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50 Times Architects Made Buildings That Look Cool But Were Uncomfortable To Live In Or Use
If you ever feel like some architects live in their own fantasy land, you’re not the only one. The buildings that they create can range from majestic all the way to magical, and they’re sure to catch your eye with their flying buttresses, stoic columns, angelic balconies, and fearsome facades. However, you can sometimes get the idea that some of these artistic innovators haven’t fully thought some things through—like the fact that people actually have to live and work in the buildings they design.
We’ve got some dreamy and confusing buildings to show you today, dear Pandas, so take out your opera glasses, grab yourself some popcorn, and let’s go take a tour through the crème de la crème of the ‘Bizarre Buildings’ subreddit. Check out some of the coolest-looking buildings that people might have a hard time living in, upvote the ones that you enjoyed the most, and let us know which one you’d pick as your home in the comment section.
I had a lovely chat about architecture with Dr. June Komisar from Ryerson University. Dr. Komisar, who is a specialist in architectural design, the history and theory of architecture, and designing for urban agriculture, told Bored Panda that professionals should look to the "wise" ancient Roman writer Vitruvius for inspiration. "What he said about balancing commodity (the suitability of the building to needs), firmness (structural integrity), and delight (the aesthetics of the building and its relationship to site and context) still holds."
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#1
Cat Shaped Kindergarten, Germany
Alexandra Nara 4 years ago
It´s in my hometown and dedicated to T. Ungerer, author and artist of many wellknown books
Stephanie IV 4 years ago
I grew up with Ungerer. I’m not sure he liked children at all. But I loved the books.
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Giles McArdell 4 years ago
Future archaeologists will uncover this and assume we worshipped cats.
Lanie 4 years ago
Why would it be uncomfortable to use? Read carefully :)
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Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
why are these "uncomfortable"? They're awesome and astounding. The insides, I'm sure, aren't iron cuffs chained to a ceiling and that's how you work or live.
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#2
600 Year Old Clock Located In Prague Is The World's Oldest Astrological Clock Still In Operation!
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I will never get over the fact that i travelled to see that and it was under renovation😭😭😭😭
#3
The Evolution Of This Building Can Be Seen In It's Masonry
Verena Gitterle 4 years ago
It shows the silhouette of the neighborhouses which were destroyed to have more parking space!
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
That's actually the evolution of the neighbouring building, which was torn down.
Anna Sadacca 4 years ago
is this the evolution of this building? OR is it the evidence of a building which once existed and is now extinct
Nizumi 4 years ago
Just what I was going to say! I've not seen silhouettes like this in any other city. And then I noticed the street sign and that confirmed it :)
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I see this in my area (older part of US) and it's awesome. Why would this be "crazy"? It's really striking, to me.
Leodavinci 4 years ago
I count at least four. 1) Looks like a stone wall, flat roof structure with a stone chimney. 2) Then a stone wall, peaked roof with stone chimney. 3) Then red brick, peaked roof with chimney. 4) Then last is a red brick, low-peaked roof structure that goes as high as #3's chimney.
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I was also interested to learn about how architects can innovate and create originality when it sometimes seems like every single idea has already be done. According to Dr. Komisar, the changes don't have to be something profound. Start small.
#4
Unique Housing In Netherlands
Agnes Jekyll 4 years ago
I'd love some text here to explain what problems these buildings have.
Arthur Waite 4 years ago
I wonder if they drive to work - driveway is narrow and long....
Load More Replies... Rick Krivoniak 4 years ago
How in the hell is this uncomfortable? Who wouldn't love to live here?
Pasion Jones 4 years ago
now this i LOVE... if i could just walk a few feet outside and fish!!! omg!!! lol i dont even have to catch anything, just the thought of putting a pole in the water LOL
#5
Pavilion Of The Enlightened, Thailand
Purbasha Banai 4 years ago
Ikr. But Idk if it's a resort or monastery. If it's a resort I'm sure it'd be cozy af.
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#6
The National Carpet Museum In Baku, Azerbaijan
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago (edited)
They have awesome pictures of their collection online. Just go to the collections tab. https://azcarpetmuseum.az/front/en
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
Thank you, I was thinking I’d like to have a look at their collection.
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Pangolin Pal 4 years ago
I wish we Western-ish Europeans and USA/Canadian Americans knew more about Azerbaijani culture - not only the gorgeous rugs, but the music, poetry, food, etc. An ancient and beautiful culture that should be better-known outside its own borders.
Charl Marx 4 years ago
UK people: fear not! We have a National Carpet Museum in Kidderminster, it looks nothing like this, it actually shares its building with Morrisons 🤣
Debbie Allen 4 years ago
Absolutely inspired. You don't even need to know what the building's purpose is to appreciate its beauty.
"Innovation does not have to be radical, but can be an incremental change that will benefit the users and society at large. At the moment we have a huge opportunity to build sustainable buildings that approach or attain a 'net zero' energy cost. By using local and/or sustainable materials, designing for passive and/or active solar and wind power, designing for very low energy usage, and renovating and adapting existing buildings we can help to mitigate climate change."
Dr. Komisar continued: "Addressing this environmental crisis is not only an issue that we must address but also is a tremendous opportunity for design innovation. Addressing these concerns will most definitely introduce a variety of creative solutions."
#7
Giant 16th-Century ‘Colossus’ Sculpture In Florence, Italy Has Entire Rooms Hidden Inside
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Love the sculpture - room looks more like a hide out than living quarters.
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
I've seen this statue a few times and love it. Never knew there was an inside. I wonder what the rooms was made for originally?
Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
You've never seen signs that say, "Enter in rear"? This is proof they were telling people this as far back as the 16th century
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#8
Living Like A Caveman With Modern Amenities
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Kinda like this one looks like Jimmy Stewart should be spying out of one of the windows.
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Wonderful part of the World - Cappadocia in Turkey, many hotels are carved into the rock and quite a few locals still live in the naturally formed, 'witches hat' type structures that have been formed over the centuries. Well worth a trip, but be warned, the roads are a bit 'tweaky' and your bum cheeks will be clenched most of the time you're driving !!
#9
This Building In Guizhou, China
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
The ones at the centre, top have both built on their balconies. Others have pretty substantial trees growing. I wonder if everyone just builds/plants whatever they want, no regulations enforced. Other photos online show balconies completely closed in.
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Grant Barke 4 years ago
After seeing too many vids of high rise buildings falling down or apart due to bad building practices in China, I couldn't live in there.
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Yes, im loving that. I like the different flooring and the surrounding tree's
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
It's a deceptive angle. There is forest behind, but everywhere else, more hire-rises. I found it through posts elsewhere - if you want to find it on google maps/earth, put in 'Fuguiyuan Parking Lot, Wudang District, Guiyang, Guizhou, China'. There are 4 towers just south of there.
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I don't know why everyone loves this..... all i can see is NO privacy so it's a no for me!
Rick Krivoniak 4 years ago
I agree on the balcony privacy issue, though I think there are significantly different expectations regarding privacy in China than in the US. This COULD be uncomfortable, but I like that occupants are allowed a lot of leeway for their individual units.
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Animalsrgreat 4 years ago
Cool to look at, but I would never live there. Looks like it would collapse like a stack of pancakes.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Endlessly fascinating. There has to be a reality television series here.
Architecture is a tough nut to crack. On the one hand, it’s a very functional and rational sphere of activity that literally designs the spaces in which we live, work, and sleep. On the other hand, it’s an artistic expression that puts form on the same level of importance as function. After all, if you’re going to build something (anything!) at all, why not make it stunning?
So of course, it’s up to the architect to solve an engineer’s ever-lasting riddle: how do you innovate and create something iconic while also making sure that your building doesn’t cause people to riot and denounce it in the news?
#10
The Department Of Fisheries In Hyderabad, India
Kevin Donegan 4 years ago
I spent three months in India a few years ago ... I was riding in a taxi from the airport when I saw this building from the interstate.
#11
The Interlace - Singapore
Giles McArdell 4 years ago
You're in building 15 apartment 7b, here's a map, compass and survival pack, good luck!
Pascal Oudot 4 years ago
A very intelligent architecture. It was awarded the "World Building of the Year" title at the 2015 World Architecture Festival. The property is surrounded by several parks that are connected. Recreational facilities include swimming pools, gym, tennis courts, basketball court, children playgrounds, karaoke rooms and tables for pool billiards. PORTADA_Th...99c82d.jpg 
Grant Barke 4 years ago
Hope the Paramedics can find you quick enough after your heart attack.
#12
When Your Growing Family Needs An Upgrade But You Love That Cozy Cottage
LeiLah 4 years ago
Reverse image searched. It's from a book by Filip Dujardin: Since 2007, the photographer Filip Dujardin (born 1971) has been working on a series whose humor is accompanied by references to art history. With the aid of a digital collage technique, the artist creates buildings whose construction would be impossible, using photographs of existing buildings in and around Ghen.
Marieke de Haan 4 years ago
Sry to say; this is no real house, but an artwork by filip dujardin...
DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
Nice job finding this out and sharing! Thank you.
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Well, 99 Designs points out that buildings should be innovative, eye-catching, and ought to pop out of their surroundings. And that means bending the rules and bucking (at least some) conventions.
However, paradoxically, the architect should also be very aware of the building’s surroundings, using them as a complementary backdrop. You can still have your modern masterpiece as long as you pay tribute to the building’s more traditional surroundings with the details, colors, etc.
And it’s with regards to the surroundings that your choice of materials and the way that you shape your project come in—they’re deeply expressive decisions that you should be thinking about as soon as you start sketching out your ideas for your project.
And always, always keep in mind that even though you’re creating a work of art, it’s got to be practical. Otherwise, what’s the point of architecture when sculpture-making would give you the full freedom to express yourself.
#13
Turtle Building
Samantha Becker 4 years ago
While I couldn't find the purpose of this building, I did discover that turtle architecture is not as rare as you might think.
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
Really?! Wow, now I want to live in a turtle building too :D _____ Felix says this one is Turtle Cafe in Bayanzag - Gurvansaikhan National Park, Mongolia
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Felix Feline 4 years ago
Turtle Cafe in Bayanzag - Gurvansaikhan National Park, Mongolia
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Rick Krivoniak 4 years ago
This may have maintenance issues. But I don't think any architect would design this without pretty distinct instructions from a client.
#14
The Sheep Building (Tirau, Waikato, New Zealand)
Merryn Leigh 4 years ago
This one is a visitor’s centre in a rural town! There’s also a sheepdog building.
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Love the conspiratorial look, like "let's wait until they moved in the breakable stuff and then run for it, Larry, run".
#15
Japanese Moka Train Station In A Shape Of A Locomotive
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
I'm reminded of SimTown. I wish there were more of these; the world desperately needs to smile.
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Pangolin Pal 4 years ago
This is actually very beautiful, even if it weren't meant to be an architectural joke. Love it!
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Be sure to give the community a visit if you enjoyed the photos in this list. Pop in for a quick ‘hello, how are you?’ or consider posting a weird-looking yet totally awesome building, too.
“If it's a bizarre building, it belongs here. No, not pictures of buildings having a Christmas bizarre [look]. We want unique, one-of-a-kind buildings!” the ‘Bizarre Buildings’ moderators shared what their online group is all about.
You heard it here, folks—your regular holiday-decoration-bizarre just won’t cut it. You’ve got to go for bizarre bizarre. Crank the weirdness all the way up to eleven so even Alice thinks she’s still in Wonderland. Just remember that when you innovate, you also have the ability to do the climate some good, too!
#16
An Original 1930’s Shell Gas Station
Delilah Solorzano 4 years ago
@Evil Little Thing it is supposed to be a joke
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Gossameringue 4 years ago
Shell was named for the seashells the founder would send back to his sons from Indonesia and the Pacific. It became an oil company much later.
#17
This Is The Proposed Crescent Moon Tower For Dubai
Sara Rodrigues 4 years ago
So it hasn't been built yet? Or is it under construction? It looks beautiful anyway!
Rainy Day Wolf 4 years ago
to be fair we don't know how any of these are uncomfortable anyway...
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Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
A mile away there are people starving and children on the streets selling themselves, but yano they build pretty buildings
#18
This Is What Happens When The Owner Of One Half Of A Townhouse Refuses To Sell
Grant Barke 4 years ago
Right on, I'm with you. If the law says you don't have to sell, then you don't have to sell.
Load More Replies... Lorrie Rothstein 4 years ago
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Rick Krivoniak 4 years ago
So again, the owner made this decision. If it's uncomfortable (which I can't understand how it changed inside for an occupant), it's not the architect's fault. I also have to wonder if it wasn't built this way.
Ece Cenker 4 years ago
Why wasn't this townhouse considered haritage and its demolition forbidden?
Katherine Boag 4 years ago
Usually there are legal requirements on the title about shared walls and such.
#19
Container House In The Desert
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Looks like a growing crystal organism ready to take over the whole area.
Verena Gitterle 4 years ago
Are the higher containers only here to make shadow for the lower ones?
Hollysmom 4 years ago
I was wondering the same thing, they don't seem practical for living
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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
This is nice. Looks very tranquil away from all the hustle and bustle of the city.
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
I'd like to see that one inside. Especially the ones that are sloping
Pascale Pierloot 4 years ago
Not for me, thank you! I allready have trouble countaining myself as it is...😂
#20
This One-Of-A-Kind Pixelated Facade On The Mahanakhon Tower In Bangkok, Thailand
#21
Kazakhstan's Tower Of The Sun By Fundamental Architects
Marco Conti 4 years ago
I made a note for when I get my Flight Sim going again.
Load More Replies... Cain Hargreaves 4 years ago
Kazakhstan has quite a bit of unusual architecture. Nūr-Sūltan (formerly Astana) has a lot of really unusual, futuristic architecture.
Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
Another building that doesn't exist and is merely a design submitted for consideration "Rotterdam-based Fundamental Architects and visualisation studio Omega Render produced the design for BI Group, Kazakhstan's largest developer. Named Tower of the Sun, it is one of three designs that the developer is considering for the site in Nursultan, the city formerly known as Astana." Tom Ravenscroft | 13 June 2019
Gray Lyden 4 years ago
Ugh imagine having a meeting on a floor that the circle is cut through and realizing your on the wrong side have to go back down and walk all the way to the other side before going up
#22
Abandoned Potato Sorting Station In Ukraine
#23
Treehouse Restaurant (Demolished), Okinawa
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
I would say barking mad but i like it. The size of that trunk, it must of been very old!
Jennifer Hargett 4 years ago
Oh, this makes me sad. I loved this place. It was an icon. I always knew I'd go see it when I returned to Okinawa.
Pascale Pierloot 4 years ago
Started a restaurant because they couldn't get down, closed two days later as nobody got up. 😉
KC Lancaster 4 years ago
Source for demolition? I can't find anything online that says when/why it might have happened to verify it no longer stands.
#24
Inverted Pyramid House In Spain
Turnip and a Frog 4 years ago
It hasn’t been built yet, it’s in the design stage. It is meat to be an apartment for rent, part of the global architects’ initiative, the Solo Houses. https://www.dezeen.com/2017/09/04/solo-house-tna-takei-nabeshima-architects-christian-bourdais-spain-holiday-home/
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
And when it gets emptied for cleaning it will also water the bushes below too.
#25
Tianzi Hotel, China
Jacqueline Mak 4 years ago
They are the three gods in Chinese old folk tales and myth - (left) God of Longevity, (middle) God of Fortune, (right) God of Prosperity
Load More Replies... Pangolin Pal 4 years ago
Love them all - each character's face has so much individual personality, while still adhering to Chinese traditional iconography. You can just imagine these three dudes sitting down for drinks and dumplings together!
#26
When You're An Architect Whose Brother-In-Law Owns A Struggling Window Store
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
This is the first one where I've said, "Now this would be unpleasant."
James Pointer 4 years ago
I weirdly like it.. If it was just a bunch of different windows, on a flat surface it would be annoying to look at, but the texturing is amazing to read
Purbasha Banai 4 years ago
Ah same. Glad I'm not the only one to think of it in that way. It strangely fascinates me. I've been dwelling on this picture for about 5 minutes now haha
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#27
The Stockholm Telephone Tower With Approximately 5,500 Telephone Lines, 1890
Billy The Kid 4 years ago (edited)
So we have a problem with one of the lines. Do you know which one it is?
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Trunk lines were often run with many unused pairs so that any lines which became faulty could just be patched to new wires. Even the engineers at the time knew that you couldn't replace a single line in a situation such as this.
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Pascale Pierloot 4 years ago
There's no such expression as 'hold the line' in the Swedish language.
#28
Walden 7 In Barcelona, Spain
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
I had to see inside. Stunning. https://aconstellationjournal.com/2016/05/visit-walden-7/
Crazy Meerkat Lady 4 years ago
A bit like you are inside a huge empty swimming pool (because of the colours and tiles used)
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Hazel Beswick 4 years ago
I love this building, I googled to look at the interior, very different.
Miss Cris 4 years ago
Yes. This is an ugly photo but it's very nice and confortable. A lot of light. You live in a flat but it's like living in a house in a small village. There are also swimming pools, places with games for children and common spaces where doing neighbourgs meetings or birthdays. People that live there feel they're a comunity and feel the building as their village. It's in Sant Just Desvern, near Barcelona, and the architect is Ricardo Bofill.
Load More Replies... Juno French 3 years ago (edited)
I looked inside and I love it. The decor is a bit like a really swanky bathroom.
Kitty Fenerty 4 years ago
If you manage to see it up close it looks cheaply & shoddily constructed. A shame.
kkathleen517 4 years ago
It looks like there is empty pools on top of the building, what is that?
#29
There's A Huge Open Market In The Netherlands With Apartments Inside
Glynna Bowood 4 years ago
If that is video projected on the inside - it could get really annoying- but if mural it's colors are uplifting ( especially for this drab building exterior color).
#30
An Awesome Building In Chile
Requiem 4 years ago
You mean like any other country? I see buildings around me that are taller and look invisible
Load More Replies... Truth Monster 4 years ago
normally I find modern architecture just stupid/ugly, but I like the classic building wrap around the modern. Its simple and beautiful.
PurpleUnicorn 4 years ago
Imaginitive reinvention of a protected structure, but definitely not good for the birds!
#31
This Tiny House
Tambot 4 years ago
I couldn't imagine dragging my large weekly grocery shopping up those steps!!!
John Baker 4 years ago
I couldn't imagine dragging me up those steps. ;-)
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John Baker 4 years ago
The house looks like a stiff breeze would blow it over.
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Monika Lachova 4 years ago
saw this somewhere with the title "when Baba Yaga gets grant for her hut"
Michelle M 4 years ago
There should be à welcome sink at the entrance for visitors to vomit into after the drowsiness.
Susan Bosse 4 years ago
I would not want to forget something in the car or have to carry groceries up to this house. Hard pass.
Marilyn Holt 4 years ago
Wow--nothing but steps! i'm tired just looking at it. Darn I left my phone down in the car.
#32
Saemoonan Church In Seoul, Korea
Delilah Solorzano 4 years ago
Isn't it weird when you see a big building, only to see inside there is a lack of space inside?
Lissa Madison 4 years ago (edited)
Churches in South Korea are really interesing architecture topic on its own. Mostly modern style, really cool. At least christian ones.
#33
When You Have The Money But Not The Land (Batié, Cameroon)
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I don't know how it works in Cameroon, but here permits aren't issued without an independent engineering firm doing a structural analysis of any building over a certain size. Even if permits weren't required, this must be a reinforced concrete structure, and no builder would begin construction without an engineering assessment.
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#34
“Local Man In Altus, Ok Arrested After Firing A Trebuchet At A Group Of Girl Scouts. His Wife Was Quoted As Saying ‘I Wish I Hadn’t Given In To Him Begging For That Damn Castle Turret When We Had The House Built, He’s Been Mentally Stuck In The Middle Ages Since 1981’”
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
I think that plywood may be covering a mini-moat.
Load More Replies... Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
They may dress funny, but those girls will shank you.
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Gabriele Alfredo Pini 4 years ago
Boiling urine, not oil. Cheaper and nastier!
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Comfy Panda 4 years ago
WTF I'm from Oklahoma and have never heard about this lol. Dude...not the girl scouts!!!! They are the bringers of deliciousness.
#35
A Rare Sighting Of Two Buildings In The Wild Having Intercourse
Punklejunk 4 years ago
Unless they were responsibly using aluminum siding.
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Marco Conti 4 years ago
The BBC is set up nearby waiting for coitus to be over for their next nature documentary "The sex life of buildings", narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
Mia Smith 4 years ago
Had to have been. There is no practical use for those "arms" lol
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Daphne 4 years ago
It's called Domestikator and can now be seen near the parking of the beach in IJmuiden, Netherlands. I think it is funny! And it suits IJmuiden too!
#36
Bizarre Chicken
Henny Hana 4 years ago
It's in Indonesia, it's actually built for praying. People named it Gereja Ayam, means chicken church. Even though the man who built it meant for it to be a pigeon shaped building. It's one of the tourism spot near Jogja, Central Java.
#37
Shenzhen International Airport Looks Like A Giant Airplane
GVL 4 years ago
My son flew into this airport and said inside it's the worse designed and layout of any international airport he's ever been in. He said his plane landed at one end of the airport and his next plane to catch was at the complete opposite end of the airport. He's 28 y/o athletic build and by the time he got there they were closing boarding already.
Load More Replies... Grant Barke 4 years ago
On take off the jet engines get a boost from all the raw flammable gasses in that filthy air.
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Brian Kirk 3 years ago
I don't know what it is like inside, but on the outside it looks better than any airport I have travelled through. I swear most airports look they are all entrants in an international competition to build the ugliest building on Earth.
Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 4 years ago
The daycare at Peterson afb is shaped like a plane I think. At least from the inside it feels like
#38
Sou Fujimoto's "Arbre Blanc" Tower In Montpellier, France
Arthur Waite 4 years ago
I wouldn't be able to resist - a tennis ball off the left side of a top balcony would take five minutes to bounce to the ground. You could even play roulette at ground level!
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Why? The balconies have railings and what look like glass surrounds.
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#39
Apartment In Katayama, Japan
Cain Hargreaves 4 years ago
I love Japanese architecture so, so much. Why don't they build places like this in the states? (That don't cost a million dollars, I mean.)
Hollysmom 4 years ago
Not sure but, I think it's an apartment building. Otherwise you'd just call it a house.
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Ece Cenker 4 years ago
For more info on the apartment: https://www.archdaily.com/64651/apartment-in-katayama-matsunami-mitsutomo
#40
Seafood Restaurant? An Institute For Marine Biology? Or A Headquarters For Crab People Hiding In Plain Sight?!
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Don't even think about breaking into there unless you want to get pinched
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
Of all of your puns, this is the worst. So of course I upvoted it! Keep 'em coming.
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Deborah Hillary 4 years ago
One of a few in China https://inhabitat.com/crazy-new-building-in-china-looks-like-a-giant-crab/
Purple Panda Rae'n 4 years ago (edited)
Answer: "D" ALL of the above. *(Crab people using a Seafood Restaurant as their Headquarters to Hide in Plain Sight while learning the fundamentals of Marine Biology.)*
#41
University Of Technology Sydney (Uts)'s Business School Building
Sandy Dyer 4 years ago
It kind of looks like a kid's cardboard box fort after it's been left out in the rain!
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
They call this the paper bag building I think. I remember spotting this one from up high in Sydney.
Giles McArdell 4 years ago
Business school? Makes sense, looks like it was designed by middle management.
Christy Smith 4 years ago
It seems like an odd choice, looks wise, for a technology university.
#42
Store Front In Kyoto
Annie Goolihy 4 years ago
Yes! With a Mustache awning to divert the water from the entryway!
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Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Run away, red umbrella person! It's about to sneez you 5 blocks south!
#43
Austria
Otter 4 years ago
Definitely the marshmallow. Or the Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man's head.
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Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
You overproofed the house dough, just knead the gas out and re shape it again.
Deborah Hillary 4 years ago
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/08/08/erwin-wurm-fat-house-installation-vienna-upper-belvedere-palace-21er-haus/
Klas Klättermus 4 years ago
Yeah, some hipster lost controll over his sourdough
Load More Replies... Raven Sheridan 4 years ago (edited)
It's either a melted marshmallow, or an albino with a seafood allergy.
#44
Spiral House, Ramat Gan
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
If this is one home can you imagine the amount of walking to do ANYTHING.
Cheryl Korchak 4 years ago
It is derelict, the house was never finished. The windows were not to the architects plans so he broke out all of the window frames.
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#45
"My Apartment Is Right Off The Highway"
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
I hope they somehow did something about air and noise pollution in this nutty idea.
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
Hopefully it's an office block, perhaps for the train company, rather than apartments.
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bryguy 4 years ago
Interestingly... In 1983, redevelopment of the area was approved, but building permits were refused because the highway was already being planned. The property rights' holders refused to give up, and negotiated with the Hanshin Expressway corporation for approximately five years to reach the current solution which is the offramp that goes through the office building.
Chris Yuen 4 years ago
It is quite common, i went to a department store in fukuoka where a metro/subway went through
#46
The Largest Hotel In The World, With A Staggering 10,000 Rooms Is Currently Under Construction In Saudi Arabia
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Sorry customers. The lifts are under maintenance but we have stairs.
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
And a hell of a lot of underpaid immigrant workers. Why would anyone want to stay in such a huge, impersonal place?
Load More Replies... Bradley Cohen 4 years ago
The real question is: are there 10,000 people who are rich enough to afford it?
#47
The Peachoid, A 135 Feet (41 M) Tall Water Tower In Gaffney, South Carolina
kathoco 4 years ago
I've driven by here many times. Unfortunately, it looks like a giant butt.
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
Rednecks- I like pig butts and I can not lie, you other brothers can chow down on pie...
#48
The Frame In Dubai- Elevator Up, Walk Across A Glass Floor, Elevator Down
kat lia 4 years ago
They have a lot of super low paid workers from other countries and they have them work like slaves.
Load More Replies... Ryan Bitzer 4 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/business/dubai-frame-building-stolen-design.html
Load More Replies... Shelby P 4 years ago
looks better than the st. louis arch which is the same principle only you go up in a very very very small pod (5 people at a time) and no ventilation. You know how a ferris wheel stops frequently to let folks on and off? Well this does too; and, all you can see at times through the glass doors is a brick wall merely inches away. So if you're the tiniest bit claustrophobic, I do NOT recommend. Plus the view from the top just isn't worth it.
Ryan Bitzer 4 years ago
"Raised as a monument to Dubai’s aspirations as a center of international commerce..." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/business/dubai-frame-building-stolen-design.html
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KittyCat 4 years ago (edited)
Someone go get a flint and steel to light em up!
Load More Replies... Susan Bosse 4 years ago
Wow. They could have done so much more with their time and money. This is just kinda sad thinking that someone somewhere is proud of this. Lol
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
I'm not afraid of heights, but I think I would be after this.
#49
The New Louis Vuitton Store In Tokyo
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Uhm, I think you forgot to rip off that protective plastic thingie it's still wrapped up in.
#50
Plot #1282, A Residential Building In Beirut Designed By Bernard Khoury
Red rockin lobster 4 years ago
You live in an expensive building which looks unfinished and then step out in the mud, garbage and dirt. Fancy
Dave P 4 years ago
is making a building look like a classy bombed out structure really the best idea in that region?
Suzy the observer 4 years ago
I quite like this. https://www.admiddleeast.com/architecture-interiors/architecture/angular-complex-in-lebanon-by-bernard-khoury-makes-use-of-the-unobstructed-views If anyone cares.
#51
Modernistic Home In Venice, Ca
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
Nice cozy size, cool color scheme, beaches nearby, good vegetation. The lack of lawn stinks but i guess it saves from mowing. I'll go 1.3 million.
#52
This House In Sochi, Russia
denzoren 4 years ago
This looks like a superhero headquarters...or a villains lair...one who isn't trying to be discrete.
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
It's one of Putins evil lairs. I bet the beams hide a bottomless pit or a shark tank.
#53
Spanish Embassy In Brazil
James016 4 years ago
Somebody loved the old gameshow: Blockbusters. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194597/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
#54
700 Sq Ft House In My 'Hood Just Sold For $1m
Billy The Kid 4 years ago (edited)
Looks like something from a toilet system. Where is that plumber?
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
700 square feet? They need to buy the loot next door so they can use this as a garden shed for the real house.
#55
Hyatt Regency San Francisco By John Portman (1974)
Rob Chapman 4 years ago
Used to have a rotating restaurant at the top, as seen in the films "Time After Time" & "High Anxiety". The hotel also hold the Guinness World Record for largest hotel atrium in the world, and was used in the film "The Towering Inferno" , where you can see the atrium's famous elevators. I rode one once......just once.
#56
Sideways House
Lara Verne 4 years ago
How am I supposed to get in? Through chimney? Do I look like Santa to you?
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
when the local council specify the design, but not which way up it needs to be
#57
People Living Next To A Helicoidal Street In Chongqing
Jimi Laoshi 4 years ago
I lived in CQ for a year, it looks cool but you can't imagine the noise when you open a window
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
It must be some sort of punishment to live right next to that siert of noise, air and light pollution.
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Too fast too furious is the picture i am getting. What if one of them breaks down?
#58
I Don't Know About You, But I For One Have Always Wanted To Live In A Black, Featureless Monolith
Crazy Meerkat Lady 4 years ago
Check out the inside https://www.yatzer.com/Primitive-Living-in-Saijo-Hiroshima-Makoto-Tanijiri-SUPPOSE-design-office
Arthur Waite 4 years ago
Wouldn't be a theatre of some sort? Looks like the outside of backstage.
ProductofNZ 4 years ago
So many of the modern homes in Japan look like slight variations of the same design. Cool to see somebody step out of the box with this one.
#59
Cleveland Clinic- Lou Ruvo Center For Brain Health In Las Vegas, Nevada
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Some people with brain problems have perceptual difficulties - this ain't gonna help!!!!!!
Karin Gibson 4 years ago
This will really help with people's perception issues. Send them over the edge.
#60
The Tallest Unoccupied Building In The World, The North Korean Ryugyong Hotel
Withnail 4 years ago
I was wondering why it was unoccupied; I found the following on Wikipedia: "Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. After 1992, the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. In 2008, construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. The hotel was planned to open in 2012, the centenary of Kim Il-sung's birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was cancelled.[7] In 2018, an LED display was fitted to one side, which is used to show propaganda animations and film scenes." Interestingly, it gets 3.6 stars from 533 tongue-in-cheek Google reviews.
First Name Last Name 4 years ago
The only mystery is why all of NK isn't unoccupied.
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 4 years ago
North Korea doesn't really have much of anything to burn, so I doubt this is actual hydrocarbon smog. It may just be ordinary fog.
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Smitten Kitten 4 years ago
I remember reading that a telecom company wanted to place a mast on it, but part of the deal meant they had to pay for the external cladding too.
GirlFriday 4 years ago
I bet Donald Trump buys it and moves into the penthouse and has parties with his little dictator buddy.
#61
Unique Window Design On This Building
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
this looks like it was done on purpose to show the history of the building
Rissie 4 years ago
There was actually damage to that part of the building and this looks better than putting new bricks in. It was reinforced of course. Many Dutch buildings suffer from cracking when the foundation gives way. For most older buildings these are wooden piles that start rotting. I read about it, but I can't seem to find the article about it.
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House On A Pole, Japan
Mishte Tine 4 years ago
All US eastern coastal and high flood area houses will be on very high stilts (way higher than they are now) or they’ll be abandoned sooner than folks think, I think… I don’t know how well this pedestal was designed for earthquake activity, but it’s possible it was designed and constructed so to withstand earthquake activity, ability to bend/sway like many buildings do. Seems unlikely since the house looks so humble… I wish most of these had links in the captions for more info and images.
Arthur Waite 4 years ago
And a gate at the bottom. So when you're going to bed, you climb down, shut the gate, climb back up, no need to exercise today.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tacoma, USA
Enaid Curry 4 years ago
Almost died there when I was 5. Had son there as well. Beautiful building, horrible staff!
#64
Somewhere In Chongqing
ispeak catanese 4 years ago
Your comment is nonsensical and made me laugh! 😂😂
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Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago
What happens when it rains? Especially if you live on the left side.
Rissie 4 years ago
Water gets carried down through rainpipes? Like any ol' building.
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#65
A House From The Beach View, Laguna Beach
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
I know this building. You hit the eject button and it ejects you straight onto the beach.
J Rob 4 years ago
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/31025-Coast-Hwy-Laguna-Beach-CA-92651/25141164_zpid/
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Apartment Building In Egypt
#67
Often Referred To As "The Great Wall Of Russia" Or "The Lying Skyscraper", This Is One Of The Longest Buildings In The World
Lomion 4 years ago
Originally back in the USSR there was a Center of Research and Development in Electronics there. Nowadays more than 100 different IT & electronics firms have an offices and production there.
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Rissie 4 years ago
"Jenny from accounting called. No you really have to pick it up at her desk. Here, take my bike."
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Grand Castle Apartments, Grand Rapids, Michigan
First Name Last Name 4 years ago
This tells you all you need to know about Grand Rapids. I used to live there, and the whole mindset is "forward thinking, backward acting". This building is poured concrete. An oven in summer, and an ice block in winter. The idea is fantastic, but the "how cheaply can it be done" mentality which pervades Grand Rapids resulted in a self-defeating hideous disaster. The tragic thing is that housing in the area is so scarce that this castle has a waiting list.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I've seen prisons that look BETTER than this. The Old Joliet Prison, for instance.
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Stina Lamar 4 years ago
Is it finished? It still looks under construction. Maybe it’ll look better….
Rae Reyn 4 years ago
It doesn't. It looks worse in person. Source: I'm from Michigan and not the far from G.R.
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Basketball/Football Court On The Roof Of Some Houses Next To Old City Walls In Dubrovnik
Mumchkin 4 years ago
Unless it's got netting like those courts on top of buildings in NYC.
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Basf Tower In Berlin, Germany
#71
Postmodern Trash In Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Rainy Day Wolf 4 years ago
this one reminds me a looooot of the CFE building on Reforma here in Mexico City Edificio_C...e81684.jpg 
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Craig Silberman 4 years ago
lots of cool buildings, but almost none of them fit the second half of the headline
Johnny 4 years ago
I was thinking the same thing, most of them seem pretty functional, even if unusual.
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Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
For your consideration: the building of Slovak Radio in our capital Bratislava. 124862-slo...4eb581.jpg 
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Looks like the alien mothership crashed upside-down.
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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
There was some really good designs on here but then some not so much
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
A lot of these were really gorgeous! Most of them don't look uncomfortable or impractical (at least the first 2/3 don't, anyway).
Craig Silberman 4 years ago
lots of cool buildings, but almost none of them fit the second half of the headline
Johnny 4 years ago
I was thinking the same thing, most of them seem pretty functional, even if unusual.
Load More Replies... Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
For your consideration: the building of Slovak Radio in our capital Bratislava. 124862-slo...4eb581.jpg
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Looks like the alien mothership crashed upside-down.
Load More Replies... Billy The Kid 4 years ago
There was some really good designs on here but then some not so much
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
A lot of these were really gorgeous! Most of them don't look uncomfortable or impractical (at least the first 2/3 don't, anyway).
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