house.jpg

The dancing house in Prague, Czech Republic

Yeah you’re right that there is an atlantis in UAE, but the one pictured is in the Bahamas like he said.

Pienso que algunos si son vanguardistas, pero hay otros que si son innecesarios, pero, con dinero, que se te da la gana de hacer lo que quieras, como edificios muy feos, horribles, sin angulos buenos, y hay otros que si valen la pena admirar.

what about the ocad building in toronto?
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/alsop/sharp_center/1ocad.jpg

Floridaboy is right or at least he was in April 2009 when I was in Orlando.
Wonderworks building was in Orlando then and I believe it is too big to move to Pigeon Forge.

Wonderwerks is a chain of buildings- as of August, the one in Pigeon Forge wasn’t open. The one in Branson, MO (called “The upside down white house”, or area 51, or something), is open. They all look about the same.

The Atlantis pictured here is not in the Bahamas, it is indeed the Dubai Atlantis. (The Bahamas Atlantis, by the way, is on Paradise Island, not Nassau). I live here, and eat lunch every Sunday at the Marketplace restaurant in our Atlantis, where my daughter works as a Marine Mammal trainer. if you Google ‘Atlantis Bahamas’ the first entry gives you a side-by-side comparison on the entry page.

IIslandBoy is right, but I love how Atlantis can be so easily confused with every other Atlantis casino in any destination, around the planet. Atlantis is the vice equivalent to Burger King. It’s not a chain, but for some reason slick businessmen with no imagination build concrete slabs in worship of the name. Regardless, what a seriously uninspired building here. Why on earth did you include this, Bored Panda?

You can kiss Dubai’s rotating tower goodbye, they haven’t got a pot to piss in, let alone the cash to build that monstrosity.

so in the picture where it the building turns has anyone noticed all the vehicles in the bottom of the picture havent moved in all 4 pictures… building must move fast…

There are Wonderworks in both Orlando, FL, and Pigeon Forge, TN. I’ve been to both, they look pretty much exactly the same, but the one in the picture is the Orlando one, not the Pigeon Forge one.

Actually, there’s a location of Wonderworks in Florida, too. It has an identical structure.

Tiffany, that photo is for the building concept. It hasn’t been built yet.

actually…there are two atlantis’ dumbass

Interesting, thanks for taking time to share.

you find these strange? i find them beautiful and wish all buildings where designed to be aesthetically pleasing

@Florida Boy

I’ve seen the Wonderworks building when I went through Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. There must be two of them or something.

architecture wonders especially Gaudi. To Karl Atlantis has two location one in Bahamas and the other at Dubai

O, nawet nie wiedziałam, że w Sopocie jest taki budynek, nie zawsze się zwraca uwagę na to, co u nas
Great buildings. I hope that I’ll se them (their?) in future
Nie umiem angielskiego ;P

how about the birds nest in beijing from the olympics?

Polski krzywy domek na 2. miejscu? nie spodziewałam się tego i uważam iż inne budowle bardziej zasługują na te miejsce, mimo wszystko uznanie cieszy.
Polish house on 1st place? i think that other buildings are more interesting than ours, but it’s nice to see that somebody liked it.

Muy bueno, gracias por la compilación!
and WHAT ABOUT THIS CHURCH IN KISHI, RUSSIA:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Kishi_church_4.jpg

what about EMP in seattle,wa???

i agree, wheres the EMP?!

the atlantis that is photographed is definitely in the emirates

f*ck your smartass corrections look at the pictures and f*ck off

There are two Wonderworks in the USA. The one in Orlando, FL was the original, then the one in Pigeon Forge, TN was built second. Hopefully if all goes well there will also be Wonderworks in Myrtle Beach, SC and even in New Jersey at the Xanadu Mall. It’s an awesome place and everyone should go!

Wow! It was a wonderfull mail…I have never seen these buildings before…The House Attack was the best one I saw…!

ersi,Chalkida,Greece

That was so great!!! I just loved all of ‘em!!! But the one I liked the most was “Low impact woodland house”(#10). For me, it’s simply adorable!

That’s not the best picture of the architecture of the museum of play… there are two of the structure pictured, and they form a butterfly shape, and it houses a butterfly conservatory….

I think the Sci-Fi museum in Seattle should have been included in this as well.

http://www.nassauparadiseisland.com/where-to-stay/
this is the pic of the Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas. If you look you will notice that they are close, but not the same. Before you try and correct a website…you should be sure you are correct.

BEAUTIFUL PICTURES““`HOWEVER THE DENVER ART MUSEUM SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED““ALSO ATLANTIS IS IN THE BAHAMA ISLANDS““““GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY““““THANKS!

There is more than ONE Atlantis, ding ding

The basket building is in Newark, Ohio if anyone cares.

Very cool. The only thing that bothers me is the library in Missouri. The “Romeo and Juliet” book is portrayed to be the same width as “Lord of the Rings”. Wrong…. just wrong.

But these buildings are amazing.

i think CCTV headquarters should be included in the list

Kunsthaus!!! <3

grabe ganda.. amazzziiiing….

just fyi: yes, there IS a fantastic Wonderworks museum in Pigeon Forge. The one featured in the picture (#29) is not the one in Pigeon Forge. There isn’t a traffic light or a crosswalk in front of it. This may be the FL location, but hey, go visit either location. It’s a sight not to be missed!

5.6 billion souls and counting on a speck of dust at best called Earth which has only been here a blink in Time compared to Eternity and we argue about a few “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” structures?
It’s all a waste of Time in the Big Picture.
“Today” is a Gift…That’s why it is called “The Present”. Open it, Enjoy it, use it wisely.
A ZenMaster has spoken.

I don’t know about strange.. but some of them are absolutely gorgeousss!! Fabulous concept and skills, not to forget imagination behind them. Thanks for sharing.

I think the writer of this should end the stupid feuding and just write under the pictures for Wonderworks, and Atlantis that they are what he says they are, and that there are others, however, they are not what people think.

Zen Master… you’re a complete krill douchebag, and if you were serious, take that otu of here and possibly kill yourself. You are such an inferior breed of human.

I saw at the Chicago Art Museum a National Library for Sweden or Switzerland or something, and it looked like something out of a sci-fi flick. It was gorgeous. If anyone knows what I am talking about, you should post it on here for everyone to see

http://www.econo-gatlinburg-hotel.com/images/ripleys_exterior.jpg
The Ripley’s Believe It Or Not in Gatlinburg is pretty cool, too.
I went there on vacation a few years ago.

There is a Wonder Works in Pigeon Forge, but it isn’t that one. That one is in Orlando. I must say the one in Pigeon Forge is way cooler than the one on here.

There are some truly beautiful creations here but I am not a big fan of buildings that look like things or are upside-down or other “amusing” styles. I have a sense of humour but those things become an eye-sore after a while. Simplicity is still a sure winner with me, not because it is safe but I find it passes through time more easily and keeps its appeal.

strange is beautiful.. they are the most beautiful buildings i have ever seen.. that is what i call art right there.. amazing!!!!

that Atlantis is not in the Bahamas… look it up.. plus I’ve been to the one in the Bahamas 4 times.

I like number 10, the low impact woodland house. Can I know where I get get more pictures? thanks!

I happen to live in the Bahamas, and that is not the Atlantis on Paradise Island. Kerzner decided to build one in Dubai. The one in the bahamas does not have the temple shape between the two towers.

Great structures, regardless of their location.

Hey Tiffany! VERY keen of you to notice the cars had not moved in those pics. Justin is right about it being a concept building, but most would not notice that.(and didn’t)

(In reference to 12. Rotating Tower, Dubai, UAE)

~Shannon

There are actualy two Atlantis resourts.One is in Nassau ant the other in Dubai/The one on the pic is definitely in Dubai

Why are ya ‘all bickering over what is where. Just enjoy the pics! Geee!

Carol the location is very important, people want to know where the photos can be seen in the actual world or to look up.

What about the Zizkov TV Tower in Prague? Nothing like black baby sculptures crawling over a futuristic TV tower..

Hey Florida Boy, they have one in pigeon forge as well..don’t be so ignorant…

tottaly awesome architecture……..would love to some of that artiatry in south africa….

OCAD Denied???

Check it… Ontario College of Art and Design

http://lh6.ggpht.com/chauandrew/R0UbVae_s3I/AAAAAAAAA28/FNd5x6Uv-NM/Will+Alsop+Toronto+OCAD.jpg

the wonderworks picture is from orlando, fl not tennessee. go here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/3090993340_8abce6948f.jpg?v=0 to see the pointe orlando sign next to it.

WHAT ABOUT FALLING WATER???

You should include the “spaceship” house in Genesee, Colorado. We always used to call it the Jetson’s house, which is why this You Tube video of the house has the Jetson’s theme song to it! Anyway, it’s a truly amazing piece of architecture!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u73qCsVjAN8

So i figure that some of these building have multiples in other parts of the world. Like wonder works, there is one in Tennessee cuz i have been there. its an awesome place but i dont doubt that there is one in florida too. so stop trying to correct the people who put this stuff together!

I really appreciate the description given with picture #12. I wish there was a brief description with each picture. This is a great list. Thanks!

#9 is the parking garage for the central library, not the library itself. http://www.kclibrary.org/central

I don’t care where they’re from, they’re absolutly amazing! haha.
The Eden Project looks likt a bunch of bubble wrap-hahaha.

Holy people…these are buildings HE finds strange and interesting.
If he wanted your opinions, it would have been asked of you. You have a different idea for strange buildings, blog it yourself. Geezus!
Strange/beautiful/interesting/weird WHO CARES!
Some of you people need to find less to complain about or get real lives.

Amazing structures Bored Panda. Very cool.

Yeah, there is an Atlantis in Dubai and one in Nassau. Been to both of them. They are strikingly similar, but not exactly alike.

what about the monestry iof jeronimo in lisbon, portugal or berlins jewish museum…

Actually, florida boy, there is a Wonderworks in Pigeon Forge, TN as well.

karl, its the one in dubai, ive been there, seen it

The House Attack looks like Dorothy meets the Borg.

Ummm…away from the bickering about it’s location can I just say that living in Dubai and having seen Atlantis man many times unfortunately – the photo doesn’t begin to do justice to how unbelievably UGLY it is. A total blot on the landscape. A ‘monstrous carbuncle’ as Prince Charles once said about another building.

Florida Boy…there is also a WonderWorks in Pigeon Forge, TN. Jackass.

you need to add another to the list
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Air_Force_Academy_Chapel.html

the air force academy chapel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I’ve been there and it’s amazing

Florida Boy is some what right…there is one in Orlando, Fl. The ORIGINAL though is in Pigeon Forge, TN only 20 miles away from Gatlenberg, TN. As far as the Atlantis Hotel, Yes the is one in the Bahamas, I have seen it. However, In this world where the main goal of a corporation is to make money. Would it not be fair to assume that ,like wonderworks, they might have replicated the building in another part of the world to earn more money? I believe Disney did the same thing as did 8 fast food chains.

In response to Karl (the comment below me)
Atlantis IS in Dubai- I personally live in dubai and drive past it quite frequently!

These are really interesting! I’m glad to see that two of Gaudi’s buildings in Barcelona got mentions. They are amazing. I was also wondering why the Beijing Bird’s Nest didn’t get a mention? Is a sports stadium not considered a building?

Harry Baraacuda, U need 2 get out more Regarding 2 Dubai, Your locked in your own world…..londonthinz2010

This list is missing the Winchester Mystery House: http://sacramentoscoop.com/2008/10/27/winchester-mystery-house/

Number nineteen is my future house!!!! eeeep!

Google “Smaralind” and see the weirdest building in Iceland from above. The church of Hallgrimur is nothing compared to it

how did the rotating tower make it into that list? it’s not even built yet

this sh*t is realy cool dud !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Parque Biblioteca España in Medellin, Colombia. It’s got the greatest view of the city.
http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/nacional/imagen-parque-biblioteca-espana

A total blot on the landscape.A ‘monstrous carbuncle’ as Prince Charles once said about another building.Ummm…away from the bickering about it’s location can I just say that living in Dubai and having seen Atlantis man many times unfortunately – the photo doesn’t begin to do justice to how unbelievably UGLY it is.

Hmmm i think the two buildings they picked from Dubai are slightly underwhelming. I’m a resident here and there a quite a few more impressive buildings. The Burj Khalifa for example is amazing and it’s also the tallest building in the world.

Its so Cool!! especially the rotating one :-0

There are two Atlantis Resorts. One in the Bahamas and the second in Dubai

Ha! I live down the street from the Basket Building!

omg it was soooooo cool i want to climb on it sooo bad

This is CRAZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYY foo

You ve missed the MuDAM of Luxembourg

It’s mind boggling to see those strange images.. woot!

very cool, but WTF is w/ #20?! O.o

The wonderworks (# 29) is in Orlando, Florida. I’ve been there many many times….

FANTABULOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

how i wonder the interior design of wonderworks. Interesting!

you should really add the Experience Music Project (EMP) from seattle washington

the Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias in Valencia should be included in this.. such a cool building!

Number 6 is Casa Mila by Gaudi. (give the man some credit!) who ever put these together does not know architecture. Taking a concept literally (like a basket) and making it a building is horrible. no thought at all.

The Strong Museum of Play picture depicts rochester very accurately, with the gray clouds and all. The structure is actually the shape in a butterfly, maybe youd shoula moved to the left about 30 feet.

The rotating tower isn’t actually rotating in your pictures, the backgrounds of all 4 pictures are exactly the same.

there are 2 atlantis’. you’re an idiot if you don’t think there can be.

The house in whales looks like shrek’s house in the film

the conch house is the most amazing thing I think I’ve seen

Okay you are totally missing to buildings. I would add Seattle Public Library and Glass House (mortician’s castle) in BC, Canada.

Oh My God. You are all idiots. It’s in Florida, no it’s not, it’s in Pigeon, no…Bahamas, no…Dubai. Enjoy the pics and move on. Dicks!

Sadly, the rotating tower was never built, and due to the Dubai bust, it has been abandoned. Too many of the builders are in deep debt and the global economy is breaking Dubai.

It would have been quite something to have seen it actually go up, though.

The Atlantis in this picture is not at all like the one in Nassau. The one in Nassau is not straight across but bent in the middle and it does not have water that close to it on both sides. That is definitely NOT the Bahamas location!

Wow what great buildings , these are tremendous and real art in the making, I would of loved to of done the plumbing lol.

Plumber in Rochdakle – Mr Plumber

did anyone notice on the rotating tower one, look at all the little pics of it in different positions… the cars on the road are exactly the same in all the pics!! mind boggeling…..

Hi there,

Something you should probably add to this list is the Montreal Casino… Crazy building.

Amazing buildings. It just goes to show that if you have enough time and money you can build anything.

Benjamin Koshkin

What about the house of beer cans in Houston?

Amazing list. Really enjoyed it.

EMP in Seattle?

Incredible buidings.

Hi, the house n.º 3 is´nt in Guimarães… it is in FAFE… a town near Guimarães – Portugal.

It´s the Flinstones House

Really nice but unbelivable.

The Strong Museum of Play is remarkable on all sides, the picture you put up isn’t really the most interesting part at all. The whole building looks like it was designed by an insane genius.

That Lotus Temple in India is incredible!

did anyone else notice that #10 looks IDENTICAL to a hobbit hole in Lord of the Rings? Awesome!!!

Mas alla de que si te gusta o no, no podes desestimar, la avanzadisima de la construcción, que para mi es una belleza arquitectonica sin igual. por supuesto que me gustaría vivir en algunos y en otros no, de cualquier manera aplaudo a los ingenieros constructores que hacen las delicias de quienes amamos observar vistas como las de estas edificaciones.

Uhh…. actually atlantis is under the sea. It sank like the titanic, or got flooded, or something…. Gosh! lol I’m just kidding! i have no idea!

Awesome!!! Luckily I am in Rochester and made up my mind to visit museum of play. Wonderful architec.

Yea, the basket building is actually the corporate headquarters of the Longaberger Company in Newark, Ohio, as mentioned above.

suppop………amaizing

This has been a terrific post

Doesn’t Lotus Temple remind people of Sydney Opera House (but not as stylish)?

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All buildings are very beatiful but a house to live in I prefer my one.

http://www.google.com/images?q=cctv+building

Great collection but thought these two creations in Bangkok deserve a mention…http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/15/the-elephant-building-in-bangkok-thailand/….http://www.nothingtoseehere.net/2008/08/bank_of_asia_headquarters_bang_1.html

i live in montreal…and i visited barcelona….absolutely fantastic….

I have seen The Mind House and La Pedrera, both from Barcelona. I went there last summer and I was really impressed by the work of Gaudi. He was the architect. You should have also included Sagrada Familia. It’s fabulous!

ahh
people the atlantis HERE
is the one in dubai
i know coz i live in dubai
also coz rite next to it is the metro station
wich im pretty sure is not there in the bahamas
so stfu

Falta “CASAPUEBLO”de Punta del Este en la República Oriental del Uruguay,Sud América ,realizada por Páez Vilaró

37 is the Longaberger factory.

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What an amazing list.. thumbs up for every single one of them (:

Life should be marvellous and of course not boring in these wonderful buildings. It would be great to receive guests in such houses. Besides, I think that funny things make people more kind and creative ))

will never forget my days in Barcelona, Gaudi’s Guell Park, thanks for sparking a moment of reflection, put me exactly in that place of overwhelming inspiration experienced when 40 years younger…spent the years since seeking the good the true and the beautiful so as to lift the human spirit…ronwood.com

i live in coshocton.. not far away…o-h-i-o!

Nice collection, btw the correct spelling of Vienna is with double n

Brother…the Lotus temple is in new delhi..I guess you are confused!

Thanks Michael! Already fixed

i live in barcelona…and visited montreal  …agree with u

the language in the description was future tense… it would… i believe that’s a model vs an existing building

has anyone seen this? i’d love to be proven wrong… it’s such an amazing idea!

Super buildings.

Whoa.

What should i say about that rotating tower in dubai……No words to say….

wtf cool buildings

who created these building are talent.
Amazing….!

creative ideas 

Net 100 years come to visit my small country, Laos, then you will see what is the wonderful thing in Laos. haahahahahhahah

omg!!! amezing!!!!

i didn’t believe this………its daringgggggg………………

Oh , my God. its really unbeliveable. wonderfull.

the idea is great, but this building has never been built so far…..doesnt exist….

It’s incredible. cool

waw..amazing!! watching these buildings makes u speachless.

Well considering i”m writing this 2years after the post I can still safely say the rotating building hasn’t been built yet. I live in Dubai…and there’s no sign of it. However, an addition like that would add more the landscape. Fantastic if it were made

Construções mto maneiras e algumas mto curiosas, interessantes…

Mto maneiras e algumas muito interessantes e curiosas! rsrsrs

The Building in Dubai is not true. there is no such a building existing in Dubai at the moment.

first impression is best .all the works are best of best

I love these

I love these

Yeah doesn’t exist .. But there is a sort of ‘twisted’ building in Dubai which looks pretty cool. I think it’s called infinite tower

nice, interesting design…

I NEED A CAR

WTF?

thats sooo coooool

Ok. There is nothing strange about Atlantis…Like seriously. -.-
Everything else is awesome… c;

been to 4 of these