‘Bizarre Buildings’: 50 Of The Strangest And Most Unique Buildings From All Over The World
Many of us strive to be unique and stand out from the crowd. We express ourselves through the clothes we wear, our totally rad hairstyles, and what we talk about. But probably the most significant statement that we can make about our character is by choosing where we live and work. Would we love to work in a giant panda-shaped building? Definitely. Would yours truly like to live in a moody Victorian châtelet in the middle of some mysterious misty mountain woods that you couldn’t find on a map? You’d better believe it, but only if it had a haunted greenhouse and plenty of rainfall. [Cue lightning and thunder.]
The world is chock full of wonderfully weird and unbelievably beautiful architecture, and the ‘Bizarre Buildings’ subreddit documents the best of the bunch. Sure, some of these places look extremely unpractical for anyone inside… but gosh! Look at how impressive they are! Scroll down to enter the r/bizarrebuildings rabbit hole, and don’t panic if you meet Alice. Remember to upvote your fave pics, and let us know which of these places you’d love to visit (and potentially even live in!) the most.
Oh, and if you thought this was it, then hold on to your hats. For those of you who weren’t here the last time, definitely check out our previous piece about the subreddit right over here (why, yes, that is a cat-shaped building) when you’re done enjoying this fresh new list.
Don’t forget to read Bored Panda’s interview about dream home designs with Ariane Sherine, the editor at ‘These Three Rooms.’ Are you ready to have your imaginations expanded, dear Pandas? Don’t blame us if you end up daydreaming about the perfect home all afternoon, though.
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King Alfred's Tower In England, Built In 1772
This Pub Was Completed In 1765 Was Built On Top Of A Mine Shaft And Over Time It Had Sank On One Side. Getting In Sober Is A Challenge, And Even Harder Getting Out Drunk
Ow-Energy Organic House Design With Wild Slate Roof In Germany
Hallgrímskirkja: Lutheran Church In Reykjavík, Iceland. Commissioned In 1937 And Completed In 1986.
Alpine Refuge From World War I Located At 2760 Meters, Monte Cristallo, Italy
Unzipped Building. Milano, Italy
It was an art installation by Alex Chinneck for the Milan Design Week in 2019, sponsed by IQOS. The guy does amazing things. Don't be fooled, the whole facade is fake and part of the installation, the building is a former car repair shop nowadays used for events and temporary shops, it has no windows and is not so dilapidated
Sanaa, Yemen
France Built 1347
Houses like that one were built on bridges. Also, a bigger surface upstairs was the way to avoid housing taxe based on the soil area occupancy. These houses were strong, there are still plenty of them in Europe, mostly still occupated
Peles Castle, Romania
Bran Castle is supposed to be Dracula's castle. This is much larger. I have been to both. They are amazing. King Carol 1 fell in love with the area and ordered it to be built.
Hole House Or Villa Vals, Switzerland
Hang Nga's "Crazy House" In Dalat, Vietnam
Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Zaandam
Lyon Airport Train Station, Lyon, France
Temppeliaukion Church, Helsinki, Finland
Colin's Barn, Chedglow, England - More Details In Comments
This House Exexexexexextension
This Single-Family House In Bayview.
This Building Looks Like It Was Designed In Microsoft Word
Office In The Woods Near Madrid, Spain.
Winning Design For Shenzhen's Natural History Museum
The Dunmore Pineapple In Dunmore Park
Who lives in a pineapple over the sea? John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore., John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
Evil? Debatable. Bizarre? Absolutely!
Container House In The Desert
I've worked out of shipping containers in 90+ F heat and no amount of AC and insulation could keep up with the radiant heat of direct sunlight on corrugated steel. Unless this is the house for Gorn in Star Trek, the owner will fry.
Mogno, Switzerland
Harbin Opera House
Abandoned Art Deco Awesomeness In The South Of France
"Flintstone House," Declared "Public Nuisance," Now Allowed To Keep Colorful
Poseidon's Horse, An Abandoned Former Library On A Beach Of Peloponnese, Greece
Still Standing In Canterbury, UK
Giant Drawer Building
Grand Lisboa Hotel, China
Reclaimed Windows And Doors Form Facades Of Collage House By S+ps Architects
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel, Florida - USA.
Industry City Building - Sunset Park, Brooklyn
The Iron Fountain - Gyumri, Armenia
Fallen Star
The Steel House, Lubbock, Texas
These Are Real Houses. Located In Encinitas, California
This Building In Sydney Has Mastered The Art Of Hula
L'ile Fllottante (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
Luxury Hotel Or Collapsed Pile Of Sheet Metal?
Studio City, Macau
Every time they build new monstrosity in Macau my entire family typically flocks in to check it out. Just a quick look around, see what shops and restaurants they have. Shortly after Studio City opened my husband and I went there. I had to use the toilets and OMG those were the best toilets I’ve been to in my life. Stall enclosed floor to ceiling, wall to wall without any gaps. Pleasant perfume lingering in the air smelling like a cloud of freshness. Heavenly music in the background. Soft toilet paper that feels like 7 layers. Foam soap and perfect temperature aerated water coming out of the tap at ideal pressure that will thoroughly wash your hands without spraying you with a single drop. So clean you can see your reflection on the marble walls. When our family gathered again everyone was talking about the Studio City toilets. 10/10 would pee there again.
Tiniest Bizarrebuilding Ever?
Only Surviving Photo Of A Hoarder House Demolished Around 2007 In Nagoya, Japan
House With Many Windows
This Church In Rowayton, Ct
An Apartment Building That Popped Up In Krasnodar, Russia
Former Us Listening Station In Berlin, Germany.
I guess someone wanted to show the Russians who had the biggest balls.
House On A Leg, Hamburg, Germany
Feels like it could fall over with a little breeze- I would not want to live near that thing
"Twisted House" In Indianapolis, In
Taipei Performing Arts Center
Kring Kumho Culture Complex
This Follie Designed By Aldo Loris Rossi In Napoli (Italy)
Building Shaped Like A Bulldozer; Turlock, Ca
Casa Beretta, Val D'aosta, Italy, Designed By Mario Galvagni In 1967
Kinemax Cinema, France
Alien-Esque Footbridge In Brussels, Belgium.
Holy Sh*t.
This actualy is a museum near Leiden (NL) called Corpus. It's an educational attraction where you can see what your body looks like on the inside and how it works. https://corpusexperience.nl/
Bierpinsel, Berlin, Germany - By Architects Ralf Schüler And Ursulina Schüler-Witte, 1972-1976.
India's Research Base In Antarctica
We Call It “The Cheese Grater”. It’s A Medical Research Lab
12 Ugly Ducks By Victor Enrich
Its a fake/photoshopped building made up by Victor Enrich He's a digital photographer that merges/twists images to look cool and sells his prints(www.victorenrich.com). Think of this as a piece inspired by "Inception" like the dog dressed as Napoleon painting. Still looks amazing but the dog never conquered Europe.
Changjiang Media Building, Wuhan, China
Termite Proofing
Chrysler Pavilion At The New York World's Fair, 1964
Some Apartments In Inwood, Upper Manhattan, NYC
The Whale Car Wash, Formerly Located At Nw 50th St. & Meridian Ave. In Oklahoma City (Photo By John Margolies, 1979)
Ok that’s cool but it needs a paint touch up and to be cleaned. I like the idea tho
Guiyang 201 Building, Guiyang, China
Conservatory, Montreuil, France
Canadian Museum For Human Rights - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
A Building In Bangkok, Thailand
This heading - 73 Times Architects Made Buildings That Looked Cool But Were Uncomfortable To Live In Or Use - is misleading and incorrect. Some don't look cool at all, while others are examples of amazing and creative architecture. Only a few would be uncomfortable to live in or use as most are not residential, and how would anyone know? Really, this post could be renamed something totally different to capture what it's about.
Exactly. "73 interesting buildings" probably doesn't attract enough clicks. Most are not meant to live in, and usage van also mean decoration. If it's use is to have people discuss it, to look at it, then it is used here. Also, some of these weren't designed by architects. Rather, artists. Or a diy project.
Load More Replies...There are some truly horrible examples but most of these I'd be honored to either live in or visit. A few of them I have gone to see in real person and they were worth the effort.
How are the houses designed by Gaudí and Hundertwasser not on this list? Be sure to check them out :)
This heading - 73 Times Architects Made Buildings That Looked Cool But Were Uncomfortable To Live In Or Use - is misleading and incorrect. Some don't look cool at all, while others are examples of amazing and creative architecture. Only a few would be uncomfortable to live in or use as most are not residential, and how would anyone know? Really, this post could be renamed something totally different to capture what it's about.
Exactly. "73 interesting buildings" probably doesn't attract enough clicks. Most are not meant to live in, and usage van also mean decoration. If it's use is to have people discuss it, to look at it, then it is used here. Also, some of these weren't designed by architects. Rather, artists. Or a diy project.
Load More Replies...There are some truly horrible examples but most of these I'd be honored to either live in or visit. A few of them I have gone to see in real person and they were worth the effort.
How are the houses designed by Gaudí and Hundertwasser not on this list? Be sure to check them out :)
