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72 Times Architects Were Allowed To Do Whatever They Want And They Did
In a world filled with sterile office parks, concrete apartments, and uniform glass towers, some architects choose creativity and color. They let the most random things inspire them — a pineapple, an elephant, even a toilet.
Bored Panda has collected some of the most bizarre and hilarious architectural choices from every corner of the planet. These designers took one look at traditional blueprints and decided to throw them completely out the window. The results are fascinating and quite impossible to ignore.
Scroll down for some beautiful, weird, and strange buildings. And don’t miss the one designed in the shape of a low-flush Western toilet.
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#1
Seashell House In Mexico City, Mexico
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#2
The National Carpet Museum In Baku, Azerbaijan
#3
Time Castle Xi, Cambodia
#4
This House In Ransom Canyon, TX, Seems Suitable For A Bond Villain
#5
Japanese Moka Train Station In A Shape Of A Locomotive
#6
Nanyang Primary School And Kindergarten In Singapore
#8
Aqua, Chicago
#10
Free Spirit House In British Columbia, Canada
#11
A Brutalist Supervillain Lair On The Beach
Vintage aerial view of Hotel Tambaú in João Pessoa, Brazil, designed by architect Sérgio Bernardes in 1962. The concrete ring structure looks like an ominous sci-fi fortress from the air.
Sérgio Bernardes designed the concrete circle to integrate into a grass ramp on the city side while opening up to the sand. The layout looks ominous, but it actually encloses a massive central courtyard and pool area so almost every room gets a view of either the interior plaza or the ocean.
Spencers slave no more 1 week ago
The Hotel Tambaú, Paraiba, Brazil, has been closed since 2020 and is awaiting major restoration plans.
#13
Greenland's Colour-Coded Houses
Giraffe Sitter 1 week ago
Apparently this predates street numbers and the colors indicate the building’s purpose. Yellow is medical, green is power/communications, etc.
#14
Crazy House In Dalat, Vietnam
#15
The People At The Hundertwasser In Darmstadt, Germany Appreciate A Little Color
Spencers slave no more 1 week ago
There's a Hundertwasser building here in Whangārei, New Zealand. It's ugly as sin, cost ratepayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, and is losing money hand over fist.
#16
He "Gate Of The Orient," Also Known As The "Gate To The East," Skyscraper In Suzhou, China,
#17
Palais Bulles
#18
Hard Rock Hotel And Casino, Florida, USA
#19
Cube Houses In Rotterdam
#20
The Minister's Tree House
Spencers slave no more 1 week ago
Located in Crossville, Tennessee, it was closed to the public in 2012 due to fire and safety concerns. It burned to the ground in 2019.
#21
Hyde Park Mushroom House - Cincinnati, Ohio
#22
The Big Pineapple, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
#23
Corpus Museum. The Netherlands
#24
Abraj Al-Bait Towers, Mecca
Rebecca O’Donnell 4 days ago
I don’t think this picture does it justice. The architectural details are gorgeous.
#25
The "Flintstone House" In Belgium
Spencers slave no more 1 week ago
Built with lightweight materials, such as polystyrene/styrofoam, to mimic natural rock formations, it's actually at the rear of Antwerp Zoo, for admin, warehouse and logistics.
#26
The New Louis Vuitton Store In Tokyo
#27
“Mind House” In Spain Looks Almost Alive
#28
Glass House Na, Sou Fujimoto
#29
Does Anyone Remember Twistee Treat?
#30
Guggenheim-Museum Bilbao
#31
Aldar Headquarters, Abu Dhabi
#32
The Rock House
#33
Saemoonan Church In Seoul, Korea
#34
It's A Toilet, It's A House, It's A Toilet House!
This toilet-shaped house in Suwon, South Korea is named Haewoojae, which means “a place of sanctuary where one can solve one’s worries.”
It was built in 2007 by a Sim Jae-deok, the founder of World Toilet Association to bring attention to the world’s sanitation problems.
Fancy living in this whacky house?
#35
Prague Television Tower
#36
House Attack In Vienna
#37
Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi, Uae
#38
National Centre For The Performing Arts (China)
#39
The Inside-Out House, United States
#40
The Amazing Smith Mansion In Wyoming
BarkingSquirell 1 week ago
This has been on BP before. It's a tourist attraction but no one can go inside.
#41
The Narrowest House In The World, Warsaw
#42
This Building In Bangkok, Thailand That Is Supposed To Look Like An Elephant
#43
Ren Building (Shangai)
#44
Elbe Philharmonic – Germany
#45
A Weird House In The Alps
#47
Container House In The Desert
#48
Bitexco Financial Tower, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
#49
Oriental Pearl Tower
#50
Lax Theme Building (1961)
#51
Fake Hills, Beihai
#52
Strata Se1, London Has Three Wind Turbines Above Its Roof. They Aren't Functional Anymore
#53
This Mirror House In Joshua Tree Looks Like A Glitch In The Desert
Shelley Dawson 1 week ago
Saw this in Selling Sunset. It is a marvellous piece. However, I prefer my small house built in 1833 with it's stone walls and wonky walls and floors. I find such as this glass building clinical and soulless.
#54
Cool Lookin Building In Denver
#56
Guggenheim Museum New York City
#57
The Mushroom House, Rochester NY
#58
Tour Triangle, Paris
#59
Skysphere, New Zealand
Spencers slave no more 1 week ago
It's a solar powered tiny home and observation tower in Linton, near Palmerston North.
#60
Casa Praxis, Mexico City
#61
Flip This Home!
#62
Living Underground In Coober Pedy
#64
$985k And You Get A Castle, A Pool, An Elevator, And Absolutely No Neighbors
#65
I Have So Many Questions
Spencers slave no more 1 week ago
Fisherman's Castle, aka Irish Bayou Castle, 3262 Ridgeway Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana.
#66
Marina City, Chicago
#67
Full Moon Tower, Baku
#68
Pyramid-Shaped Residence Building
#69
You Have To Ride A Boat Out Into The Bay Just To Get To Your Front Door
Spencers slave no more 1 week ago
Smith Point Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, 2.5 miles/4km offshore, Reedville, Virginia. For sale as is, where is $450,000 US. Boat not included. US Coastguard maintains the light.
#70
33 Thomas Street, NYC Has No Windows
#71
Cctv Tower In Beijing
#72
Longxi International Hotel, A Supertall In A Small Chinese Town
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Shelley Dawson 1 week ago
It's a shame there isn't more information about the buildings, like who owns them, who designed them, why were they designed that way.
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 3 days ago
This is what happens when the "author" of the list just rips someone else's list.
Load More Replies... Shelley Dawson 1 week ago
It's a shame there isn't more information about the buildings, like who owns them, who designed them, why were they designed that way.
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 3 days ago
This is what happens when the "author" of the list just rips someone else's list.
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