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40 Times Architects Made Buildings That Look Unique And Cool But Were Uncomfortable To Live In Or Use
While we see the growing focus on sustainability and climate resilience in architecture, with many cities around the world searching for greener and healthier dwelling alternatives, we also see the opposite.
Out of a reckless bravado, a wish to impress no matter what, a client dictating the rules even if they make little sense, developers going off the leash, a world lacking taste, name your own reason, absurd architecture is not going anywhere. And the more we dive into the part of the internet ruled by architecture aficionados, the more of a treasure box for crazy buildings it turns out to be.
This Twitter page that goes by a laconic title “Bizarre Buildings” is no exception. It’s basically a collection of what it sounds like, weird-looking structures that make you question everything you know about function, common sense and aesthetics. Not to say it’s not fun, we all have a kind of fascination with such buildings!
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Sa Ruuu 3 years ago
If it's just a painting, how does that at all affect how comfortable it is to live there. I'm on building #2 on this list and I can already tell the submissions have nothing to do with the title
Memere 3 years ago (edited)
It would be uncomfortable to have constant traffic going by to see it. And strangers knocking on the door to ask all kinds of invasive questions. It's very cool & extremely well done, but I wouldn't want to live there!
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Sum Guy 3 years ago
You know the biggest problem with making your house stand out and be a piece of art?... The local government will label your house as a heritage building and you can't even add patio after that
Memere 3 years ago
It would be if everyone visiting the city is continually driving by to see it, or knocking on the door to ask questions.
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Memere 3 years ago
It would be uncomfortable to have constant traffic going by to see it. And strangers knocking on the door to ask all kinds of invasive questions. No privacy or peace & quiet in your own home. I wouldn't want to live there!
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To find out more about our fascination with bizarre buildings and structures, we reached out to Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures. Lisa was happy to share some very interesting insights into the cultural significance of such buildings, and why they never cease to capture our imagination.
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rumade 3 years ago
This is my favourite. Everyone should have a happy building in their neighbourhood shaped like an animal or piece of fruit or something
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Who said this is uncomfortable? They have a freaking slide going from the inside to the outside!
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
I remember as a child being so disappointed with fun shaped buildings like this because when you walk inside everything is just square and normal.
William Gladstone 3 years ago
I am only 12 and have already gotten five cats in my life, so this really reaches out to my heart
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iLoVeGrOoT.... 3 years ago
These are the kinds of buildings we need to protect the environment!!!
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Guess it would depend on the placement of trees and how they were planted, if they were built through the design or added to it! I like the idea but would have to see in person before I commit!
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Jo Choto 3 years ago
Singapore has a ton of buildings that are green, in that all over their surfaces, walls and rooves, there is plant life. Looks beautiful. Problem with using trees is that over time, the roots will expand and cause structural damage.
mehoi 3 years ago
I wonder if caring for the trees with bonsai techniques might help?
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Yvette Desmarais 3 years ago
I hope they didn't under estimate the weight of full grown trees.
Mark Fuller 3 years ago
Yep - waaaaay more buildings should be designed like this. It's magnificent!
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
That's the first thing I thought, too. If this was in Manitoba there would be cankerworms hanging by webs all over, tent tree caterpillar infestation, aphids eating leaves and leaving sticky dew-like poop all over everything and spiders, spiders and other creepy things.
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“We’re fascinated by strange-looking human-made structures because they remind us that, as humans, we don’t just create buildings to shelter ourselves from bad weather and dangerous animals. Rather, our buildings are also always expressions of our cultural values. When a building looks bizarre to us, it’s because it somehow challenges or defies those values,” Lisa explained.
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Henrik Forsberg 3 years ago
This is a type of storage house called ”Häbre ” in Swedish, meant for foodstuffs and valuables. They are built with these kind of stilts that create a overhang to make it hard for animals to get in, climbing vertical then upside down is hard to do. This one is a bit extra high so when snow falls the house is still above it. For a truly Baba Yaga house of Slavic tradition check out the Sami version called “Njalla”. They are sometimes built on one really high treestump to give protection even if the owners where gone for months.
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Angelar 3 years ago
The Hallgrímskirkja, named after the Icelandic poet and cleric Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1674)...State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church was commissioned in 1937. He is said to have designed it to resemble the trap rocks, mountains and glaciers of Iceland's landscape....
ZAPanda 3 years ago
for those who aren't familiar with icelandic, the d-thing with a strike through it is a "Th". kirkja means church (compare scottish 'kirk').
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tuzdayschild 3 years ago
Architect to client: What do you want your church to look like? Client to architect: The wrath of God.
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Sa Ruuu 3 years ago
Yeah this is one of those lists where none of the submissions have anything to do with the title. Because if it did, would they not have descriptions of why they're uncomfortable. Title should have been like "unique architecture around the world"
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/bored_as_heck/ 3 years ago
"Living like a caveman but with modern amenities".... does that describe the houses or does it perfectly describe living in quarantine during 2020.
Sergy Yeltsen 3 years ago
The OP has never been to Coober Pedy. Living in caves or stone is amazing - temperature regulation, noise dampening, ecologically friendly materials... I would love to do this.
The professor of science fiction studies argues that for the past two hundred years, many of us across the world have lived in cultures informed by the rhythms of industrial and mass production. It turns out that there are two specific values associated with these patterns of production that clearly inform most of the structures built in that time, Lisa said.
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Thomas Ewing 3 years ago
At first, I thought it was sunken! The green roof deceives.
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Anapv 3 years ago
No, it's a monumental apartment complex. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Espaces_d%27Abraxas
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Grivzyrn Novarn 3 years ago
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Richard Portman 3 years ago
Only some of them. It was for fun. In addition to gas, they sold cold drinks, tobacco and snacks.
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“First, industrial-era buildings tend to be uniform, clean-edged, and box-like in terms of their basic structures, ready for mass production; they may have elaborate and asymmetric details, like Victorian-era gingerbread, but those details are simply placed on top of the uniform, box-like structure as nonfunctional decoration.”
She continued: “second, industrial-era buildings tend to be designed with the assumption that infrastructure is more important than and in fact directly opposed to nature: we change the natural world to accommodate our uniform, box-like structures rather than designing unique structures to fit the particulars of different landscapes, and we create buildings that are meant to keep out elements, plants, and animals rather than accommodate them.”
Lisa explained that when a building looks bizarre to us as modern people, it’s often because it challenges the primacy of those industrial-era values that are so much part of our daily lives that we rarely even think about them.
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Scagsy 3 years ago (edited)
No more puns! Cod damn it. (I just did that one for the Halibut).
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
From someone who's worked in a Fisheries Division....this would be awesome!
That_Desi_Gurl 3 years ago
I could say the same for the West too, just that u guys are masters at hiding the poverty and pretending like it doesn't exist in your places...
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TyrantrumGogoat 3 years ago
This reminds me of the me of the whale shaped trait center in New York.
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BabyYodaIsMe 3 years ago
In the James Patterson universe, it could, you never know
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A B C 3 years ago
Again, it's a friggin OFFICE OR LABS BUILDING, NOT one to live in. Also, why would this be uncomfortable to live in (except for it NOT being living quarters but offices or labs), let alone only "use it"?
Anapv 3 years ago
There's the real name of the original twitter thread, "Bizarre buildings" in every picture.
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I Just Changed My Name 3 years ago
The greenery is so that animals of the area aren't displaced
Katherine Haynes 3 years ago
I agree but maybe it's very well done artificial grass
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Interestingly, according to Lisa, for most part we’re not threatened by bizarre buildings; “instead, they inspire our curiosity and wonder: who made these buildings and why? What purpose did or do they serve? What are the people like who used or still use these buildings, and how do these buildings help them live long and prosper? When we look at responses to the images posted the Bizarre Buildings Twitter feed—and in this article!—we can see that these strange structures inspired people from around the world to pool their different cultural knowledges and experiences to answer such questions.”
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Tweetysvoice 3 years ago
I wonder if the front facade started falling while building and they added a zipper and called it art...
Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago
And to what purpose? Why does someone feel the need to write on public surfaces?
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Gin. No tonic 3 years ago
All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
But the growls were coming from INSIDE the building.
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Sue From Michigan 3 years ago
All I can think when I see it is that's a long walk up with groceries.
Heather Menard 3 years ago
I love this but it needs an elevator. No way am I going up and down those steps for times a day to bring the dogs out.
Thomas Sweda 3 years ago
Bears can climb stairs you know. It’s elevator buttons they have trouble with.
Lisa also said that “as someone who has lived my whole life in the United States, it’s exciting to learn, for instance, that the walking house from the Baba Yaga myth was probably inspired by the storehuts on stilts that people build across Northern Europe, and to see fully painted religious temples in contemporary India that give us a better sense of what ancient Greek temples really looked like!”
The professor argues that when we learn the stories behind these unusual structures, we are reminded that people have always built for diverse but often geographically and culturally specific needs that were, to them, just as important as our own are to us.
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Pezor Zass 3 years ago
can't find an exact year, but looks like not that long ago. the whole project started in 1972, from what i read.
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Sterling Hill 3 years ago (edited)
wow - Pavilion of the Enlightened lives in this park - says: There’s lots of shopping to be done and food to eat in Bangkok, but if you’re someone looking for a sightseeing adventure, then here’s something for you. Thailand’s Muang Boran Museum, also known as Ancient City, is a huge museum park that’s just 45 minutes from Bangkok. Considered to be the world’s largest outdoor park, you can easily spend one entire day exploring all it has to offer. From insane temples with next-level architecture to historical tidbits about Thailand, here are some must-see photo spots to check out at Ancient City. https://thesmartlocal.com/thailand/ancient-city-thailand/
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Lis Daglish 3 years ago
I agree - welcome change from the characterless monoliths.
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I want that apartment on the left top and install a trap door for rude visitors. ;)
Touch Connors 3 years ago
Looks like a game of Jenga. Kinda want to pull one of those out and see if it'll still stand.
A B C 3 years ago
I live in a run-of-the-mill rectangular building and I sometimes miss my door already, lol
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago (edited)
What shape would like the building? Yes. How big do you want the building? Yes. How many windows on each side? Yes. Should we have balconies? Yes.....no... but yes.... for some.... not all.
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ravina nimje 3 years ago
No one live there or allowed to go to top most window. Only ground floor access is provided to everyne.
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Arun Manickam 3 years ago
Definitely it would as its main Raja Gopuram is 236 feet tall and biggest operating temple in the world encompassing 81 shrines & 21 such towers! We also call it Srirangam!
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Marek Yanchurak 3 years ago
The temple complex itself dates back 1000 years, but individual buildings have various construction dates. Apparently the tallest tower at the site was built in 1987.
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“Meanwhile, other contemporary designers show how infrastructure can accommodate and respond to the natural world rather than eliminating or changing it, as with buildings that have trees growing inside and houses that are open to the elements. If old bizarre buildings remind us that the people made structures in the past to meet needs and express values different from ours, new ones show us how people continue to create buildings that express a range of values and ideals today as well,” Lisa explained.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Northern Europe has its priorities right looking at the brilliant designs on this page.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Even a place to park your boat! It all looks so neat and tidy if a place can look friendly - this is it!
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pigasus1 3 years ago
I admire it, but I would never be happy living there. I must have more personal privacy than I could ever get there. Like Davy Crockett said, "When I can see the smoke from a neighbors chimney...... It's time to move further out."
Purple light 3 years ago
In the Netherlands it is almost impossible to live somewhere where you can't see any neighbours.
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Jo Choto 3 years ago
I look at this lovely work and I wonder how long it will be before it's all underwater, thanks to global warming.
elSti 3 years ago
well it was probably underwater 200 years ago. You might be surprised how much they built under sea level
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It looks weird from this angle but at street view, it's amazing - each unit is water front with winding walking paths and lots of green space.
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MaddaPanda 3 years ago
Drawer/ Hotel California. You can check in but never leave (the arrow only points inwards).
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
The whole area surrounding the restaurant seems to have been demolished and redeveloped for another purpose.
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Galious 3 years ago
It was an artificial banyan tree. https://mymodernmet.com/naha-harbor-diner/
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Robert Vaughn 3 years ago
Why is it that only the truly unique buildings with loads of charm and character - get demolished?
Catherine Brady 3 years ago
It was a fake tree. Did it also have fake termites?
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Kookamunga 3 years ago
Here's the interior - it's a little bleak for my tastes. spain-hous...4eb1d2.jpg 
Parthania Dawson 3 years ago
It would be up to the person living there to bring the color. I think it could be very nice with colorful accents and some indoor plants.
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/bored_as_heck/ 3 years ago
Legend has it the builders were just holding the plans upside dowb
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Natalia A 3 years ago
Built by abused south Asian workers who work in unbearable heat, live in atrocious conditions, are very abused, looked down upon by Saudis, and often have their passports confiscated. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/25/saudi-arabia-labor-reforms-insufficient#
K- THULU 3 years ago
My thoughts exactly, all these "great " middle eastern builds are products of virtual slavery
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Kindlovinghumble 3 years ago
I'm just trying to figure out once you're out of the helicopter, where do you go from there? Climb a ladder down? Theres no walkway or door that I can see. It's tripping me out.
Lorraine Woollands 3 years ago
If you could drink there, if you got drunk then try finding your room
BorPand8 3 years ago (edited)
They have about 2.5 million people a year doing the pilgrimage to Mecca (this figure from 2019)
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And as always, my room will be next to the elevator, across from the ice machine!
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Maddie snapchat dog 3 years ago
"would you like some tea" "yes please" "ok lemme just get up here..."
Bad Alchemy 3 years ago
This is actually so defiant and nonconformist. Hooray whoever designed this and got the government to agree to allow it to be built.
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Jyri Hakola 3 years ago
Why negative votes? question is quite legit considering the amount of the damage that Beirut took at the 2020 warehouse explosion.
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Alison Duncan Murphy 3 years ago
Had to go find these. Oddly, the units are dark but have a beautiful view.
Carl Larsen 3 years ago
I want to turn it on its side to even up all the edges. I'm too a**l to live there.
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Catherine Brady 3 years ago
Well, the wind is cut off on two sides and no windows on those walls. Why would this be difficult to heat?
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Sawdust 3 years ago
Good for them, no one should have to move out of their home and have it demolished just because someone else would like your spot.
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Memere 3 years ago
Possibly, but if the proper materials were used in that new wall, it could be corrected. I'd want a few vertical steel I-beams for sure.
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Memere 3 years ago
Is it occupied? I looked at the original post on twitter but couldn't see much info since I'm not actually signed up for twitter.
Load More Replies... Heather Menard 3 years ago
It's kinda cool. Give directions look for the half house you can't miss it
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Jessica Cifelli 3 years ago
The silo like building on the left looks remarkably similar to a certain billionaire's rocket
Colin Swan 3 years ago
At the top are those plants is it like a terrarium in there? Looks cool though might be cool to live in
Catherine Brady 3 years ago
I like the pancake glass platform at the top, but the rest looks like it was put together from spare parts.
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Poultry Geist 3 years ago
Yes! Because they will be here in 9 months ! Little red blocks running around !
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Grayson Wrigley 3 years ago
That's where tiny houses come from! Mom lied and told me the construction company brought them on a trailer!
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Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
Yeah! I don't know if it is coming way down this thread, but were is the Hundertwasser Haus in Vienna?! It is the epitome of crazy architecture!
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Catherine Brady 3 years ago
I'm thinking how difficult was plumbing and wiring? It is difficult to tell where one property starts and stops. It must also be challenging to assign street names and addresses.
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Try and think that this in NOT in 'Murica - most of the people living here have been in place for generations, they don't move much.
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Julia Atkinson 3 years ago
Combines the rugged individuality of the Unabomber's cabin with the benefits of city living
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Let’s hope the next door neighbor doesn’t ever decide to add a few stories to their building.
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
This was a temporary art project called Manifest Destiny! https://www.dezeen.com/2012/02/16/manifest-destiny-by-mark-reigelman/
Alison Duncan Murphy 3 years ago
San Francisco? Probably the only way to avoid human feces outside your front door.
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Poultry Geist 3 years ago
I have 8 acres in the woods my dad left me ! I wish I had money I would so have mushroom houses everywhere !
Bruce Scheiman 3 years ago
Maybe you should take a loan out on that property, if you can. Then turn them nto a bunch of mushroom houses and then rent them out. You would for sure get all your money back.
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Flash Henry 3 years ago
you can submit an application to rent this one on their website http://www.mushroomhouse.com/rental
Kimberly Claire 3 years ago
It's actually Powder Mills Park and fish hatchery. Mendon is a little bit farther south
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A Jim Johnson design. He & my Dad were friends. I never met him & I think these are a bit weird, but to each their own.
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Kai David 3 years ago
Its called the fred and ginger by the locals. (Astaire and Rogers) aka the dancing corner
Paddling Panda 3 years ago
Prague, Czech Republic. Beautiful city, lovely people, and fabulous architecture!
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Niamh Nomen 3 years ago
I used to walk by that on my way to school every morning. It's very cool looking in person.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 3 years ago
I need to visit Prague someday. My grandfather was from Czechoslovakia before the split, and I've never gotten a chance to visit the Czech Republic
Ivo H 3 years ago
Lots to see here too! And not only Prague (honestly I’ve been there just few times), but large amount of castles, beautiful forests and mountains all over the CR. And if that’s not enough, we have large wineries all over south moravia region.
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James Balson 3 years ago
It’s supposed to be a depiction of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing. It’s calked the Dancing House
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Archer Harris 3 years ago (edited)
OOOH! This is one I can actually go and see! But this company is closed now sadly.
LJ Robinson 3 years ago
They started getting too expensive towards the end. I don't know what business model they followed, but they blew it. Great baskets.
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Naturally, Longaberger Baskets would have their headquarters in a giant basket.
Sue From Michigan 3 years ago
I've never understood the appeal of Longaberger baskets. Buy your baskets from individual artisans, there's lots of them out there.
Memere 3 years ago
I agree. The Longaberger baskets are well made, but I'd rather buy local.
Load More Replies... John Marko III 3 years ago (edited)
it was originally built for a company that made baskets that looked like that...Longaberger Company.
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Priscilla Reshell 3 years ago
Reminds me of when I'm playing sims and I can't figure out how the back should look
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
They have done extremely well with the waste! Great building!
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Bad Alchemy 3 years ago
This should be higher. It's an interesting modern building that retains the symmetry and fluidity I think of when I think of classic mosques.
Richard Portman 3 years ago
What do you think of, when you think of classic mosques?
Load More Replies... bill marsano 3 years ago
This is a poorly edited post, a mish-mash of buildings of many styles that don't belong under the same heading. Some (e.g., the Basket and the Turtle) belong in a collection devoted to figural (a.k.a. "Duck") architecture. Others belong under Op Art or trompe-l'œil (literally, "deceives the eye" architecture. Some are just plain weird. Those that ARE difficult to live in or use are presented with no indication of what the problem is. All in all, this post represents missed opportunities.
RafCo 3 years ago
Where? How did i miss this when I was working in Bonn? Cologne was the weekend spot. I did go to the calculator museum. That was fun.
Katchen 3 years ago
I went to the chocolate museum! And the underground Jewish baths. Wish I’d known about the calculator museum.
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Susan Kuijpers 3 years ago
How about this building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_Building_(Antwerp)
Richard Portman 3 years ago
It looks like a halal crematorium, it even has the smokestacks. That is an ugly mosque.
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Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
No tsunamis in Germany... Only some bored boys who would do it out of boredom 🤣
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Maximum Ride 3 years ago
*Welcome to the family madrigal the home of the family madrigal
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Candia Lee 3 years ago
I've seen photos of the interiors. Stunning, modern, bright. But a warren.
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Jessica Gunn 3 years ago
I feel like it would take a while to get to some of those rooms...like, how many elevators do you need to take ??
Smalltoid 3 years ago
This building must be a nightmare for emergency responders!
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BorPand8 3 years ago
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I've been thinking that about at lot of these (that they'd be deathtraps in the event of an earthquake)
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Memere 3 years ago
That was my first thought too! My grandson loves to use their Jenga set to build things.
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The Deez 3 years ago
Oh my gosh, I've gone down a rabbit hole of looking at apartments in this complex! They look really nice BUT the pricing ranges from $4,650 for a STUDIO apartment to $9,995 for a 2BR, 2 bath!
Memere 3 years ago
I've seen some of the prices for so-called apartments in NYC - it's obscene. Some of them are no bigger than my walk-in closet!
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Jacob Nunez 3 years ago
I have actually seen this building many times. Sadly I haven’t yet been able to be inside of it.
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Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 3 years ago
There's a scene in the Terry Pratchett movie "Going Postal" that I think is intended to evoke this photo :)
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Really? I don't see it and I don't usually miss looking those things where there are none. However I do see Zoidberg's claw.
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David Butler 3 years ago
(Reddit) "The Creyssac eschif in Périgueux, France, is a lookout post which, in the Middle Ages, enabled the surveillance of the Tournepiche bridge. It was built in 1347 on the ramparts of Puy-Saint-Front (the medieval town corresponding to the historic center of Périgueux)."
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Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
You get a balcony. You get a balcony. You all are getting a balcony.
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kim morris 3 years ago
maybe they are feeding the poor, and educating them, in that building. Maybe they are having classes there, to teach the single moms how to fill out job applications. And use a checkbook. And apply for rental assistance. Maybe they're having coat drives in the cafeteria there at 3pm. and at 5pm they have Korean as a Second Language classes.
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Antonia 3 years ago
these are terrible, there is a busy road underneath the houses (cubic)
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Memere 3 years ago
There was a similarly built house in Kansas City, Missouri. It's gone now. Upside-dow...f1-png.jpg 
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Jayne Kyra 3 years ago
BIG version to read the words: https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6154/87c5/acae/0201/65ca/6632/large_jpg/uk-pavilion-expo-2020-es-devlin-expo-2020-uk-pavilion-photo-alin-constantin-photography-image-courtesy-of-es-devlin-1.jpg?1632929758
Cold Contagious 3 years ago
I think it kinda looks like a magnified end of a stripped cable wire.
Jessica Gunn 3 years ago
Sooo..., I zoomed in and there are words, it looks like sentences, maybe a story? I dunno, can anyone else see it? I guess I could look it up
Jessica Gunn 3 years ago
Oooh, I looked it up, and it's really cool!! In short, visitors can contribute a word. They compile this "collective message" into what reads like a beautiful poem.
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Kevin Camp 3 years ago
Just need a dirty rain and some neon lights and it's Bladerunner.
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This is a test 3 years ago
There's videos on YouTube showing the inside, it's really interesting. I think the building has been demolished or will be soon though.
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Jef Bateman 3 years ago
It is on the University of California, San Diego campus. I don't know why your comment is getting downvotes - can somebody explain?
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The library on the campus of the University of California at San Diego.
Mam cymraeg 3 years ago
Love it it looks so happy like a smiling person holding their face in their hands
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Laura Henderson 3 years ago
Was gonna say "Jesus, that's ugly", then realised He already knows and probably hates it too....
Markus Holstein 3 years ago
First thing that popped into my head was the vehicle the Jawas use in Star Wars - A New Hope
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Steve Fischer 3 years ago
Religion should spend their money on the poor and not build enormous churches
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Panda-riffic 3 years ago
Why are these considered "uncomfortable to live in"? Shouldn't we also see a picture of the inside of the building so we can determine that?
Bryn 3 years ago
I mean, according to the link it's "This Twitter Page Celebrates Bizarre Buildings"
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Phyzzi 3 years ago
Why? Just why? The title just hurts my head. Every one of these is functional, and I happen to know a few of them are actually standouts for function. If you want buildings that look weird and don't function, post some Gehry.
Anapv 3 years ago
The title of the original posts on Twitter is "Bizarre buildings" and that's written in every picture. It seems BP wanted to change the original name and call it "uncomfortable" instead, although it's not even adequate
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Another pretty cool one is Casa Pueblo in Uruguay by artist Carlos Páez Vilaró. It's a hotel built into a seacliff and they do tours. The inside is alot of the natural rock; never been in the rooms but the hallways are like walking through a very nice cave. From the street you just see what appears to be a welcoming archway to a 2 floor building and then you walk through and there's 13 floors overlooking the ocean
Les Izmore 3 years ago
The name change on this thread runes it. These are not uncomfortable to live in
Panda-riffic 3 years ago
Why are these considered "uncomfortable to live in"? Shouldn't we also see a picture of the inside of the building so we can determine that?
Bryn 3 years ago
I mean, according to the link it's "This Twitter Page Celebrates Bizarre Buildings"
Load More Replies... Phyzzi 3 years ago
Why? Just why? The title just hurts my head. Every one of these is functional, and I happen to know a few of them are actually standouts for function. If you want buildings that look weird and don't function, post some Gehry.
Anapv 3 years ago
The title of the original posts on Twitter is "Bizarre buildings" and that's written in every picture. It seems BP wanted to change the original name and call it "uncomfortable" instead, although it's not even adequate
Load More Replies... Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Another pretty cool one is Casa Pueblo in Uruguay by artist Carlos Páez Vilaró. It's a hotel built into a seacliff and they do tours. The inside is alot of the natural rock; never been in the rooms but the hallways are like walking through a very nice cave. From the street you just see what appears to be a welcoming archway to a 2 floor building and then you walk through and there's 13 floors overlooking the ocean
Les Izmore 3 years ago
The name change on this thread runes it. These are not uncomfortable to live in
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