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1. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)
Construction of the building started in in January 2003 and in December 2003 it was finished. House architecture is based on Jan Marcin Szancer (famous Polish artist and child books illustrator) and Per Dahlberg (Swedish painter living in Sopot) pictures and paintings.
Image via: brocha2. Forest Spiral – Hundertwasser Building (Darmstadt, Germany)
The Hundertwasser house “Waldspirale” (”Forest Spiral”) was built in Darmstadt between 1998 and 2000. Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the famous Austrian architect and painter, is widely renowned for his revolutionary, colourful architectural designs which incorporate irregular, organic forms, e.g. onion-shaped domes.
The structure with 105 apartments wraps around a landscaped courtyard with a running stream. Up in the turret at the southeast corner, there is a restaurant, including a cocktail bar.
Image via: Kikos Dad3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain)
Image via: manuelfloresv4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France)
Image via: Mélisande*5. The Basket Building (Ohio, United States)
The Longaberger Basket Company building in Newark, Ohio might just be a strangest office building in the world. The 180,000-square-foot building, a replica of the company’s famous market basket, cost $30 million and took two years to complete. Many experts tried to persuade Dave Longaberger to alter his plans, but he wanted an exact replica of the real thing.
Image via: addicted Eyes6. Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States)
This project, located in the heart of Kansas City, represents one of the pioneer projects behind the revitalization of downtown.
The people of Kansas City were asked to help pick highly influential books that represent Kansas City. Those titles were included as ‘bookbindings’ in the innovative design of the parking garage exterior, to inspire people to utilize the downtown Central Library.
Image via: jonathan_moreau7. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, United States)
8. Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)
Expo 67, one of the world’s largest universal expositions was held in Montreal. Housing was one of the main themes of Expo 67.
The cube is the base, the mean and the finality of Habitat 67. In its material sense, the cube is a symbol of stability. As for its mystic meaning, the cube is symbol of wisdom, truth, moral perfection, at the origin itself of our civilization.
354 cubes of a magnificent grey-beige build up one on the other to form 146 residences nestled between sky and earth, between city and river, between greenery and light.
Image via: ken ratcliff9. Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The original idea of these cubic houses came about in the 1970s. Piet Blom has developed a couple of these cubic houses that were built in Helmond.
The city of Rotterdam asked him to design housing on top of a pedestrian bridge and he decided to use the cubic houses idea. The concept behind these houses is that he tries to create a forest by each cube representing an abstract tree; therefore the whole village becomes a forest.
Image via: vpzone10. Hang Nga Guesthouse a.k.a Crazy House (Vietnam)
The house is owned by the daughter of the ex-president of Vietnam, who studied architecture in Moscow.
It does not comply with any convention about house building, has unexpected twists and turns, roofs and rooms. It looks like a fairy tale castle, it has enormous “animals” like a giraffe and a spider, no window is rectangular or round, and it can be visited like a museum.
Image via: JonasPhoto11. Chapel in the Rock (Arizona, United States)
Image via: santanartist12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic)
Image via: jemil7513. Calakmul building a.k.a La Lavadora a.k.a The Washing Mashine (Mexico, Mexico)
Image via: marj k14. Kettle House (Texas, United States)
Image via: y luckyfukr15. Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Manchester, UK)
Image via: tj.blackwell16. Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan)
Image via: pict_u_re17. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain)
Image via: angelocesare18. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal)
image via: Jsome119. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States)
Image via: James Gordon20. Weird House in Alps
Image via: nicolasnova21. The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan)
Image via: cypherone @ Taiwan22. The Hole House (Texas, United States)
Image via: melinnis23. Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang, North Korea)
Image via: Pricey24. The National Library (Minsk, Belarus)
Image via: ledsmagazine.com25. Grand Lisboa (Macao)
Image via: Michael McDonough26. Wall House (Groningen, Netherlands)
Image via: Liao Yusheng27. Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain)
Image via: disgustipado28. Bahá’í House of Worship a.k.a Lotus Temple (Delhi, India)
Image via: MACSURAK29. Container City (London, UK)
Image via: y Fin Fahey30. Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria)
Image via: Dom Dada31. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia)
Image via: deputy-dog.com32. Air Force Academy Chapel (Colorado, United States)
Image via: dbking33. Solar Furnace (Odeillo, France)
Image via: f2g234. Dome House (Florida, United States)
Image via: easement35. Beijing National Stadium (Beijing, China)
Image via: littlemalt36. Fashion Show Mall (Las Vegas, United States)
Image via: b2tse37. Luxor Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, United States)
Image via: wallyg38. Zenith Europe (Strasbourg, France)
Image via: Edouard5539. Civic Center (Santa Monica)
Image via: karenchu12140. Mammy’s Cupboard (Natchez, MS, United States)
Image via: Live Simply41. Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan, United States)
Image via: the naked fauxtographer42. The Egg (Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, United States)
Image via: iessi43. Gherkin Building (London, UK)
Image via: Lawrie Cate44. Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany)
Image via: iterby45. Lloyd’s building (London, UK)
Image via: ryanfb46. “Druzhba Holiday Center Hall (Yalta, Ukraine)
Image via: Argenberg47. Fuji television building (Tokyo, Japan)
Image via: kamoda48. UCSD Geisel Library (San Diego, California, United States)
Image via: ewen and donabel49. Ripley’s Building (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
Image via: Bekah26750. The Bank of Asia a.k.a Robot Building (Bangkok, Thailand)
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