50 Strange Buildings of the World (Part II)
By Village Mayor • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Latest PostThis is the part II of the very popular list of 50 strange buildings which has been and is being copied (stolen) by many bloggers. If you wish to post it on your blog or website, feel free to use up to 20 buildings from this list and give a proper link to our website (http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange..) as the source article.
I hope you enjoy this weird, odd, bizarre and incredible looking arcitechture!
After looking at this magical collection of buildings, don’t forget to check Part III (and also Part I if you haven’t seen it yet) of this very popular architecture post series.
1. Office center “1000″ a.k.a. Banknote (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Image credits: RA Studija
| Architects: Rimas Adomaitis, Raimundas Babrauskas, Darius Siaurodinas, Virgilijus Jocys. Dates: 2005-2008. |
Despite what you might think this amazing building is not a temporal installation. The image of the LTL 1000 banknote is brought onto this building using special enamel paint. Money theme well represents various businesses located in this spectacular building. It’s an office center located in the second biggest city in Lithuania.By the way, banknote dates back to 1925. However it’s not used nowadays. |
Image credits: RA Studija
2. Kerala House Boats (Alappuzha, Alleppey, Kerala, India)
Image credits: Jiths
3. Olympic Stadium (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Image credits: Wikipedia
4. Blur Building (Yverdon-les-Bainz, Switzerland)
Image credits: Dillerscofidio
| Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Dates: 2002 |
Seven years passed from expo 2002 but this building is still one of my favorites. It’s probably the mist that makes it so unusual and amazing at the same time. So called ‘blur pavilion’ with self generated mist was meant to give an impression that the building is floating above the water without any structural support. And indeed it looks just like that. |
Image credits: Dillerscofidio
5. Tenerife Concert Hall (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)
Image credits: extranoise
6. The Never Was Haul (Berkeley, California, USA)
Image credits: drewdomkus
7. The Puerta de Europa towers a.k.a Gate of Europe a.k.a Torres KIO (Madrid, Spain)
Image credits: wikipedia
| Architects: Philip Johnson and John BurgeeDates: 1996 | Torres KIO are two twin office buildings in Madrid. Each building is 115 m tall with an inclination of 15º. These twin towers are the world’s first leaning high-rise buildings. |
Image credits: Santiago Vila, bjaglin, Santiago Vila
8. UFO house (New Zealand)
Image credits: fletchy182
9. Gas Natural headquarters (Barcelona, Spain)
Image credits: Alberto OG
10. Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Image credits: Phillip Ritz
| Architects:Frank GehryDates: 1987 – 2003 | Walt Disney Concert Hall is designed to be one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world providing an unparalleled musical experience. The project was launched in 1987 and completed in 2003.You can read more about this amazing building on wiki and Los Angeles Philharmonic homepage. |
Image credits: Phillip Ritz
11. Cob House (Vancouver, Canada)
Image credits: neil-san
12. The Mushroom House aka Tree House (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
Image credits: The Rocketeer
13. Ewok House (Location unknown)
Image credits: piH9
14. Edificio Mirador (Madrid, Spain)
Image credit: javier1949
| Architects: MVRDV Dates: 2004 |
It’s a building developed by Dutch architects MVRDV. The building reaches 63.4 meters in height with 21 stories. The highlight of this building is the large central hole which is 36.8 meters above the ground. It’s the large lookout area that provides inhabitants with a community garden and a space from where they can contemplate the skyline.Different colors represent different blocks with its own planning, which offer at least 9 different types of apartments. |
Image credits: javier1949
15. Free Spirit Spheres (Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada)
Image credits: freespiritspheres.com/
16. Tempe Municipal Building (Tempe, Arizona, USA)
17. Korowai Treehouse (Papua New Guinea, Indonesia)
Image credits: 710928003
18. Turning Torso (Malmö, Sweden)
Image credits: Bjaglin
| Architects: Santiago Calatrava Dates: 2005 |
The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 feet) with 54 stories.The design is based on a sculpture by Santiago Calatrava called Twisting Torso. It uses nine segments of five-story pentagons that twist as it rises; the topmost segment is twisted ninety degrees clockwise with respect to the ground floor. |
19. Wozoco Apartments (Amsterdam, Holland)
Image credits: yellow book ltd
20. Stata Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
Image credits: rpongsaj
21. Great Mosque of Djenné (Djenne, Mali)
Image credits: wikipedia
22. Glass House (Boswell, B.C., Canada)
Image credits: Christopher Armstrong
23. Beer Can House (Houston, Texas, USA)
Image credits: J. Smallwood
24. Strawberry Ice-cream shop (NC,USA)
Image credits: unknown
25. Strawberry house (Tokyo, Japan)
Image credits: chipple
26. Sculptured House (Colorado, United States)
Image credits: Runder
27. Nautilus House (Mexico City, Mexico)
Image credits: Javier Senosiain via worldarchitecturenews.com
28. Kvivik Igloo (Kvivik, Faroe Islands)
Image credits: Paul & Kelly
29. Modern Igloo (Alaska)
Image credits: rrriles
30. Atomium (Brussels, Belgium)
Image credits: /*dave*/
31. Cathedral of Brasilia (Brasil)
Image credits: wikipedia
32. Great arche of defense (Paris, France)
Image credits: wikipedia
33. La Pedrera (Barcelona, Spain)
Image credits: joe_aesmorga
34. Errante Guest House (Chile)
Image credits: Beauty addict
35. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Nice, France)
Image credits: The Anti-ZIM
36. Agbar Tower (Barcelona, Spain)
Image credits: xn44
37. The Museum of Play (Rochester , USA)
Image credits: Mike.Hanlon
38. Bubble House (Bay Area of California, USA)
Image credits: blmurch
39. Raffles Dubai in Wafi city (Dubai, UAE)
Image credits: Wikipedia
40. Atlantis (Dubai, UAE)
Image credits: Tom Olliver
41. Casa da musica (Porto, Portugal)
Image credits: wikipedia
42. Berlin Zeiss Planetarium (Berlin, Germany)
Image credits: wikipedia
43. National Theatre (Beijing, China)
Image credits: Azure Lan
44. Montreal Biosphère (Canada)
Image credits: wikipedia
45. Eden project (United Kingdom)
Image credits: wikipedia
46. Kobe Port Tower (Japan)
Image credits: wikipedia
47. Cybertecture Egg (Mumbai, India)
Image credits: worldarchitecturenews.com/
48. Kunsthaus (Graz, Austria)
Image credits: watz
49. Federation Square (Melboune, Australia)
Image credits: wikipedia
50. The Esplanade (Singapore)
Image credits: wikipedia
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January 6th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Ewok House, located.
Dossin is correct about it being near Liege, Belgium. The house was created as a collaboration, though the architect was Jacques Gillet. It is indeed in the area of Liege, specifically it’s in Angleur. I updated my Google Earth set to include the location I believe is that of the house. I’ve not confirmed it with any other source, but it looks like a good match.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Labai įdomu matyti tarpe pasaulio garsiųjų pastatų ir Kauno Urmo 1000 litų.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:48 pm
in South Korea, there is a building made of doors. it is a school i believe.
but the buildings here was actualy fascinating
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:42 am
Bishop’s Castle, near Rye Colorado … built by hand by a single man starting in 1971 with rocks he gathered from the surrounding forest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Castle
December 27th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Buildings are the reflection of human feeling. These are great and I appreciate it .
December 17th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Excellent collections of buildings. Some of the architecture in these images are really amazing.
December 11th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
I think BMW Welt should also be on that list, it’s quite a weird building:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/M%C3%BCnchen_-_BMW-Welt.jpg
December 10th, 2009 at 5:11 am
No 49 Federation square (melbourne) is the worlds 5th ugliest building which was published not long ago in the newspaper (NOV 2009 haraldsun)
November 29th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
waahhhh what the great buildings are thoseee where did u found thatt mann
salute to u
August 13th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
aaawweesomee.!
YO!
HOMIE!
bye!
August 11th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Here’s one you missed. The Honey Bee Hive, The architect won a prize for this creative design however, due to the fact that it was a 5-story walk-up (with no elevator) and the crooked interior walls, no one wanted to live here. It was vacant for a very long time all the while the price for each apartment kept dropping in the hopes “someone” would buy them, Finally a group of poor religious Jews decided it was affordable enough. The neighborhood is called Ramot Polin. Here are a few links to pictures: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/159731012_479456fdbc.jpg?v=0
This one was taken during the holiday of Succot, notice the tabernacles on the porches http://lh6.ggpht.com/_AOlkL1K_8_c/Rv6cPgr1vHI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/W9Ub_X3l1xo/DSC_1759.JPG
July 27th, 2009 at 2:29 am
wow.. these architects are very great at designing weird building.. impressive.. i wish i cud visit all of the buildings!!!
July 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Don’t forget the Spaceship House in Chattanooga, TN. http://www.hemmy.net/2007/02/15/weird-houses-around-the-world/
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:52 am
Amazing Cybertecture Egg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Papua New Guinea is it’s own country, it’s not part of Indonesia.
June 27th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Info on #38 “Bubble House”
Hillsborough, California
- Best view is from the Eugene A. Doran Memorial Bridge on Interstate 280, northbound toward San Francisco. Stopping on bridge is not permitted.
http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=24784
June 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
theres more mushroom houses checck these out
June 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
What about Tinkertown New Mexico?
June 7th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Actually #38 is NOT in Marin county but is in fact on Berryessa Way in Burlingame, CA. Quite visible from Interstate 280. Check, if you’d like, in Google Earth:
37°13′52.52″N
122°21′32.26″W
June 5th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
The Eden project are like bee hives! That is so cool!
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
#38 Correctly named “Flintstone House” but not in Burlingame, CA which is well south of San Francisco, but IS in Marin County – North of San Francisco and visible from Hwy 101.
May 2nd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
No Milwaukee Art Museam??? Google that man, it belongs here!
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 am
Isn’t 8. UFO house (New Zealand) a Futuro House,?
May 1st, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I used to live a few miles away from a UFO house, and I’ve seen pictures of others. They’re more common than people think.
April 29th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Hey, what about “Tail o’ the Pup” in L.A.?
April 29th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
#38 is at Hillsborough, California. It is called the “Flintstone House” by the locals.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
to be the top 100 (part I and II) weirdest buildings of the world they couldn’t add everything…..
so, i think another that could be consider weird would be the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin
http://paulparsons.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/milwaukee-art-museum.jpg
April 27th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
You forgot these.
http://rocwiki.org/Mushroom_House
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melanieburger/1444046526/in/photostream/
April 25th, 2009 at 5:21 am
The Mirror Glass / 3 shopping centre in birmingham is stranger!!
April 18th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
#32……………Colorado Springs, CO………an amazing structure…………
April 15th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Its really awesone
April 15th, 2009 at 8:27 am
incrediblely artistic works!!
April 12th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Dont forget tho, yes great works of architecture but amazing feats of engineering
April 9th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I’m surprised no one has mentioned it, so I will: # 26 was featured prominently in the 1973 Woody Allen movie, “Sleeper.” Apparently, it was up for sale in 2005; I just wish I’d known about it at the time. And had $4.85 million to spare.
(http://unusuallife.com/2005/12/28/sleeper-house-for-sale/)
April 5th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Hey some of these are truely mindboggling.. but something else that looks different is the Sydney Opera House and I think should of been in there too. The fact that it has been around for so long and is still so unique says a lot about the original thought concept for the project. But hey I am sure if you wanted the top 100 wouldnt be hard to find.
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
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March 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
ah!!! aqui está! lol
March 15th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
great collection with awesome architecture very use ful for architects
March 8th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
….a little correction…..for 97 Grant
Actually I was in Atlantis (the first one) in Nassau, Bahamas in Feb, 2003, Great place. Atlantis (#40) shown is the second one and in Dubai as quoted. They look similar but the ‘hole’ is quite different and so are the surrounding structures and coastline. Was Atlantis no. 1 shown in the 50 Strange Buildings List part 1 or 2 or 3 too ? The first Atlantis fits in Bahamas as the local marine life and aquarium theme matches. In very dry Dubai, it is still an amazing construction just a bit environmentally wasteful. There must be better ways to use the money or the energy.
re : 97 Grant Says:
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Very nice collection although there is one error. Atlantis (#40) is actually located in Nassau, Bahamas, not in the UAE.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
About #8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Ymlmcv5BQ
March 6th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Hi this is a very interesting website another strange building is the Slovak Radio House in Bratislava have included a photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/34454444@N05/3281874718/
March 5th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
they were eatting mushrooms jojo not smokin crack
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:08 pm
The Glass House in Boswell BC has a castle style tower as well and is built out of empty emboming fluid jars… The man who built it was a mortician… I believe…
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Very nice collection although there is one error. Atlantis (#40) is actually located in Nassau, Bahamas, not in the UAE.
February 27th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
They are all so amazing!!! I think Spain in general one of the most varied architecture ^^
Alucinante!!!! todos los lugares realmente espectaculares ^^
February 24th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Muito Obrigada
It so great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never imaginaded that exisist that!
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:30 pm
just goes to show the power of imagination and determination….these are incrediblely artistic works of architecture. thanks for sharing
February 18th, 2009 at 2:49 am
Ewok House
Je pense que c’est une maison en Belgique, près de Liège. Elle est en béton coulé. Le concepteur est un ingénieur qui a calculé lui-même sa maison. Elle date des années 70 et il y habite encore.
February 15th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Wow, I have only known about 5 of the 50 strange buildings of teh workd (Part 11) and visited just 3. Lots more ideas for travel for me now. It is so good to see all these great designs and lots of new ideas in art as well. Feb 15, 2009
February 14th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
great pieces of art! man’s brain is really a wonderful creation. it’s limitless. thanks, GOD. ’salute you…