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

By Bored Panda • Topic: Architecture, Featured, Latest Post, Weird

If you are bored panda like me, you know that the best way to fight boredom is finding all kind of weird stuff.

And now, that you’ve found that page, you are just about to kill your boredom. Do you love architecture?

Bored panda presents you an incredible list of 33 strangest buildings in the world, and best of all, it’s not just another random list, but it is based on 4.520 unique visitor votes. So don’t blame panda for this exact order, blame yourself for voting this way, or for not voting at all (and don’t tell me you didn’t know where to vote, you could have asked).

For those who doesn’t know yet, the voting took place here.

Well enough of those boring talks, prepare your hand for scrolling down the list, while bored panda eats another bamboo leaf.

1. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain)

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2. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

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3. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal)

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4. Lotus Temple (Delhi, India)

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5. Cathedral of Brasilia (Brazil)

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6. La Pedrera (Barcelona, Spain)

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7. Atomium (Brussels, Belgium)

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8. Museum of Contemporary Art (Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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9. Kansas City Library (Missouri, USA)

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10. Low impact woodland house (Wales, UK)

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11. Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain)

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12. Rotating Tower, Dubai, UAE

Have you ever seen a building in motion that actually changes its shape? Sounds unbelievable but not to Dr. David Fisher. This building will never appear exactly the same twice.

It is amazing but you will have the choice of waking up to sunrise in your bedroom and enjoying sunsets over the ocean at dinner.

In addition to being such an incredible engineering miracle it will produce energy for itself and even for other buildings because it will have wind turbines fitted between each rotating floor (picture 2). So an 80-story building will have up to 79 wind turbines, making it a true green power plant.

13. Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)

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14. Casa da musica (Porto, Portugal)

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15. Olympic Stadium (Montreal, Canada)

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16. Nautilus House (Mexico City, Mexico)

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17. The National Library (Minsk, Belarus)

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18. National Theatre (Beijing, China)

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19. Conch Shell House, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

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20. House Attack (Viena, Austria)

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21. Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)

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22. Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen) (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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23. Ideal Palace (France)

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24. The Church of Hallgrimur, Reykjavik, Iceland

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25. Eden project (United Kingdom)

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26. The Museum of Play (Rochester , USA)

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27. Atlantis (Dubai, UAE)

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28. Montreal Biosphere (Canada)

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29. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, USA)

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30. The Basket Building (Ohio, USA)

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31. Kunsthaus (Graz, Austria)

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32. Forest Spiral (Darmstadt, Germany)

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33. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia)

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Tagged as: Architecture, buildings, house, strange, structures, top, unusual, Weird

Date posted: Aug 4th, 2009

45 Responses »

Karl on September 22nd, 2009 at 7:43 am:
Atlantis is actually in Nassau, Bahamas
Kevin on September 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm:
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.
kartsonakis on September 24th, 2009 at 8:09 pm:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastiko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oscar on September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pm:
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
florida boy on September 30th, 2009 at 9:28 pm:
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.
Sophia on October 4th, 2009 at 11:39 am:
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
AtlantisFan on October 4th, 2009 at 5:54 pm:
Yeah you’re right that there is an atlantis in UAE, but the one pictured is in the Bahamas like he said.
Mary on October 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm:
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.
torontogirl on October 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm:
what about the ocad building in toronto?
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/alsop/sharp_center/1ocad.jpg
Southern Traveler on October 21st, 2009 at 11:20 pm:
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.
pbd on October 24th, 2009 at 9:29 am:
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.
IslandBoy on October 24th, 2009 at 5:58 pm:
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.
quinn on October 30th, 2009 at 3:59 am:
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?
Harry Barracuda on November 1st, 2009 at 4:48 am:
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.
tiffany on November 1st, 2009 at 2:12 pm:
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…
Florida Girl on November 1st, 2009 at 8:45 pm:
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.
Nikk on November 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm:
Actually, there’s a location of Wonderworks in Florida, too. It has an identical structure.
Justin on November 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm:
Tiffany, that photo is for the building concept. It hasn’t been built yet.
ali on November 4th, 2009 at 8:53 pm:
actually…there are two atlantis’ dumbass
noone on November 5th, 2009 at 4:11 am:
Interesting, thanks for taking time to share.
Brian on November 6th, 2009 at 10:20 am:
you find these strange? i find them beautiful and wish all buildings where designed to be aesthetically pleasing
Veilofmaya on November 6th, 2009 at 1:50 pm:
@Florida Boy

I’ve seen the Wonderworks building when I went through Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. There must be two of them or something.
amy on November 6th, 2009 at 4:49 pm:
architecture wonders especially Gaudi. To Karl Atlantis has two location one in Bahamas and the other at Dubai
Esperanza on November 7th, 2009 at 8:47 am:
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
Chester on November 7th, 2009 at 11:50 am:
how about the birds nest in beijing from the olympics?
Zofia on November 7th, 2009 at 12:32 pm:
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.
Mercedes on November 7th, 2009 at 3:45 pm:
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
karick38 on November 7th, 2009 at 4:54 pm:
what about EMP in seattle,wa???
christos on November 7th, 2009 at 10:21 pm:
i agree, wheres the EMP?!
corrector on November 8th, 2009 at 7:19 am:
the atlantis that is photographed is definitely in the emirates
whogivesashitor on November 8th, 2009 at 4:44 pm:
f*ck your smartass corrections look at the pictures and f*ck off
wonder boy on November 8th, 2009 at 4:50 pm:
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!
ersi on November 10th, 2009 at 5:24 am:
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
Gina on November 10th, 2009 at 2:37 pm:
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!
Melissa on November 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm:
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….
SeattleFan on November 13th, 2009 at 1:56 pm:
I think the Sci-Fi museum in Seattle should have been included in this as well.
Bluebug on November 15th, 2009 at 10:19 am:
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.
carmen on November 16th, 2009 at 8:08 am:
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES““`HOWEVER THE DENVER ART MUSEUM SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED““ALSO ATLANTIS IS IN THE BAHAMA ISLANDS““““GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY““““THANKS!
deb on November 17th, 2009 at 2:37 pm:
There is more than ONE Atlantis, ding ding
Ajax on November 17th, 2009 at 5:56 pm:
The basket building is in Newark, Ohio if anyone cares.
Party Pooper on November 17th, 2009 at 10:30 pm:
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.
Yosua on November 18th, 2009 at 12:27 am:
i think CCTV headquarters should be included in the list
Daniel on November 19th, 2009 at 12:20 am:
Kunsthaus!!! <3
kennie on November 19th, 2009 at 4:22 am:
grabe ganda.. amazzziiiing….
Jackie on November 20th, 2009 at 4:21 pm:
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!