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66 Buildings Turn Heads With Bizarre Shapes That Make Ordinary Architecture Look Absolutely Boring
I’m kind of a nerd and the son of an architect, so when I travel around the world, one of the first things that calls my attention is the architecture. If you add good food and awesome nature, you get yourself the perfect trip.
Some architects design buildings with surprising shapes, sharp angles, unusual proportions, and styles that ignore the usual rules. Seeing them in person is an experience. From some angles, these buildings might even remind you of digital art or a video game scene.
From futuristic towers to quirky houses and buildings that play tricks on your eyes, these examples prove that reality can be stranger than fiction. We’ve gathered some of the world’s most unusual buildings, and you might have to look twice to believe they’re real.
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#1
Teapot Dome Service Station, Zillah Wa
Panda-sized Potato 2 hours ago
I'm a little tea pot, short and stout. Here is my handle. Here is my gas spout.
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#2
Itap Of The Delhi Lotus Temple At The Perfect Time
#3
Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Centre, Netherlands
#5
Szymbark, Poland, First Upside Down House In Europe
#7
This Building Looks Like It Was Built In Minecraft!
#9
Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden 🇸🇪
#10
A Building Built Into The Side Of A Cliff
#11
Building Made Without Cutting Down 326 Year Old Tree
#12
Thorncrown Chapel, Arkansas
Jeff White 2 hours ago
Now this is truly cool AND fake looking at the same time. Excellent post.
#15
One Of The Most Bizarre Buildings I've Ever Seen, And And The Reason I Decided To Go To Art School Is This 'Floating' Building Above The Old Ontario College Of Art
Elladine DesIsles 4 hours ago
This is a few blocks from me, the Sharp Centre for Design at what is now OCAD University. I'm not a fan, though I'll concede it looks better from the other side, where there is greenspace.
#16
This 1000-Ton Tuned Mass Damper At The Top Of Shanghai Tower (632m) Stabilizes The Skyscraper During Earthquake And Typhoon By Counteracting The Building’s Sway
#17
Kindergarten Wolfartsweier In Karlsruhe, Germany Is A School In The Shape Of A Cat To Encourage Children To Go To School
#18
The Dorilton, A 1900 Beaux Arts Residential Building Designed By The Firm Janes & Leo On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan, New York City
#19
Kansas City Library. A Library Which Looks Like A Bookshelf
#22
Kunsthaus (Art House) Graz Art Museum (AKA The "Friendly Alien"), Graz, Austria - 2003. Designed By Colin Fournier And Sir Peter Cook
#23
This Building In Hongkong
#24
The Norman Lykes House, Or Circular Sun House. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright In 1959, The Last Work Of His Life. Phoenix, Arizona
#25
Weirdest Structure I've Seen So Far
Jeff White 2 hours ago
"Kunst" on the front means Art in German. But I'm pretty sure we all could have guessed this is an Art building.
#26
Lax Theme Building (1961)
Panda-sized Potato 1 hour ago
It had a restaurant at one point, but now houses the Bob Hope USO.
#28
An Abandoned Potato Sorting Station Near Krasnosilka, Ukraine With An Unusual, Cantilevered Design. The Concrete Block At The End Forms The Counterweight Of The Structure, Creating The Impression It Floats Over The Fields
#29
Banyan Treehouse: A Restaurant In Okinawa, Japan
#30
Weisman Art Museum 2015
#31
This Is Known As The Dr. Seuss House Here In Alaska. But I Think The Weasley House Sounds More Accurate
#33
The Crooked House In Sopot, Poland
#36
Noticed Someone Posted A Picture Of The Sphere In Vegas. Took This One As I Was Crossing A Bridge
Panda-sized Potato 1 hour ago
I stay at the Harrah when in Vegas. Sometimes they give us a room where you can see The Sphere. One time, it was projecting a giant eye. It looked at me. Those curtains never opened again on that trip.
#37
This Old Picture Of A Building Under Construction
Jeff White 2 hours ago
Not scary looking or fake at all (sarcasm). Nope not at all. I would drive within 15 stories of the place.
#44
Brussels, Belgium: Atomium, 'Europe's Most Bizarre Building', Built For The Brussels World's Fair 1958 (Expo 58), André Waterkeyn, André And Jean Polak
#47
The "Tondo" Footbridge (Brussels, Belgium). Designed For Accessibility And Security, This Mirrored Ring Connects Old And New Parliamentary Buildings
#56
Air Force Academy Chapel, Colorado Springs, Colorado
#59
Marina Bay Sands From Gardens By The Bay (South)
#60
A Medieval-Style Castle Has Been Under Construction In France Since 1997, Built Entirely Using 13th-Century Techniques As Part Of An Archaeology Project. The Guéledon Castle Is Expected To Be Completed In 2030
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