These days most of us live in houses, apartments, flats, studios or inside any other kind of structure that has walls, windows, and a roof. Since people no longer need to carve our living quarters in caves or build a hut from clay, architecture design and engineering became almost the most important professions that we know. Everybody needs a place to live, right?
Being an architect is a pretty tough job. There's little room for error, and any mistakes that you do make are going to be there on display for all to see for as long as the thing you designed is standing. But as you can see from these funny fails compiled by Bored Panda, some architects are determined to leave their mark on the world in one way or another. Sure they screwed up, but hey, at least you'll remember their masterpieces of modern architecture!
From garage doors finding their way on the third floor of an apartment building, many engineering fails concerning stairs and of course, miscellaneous epic fails of grandiose scale - you'll find it all and many more in this list. Feel free to add your own funny pictures, and don't forget to vote for your favorite design fails!
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Being Handicapped In Cabo San Lucas Is Apparently An Extreme Sport
It's Even More Fascinating When This Shit Happens In A Design School
In Case Of Fire
Can't Touch This?
You Had One Job
Built The Staircase Exactly As Designed, Boss
My Hotel Has A Sitting Area With No Possible Way To Access It
At Friends House For Summer Party. His Downstairs Staircase Does Not Actually Let You Get Into The Basement
This ATM Keeps You Fit
I Would Like To Meet The Planning Committee Who Approved This
Hope You Picked Good Seats!
Right Here!
The World's Worst Balcony
Forgetting How To Architect
You Had One Job, Architects
Best Hotel Room Window View Ever
This New University Building Looks Like A Giant Toilet
Hey! Somebody left a book on the seat! Must be the "architecture for dummies"!
It's Just Up The Stairs
Found In A Newly Renovated Middle School
The Architect Had A Bit Of Fun With This One
This Pipe Was Bent To Go Around The Clock Instead Of Just Removing The Clock And Going Straight Up
Who Needs Privacy
My Dad Hired A Company To Install A Fence After Extending The Driveway. This Is Their Handy Work
The Clock On This Church. You Had One Job, Architect
Just Noticed This In The Living Room
No One Is Going To Steal My Damn Car
Turn Right And Then Bunnyhop To Your Destination
For some reson (being hit by bicycle, twice) I can understand this one.
You Had One Job
Pointless Balcony
This Single Window On The Side Of A Building
These Stairs
Well-Lit Yard
You Should Have Been More Specific
Went To Philly. Found A Building With A Garage Door On The Third Floor That Looks Like It's Been Hit By A Car
This Roof Window
Who Was In Charge Of Moving The Tv? Oh Well, Whatever
Stairs To Nowhere
This Ramp
Fun, but as an Architect I must say that almost none of these have anything to do with architecture. We dont build. This is the result of builder not using an Architect and obviously not filing for approval. Most would be illegal alteration gone wrong. Proper title would be "15 Builder who obviously needed an Architect" but the is one of those that puzzles me ☺
Very Useful Door
Just In Front Of A Garage
Welcome To Turkey!
This Mcdonalds Column Doesn't Touch The Ceiling
It's a backup column. If the rest fail, this one will hold everything up when it falls.
A Small Design Flaw
This Building
Yep, Should Work Just Fine
How Is This Supposed To Work?
That Moment When You're Not Sure Wheter It's Cool Or A Fail
Halfway Off The Stairway
Yeah, Why Not
These Gates
These Doors
Plus you can always guess who's behind the door by staring at their crotch
I Think The Architect Was A Bit Drunk
This Outlet Is Unreachable
Window Fail
Let's Go Out On The Balcony. Oh, Wait...
These Navy Buildings
Let Them All Fall From Those Stairs
This Is Belgium
Who Needs An Emergency Exit Anyway
So, This Is The Entrance To My Towns Local Shopping Centre
Tell Me Why
actually to keep standing storm water out....area probably doesn't drain well
Thank God, My Feet Were Getting Tired
Hope
Stairs At My Alma Mater
This Misunderstanding
Amazing they kept going for 4 floors before realizing something wasn't righf
Stairs Leading To Nowhere At My School
Useful Door!
Interesting Choice
Translates To "break The Window In Case Of Fire". Clearly Not Any Window..
Czech Without Barriers (sign Says "elevator")
When Your Hotel Wardrobe Has Stairs And A Door In It
Crawl Or Turn Into Liquid To Get On The Other Side
Architecture On I'ts Best :)
Somebody not only built it.... but somebody approved the plans. This makes for more than one moron on these sites.
Fun, but as an Architect I must say that almost none of these have anything to do with architecture. We dont build. This is the result of builder not using an Architect and obviously not filing for approval. Most would be illegal alteration gone wrong. Proper title would be "15 Builder who obviously needed an Architect" but the is one of those that puzzles me ☺
Somebody not only built it.... but somebody approved the plans. This makes for more than one moron on these sites.
Fun, but as an Architect I must say that almost none of these have anything to do with architecture. We dont build. This is the result of builder not using an Architect and obviously not filing for approval. Most would be illegal alteration gone wrong. Proper title would be "15 Builder who obviously needed an Architect" but the is one of those that puzzles me ☺
