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Thanks to blogger Hannes Coudenys and, of course, the architects themselves, Belgium has become notorious for its quirky buildings. In 2012, Coudenys decided to begin documenting the peculiarities of Belgian architecture on an Instagram account called 'Ugly Belgian Houses,' and it has drawn the attention of architecture design enthusiasts from all over the world.

But really, how hideously bizarre can a house design really be? Scroll down to check out the list of outrageously weird houses below, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Ugly Belgian Houses

"Architect: ‘What kind of windows would you like?’ Client: ‘Yes’"

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pseudosapien
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always wondered what the outside of the MC Esher drawing looked like.

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Craig Silberman
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ugly? that one's damn cool, and I'll bet it looks amazing on the inside

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Wanderlust
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The builders must've hated making these, but possibly satisfied of getting rid of the leftover windows from previous homes

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Aaron W
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't hire four architects. Just hire one and let him do his thing.

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Max L.
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When explorer freezes and you drag all around.

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Marnee DeRider
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet it's awesome on the inside, though. Except what's up with having zero windows on the side?

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Nataile Ford
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think there all works of art in there own ways that's just my opinion

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Lewis Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

looks funky....that's a different word with a different meaning in case the author is reading these comments.....

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Shull GaRett
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The builder looked at the plan that the architect was holding... What he didns see was the architect sneezing couple of times....

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Susan Riley
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I;d love to see this from the inside. Maybe the light and views look better from there.

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Yael
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, it must wonderfully bright and airy on the inside!

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Lola Mobley
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually like it.... Its really different. Plus, I'd love the natural sunlight, especially during sex.

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marnidarr
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, come on. It's like Frank Lloyd Wright and M.C. Escher had a fight. "Anything you can do I can do better; I can do anything better than you! No, you can't! Yes, I can...!"

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Mamia
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A proper nightmare for those who would clean this s**t

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Byrdie Gaither
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

4th Dimensional Architecture. This is what Robert Heinlein's "He Built a Crooked House" house would look like.

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Fixin'Ta
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Daddy, can I play with your house-drawing software?" "Sure, why not?" "Daddy, will you build the house I drew?" "Sure, why not?"

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trix
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When your mouse is on macro while building your house in the Sims.

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Jaida Cummings
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it wrong that I kinda like it? It's like you can play pop goes the weasel with your house :D

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A nightmare to clean the windows. When I worked as a windowcleaner in my youth, the answer would be very expensive if asked what it cost.

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Coudenys had noticed that for some reason, Belgians have a different understanding of what is good architecture and exterior design. So he decided that he had to share it with the world. "Normally, if you like architecture you like good houses, but in Belgium, there’s a lot of ugly houses. So I started taking pictures of it, " he told Bored Panda.

Coudenys explained that when it comes to house ideas, people in Belgium like to go against the flow. "Because regulations are quite liberal and we love to design our own quirky dreamhouse," he said.

Despite rapidly gaining attention online with so many people left in awe of the uniqueness of the buildings, Coudenys admits that many house-owners were not pleased about their bad design homes facing scrutiny online. "I received emails from lawyers and eventually gave in, stopping the blog altogether. I can understand the negative reactions in a way... It's the house of their dreams and I am demolishing it! " he explained.

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Luckily, he decided to relaunch his blog in 2013, although this time he encourages people to contact him directly if they are not pleased with seeing their house on the blog. Scroll below for the design fails of Ugly Belgian Architecture!

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Ugly Belgian Houses

"When u wanted to live in a fairytale but you chose to live in Shrek’s Swamp House"

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"Textures loading"

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"'No, your other left'"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who´s the fanciest house of them all??, Oh, me, me!"

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"When your architect fell asleep"

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"CUT MY HOUSE IN TO PIECES THIS IS MY LAST CARPORT"

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#11

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"Architect: what do you want
Guy: legs of a lego man
Architect: say no more fam"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg, this is in my hometown, the back of the other half goes into the air as well. They've been building this for years but are having problems and it's still not finished.

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"When you have a beautiful Belgian House but you really want to be on my website"

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Kim Clarke
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect contrast! - Beautiful old architecture Vs We just can't be bovvered 😂

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"When you’re on a field trip and you loose the rest of your group"

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Elizabeth
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This really looks as though it was once a row of townhouses and this is just the last one still standing

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"Looks like Frodo finally settled down in the suburbs"

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Marie-Louise Chenois
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That one looks actually pretty nice to me, except the stones taht look a bit dirty and could need a cleaning...It looks a bit sad like that

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#22

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"When you didn’t know you had to bring your own roof"

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"When Belgians move"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's always that one neighbor that must be different from the others, in a stupid kind of way.

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#26

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"What did one pyramid say to the other?
– How’s your mummy!"

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"Total eclipse of the house"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of those "IS IT UGLY OR IS IT SO F*****G DEEPLY ARTISTIC THAT WE DONT GET IT..? SMILE AND PRETEND YOU GET IT HONEY.."

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"What where they checking uh... thinking?"

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"Zaha Hadid from the Aldi"

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"Special discount: buy two get nothing for free"

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