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Article created by: Austėja Akavickaitė

Not everything in Australia is "upside down". Sure, their Christmas is in the summer and they might have a BBQ to celebrate it, but in some ways, they're just like us Northern Hemisphere folks. Our fascination with bad architecture, for example, is equally obsessive.

Turns out, the Irish, Belgians, and Dutch aren't the only ones shaming their native buildings on Instagram. There's an account called Ugly Melbourne Houses doing precisely the same on the other end of the world.

Taste is universal. I know. But ironically, it's what allows this online project to make fun of the houses it wants to. Here are some of them!

More info: Instagram

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#1

Every Time I Try To Build A Custom Sims House

Large Melbourne house with dark shingled roof and unique architecture in suburban neighborhood on cloudy day.

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    Amy's Winehouse

    Modern house in Melbourne with unique large wine glass sculpture integrated into the stone wall exterior design.

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    #3

    Perfectly Pitched For A Neighbourhood Near You

    Modern house in Melbourne designed with a giant violin and piano keyboard, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #4

    When A Friend Doesn't Invite You To Their House And You're Really Quite Relieved About It Actually

    Large trimmed bush shaped like a face in front of a brick house, featured among Melbourne houses on architecture-shaming Instagram.

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    #5

    How's Everyone's Week Been? Chaotic? Jumbled? Overly Complicated? Yep. Me Too

    Tilted modern house in Melbourne with distorted windows and walls, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram accounts.

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    Proudness Doesn't Even Begin To Describe How I'm Feeling After Receiving This Piece Of Moderne Arte Collage In My Inbox

    A Melbourne house with castle-inspired architecture featured on an architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #7

    Picasso's Lovechild

    Modern brick house in Melbourne with unusual geometric shapes and sharp angles under a partly cloudy blue sky.

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    Barbie's Dream House

    Modern pink and white house in Melbourne with unique angled windows and trimmed bushes featured on architecture-shaming Instagram.

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    #9

    Those Aren't Balconies, They’re Actually Hay Feeders For Giraffes

    Minimalist beige house in Melbourne with unusual balcony design and no doors, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #10

    Colonel Pistachio’s Tudor Turrets Raise Up My Peppermint Helicopter Roller Disco Roundabout

    Unusual house in Melbourne with elevated circular design and teal accents featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #11

    Caravan Of Courage

    Unconventional modern house in Melbourne with mixed materials and unique design featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #12

    Animal Print Is A Neutral

    House in Melbourne with bold leopard print exterior, front porch, and surrounded by green trees and plants.

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    #13

    Life Is Just About Trying To Do The Very Best You Can Do With The Size Of Window That You Have

    Modern narrow house in Melbourne with minimal windows and a brick fence, featured in architecture shaming on Instagram.

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    #14

    It Looks Like A Shower

    Modern white tiled house in Melbourne with large garage and red truck parked outside, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #15

    Mary Poppins’ Lsd Dreamland Winky Wonky Summertime Lovin’ Peculiar Palazzo-A-Palooza

    Victorian-style Melbourne house with ornate towers and a modern garage, featured on an architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #16

    Intergalactic Evil Mammoth Boxy Square Bonnet Wearing Robot Worm Computer Mansion

    Unconventional house design with tilted upper structure in Melbourne, featured on an architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #17

    When It's Only Wednesday But Your Column Just Thinking 'Bout The Weekend

    Modern house in Melbourne with large classical columns and a garage entrance, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #18

    Anyone Got An Id On This LEGO Set?

    Colorful two-story house in Melbourne with bold red, yellow, green, and blue accents featured on architecture-shaming account.

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    The Hills Have Eyes

    Modern geometric houses in Melbourne built on a slope with trees in foreground under a cloudy sky

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    Your Dreams Are Like The Left Half Of This “Balcony”... Totally Pointless And Likely To Result In Horrific Injury If You Dwell On Them For Too Long

    Balconies on a Melbourne house with unusual design, featured on an architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #21

    All Roads Lead To Somewhere In South Australia

    Unfinished house in Melbourne with classical columns, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account for unusual designs.

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    Melborgian "Trying To Take Your Underpants Off Without Taking Your Trousers Off First" Robot Moderne

    Modern house in Melbourne with unusual angular windows and concrete design featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #23

    Everybody Who Lives Here Loves Maths

    Modern Melbourne house with a unique curved metal balcony and math equations overlay, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram.

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    #24

    I Think They Could've Squeezed Another One In

    Brick house in Melbourne with large white classical columns, featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account.

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    #25

    Golden Graytime Jazzercise Spacesuit Jumpsuit Wangle Angle Window Panels A La Clipped Clop Shrubbery-Au-Go-Go

    Modern house in Melbourne with unusual window design and sculpted garden featured on architecture-shaming Instagram account




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