10 Strangest Buildings in the World
What happens when you mix modern art and architecture? You’re about to see for yourself. These are some of the most bizzare yet fascinating buildings in the world, and we love them.
10. National Centre for the Performing Arts, China
This project took almost 6 years to be completed, it was started in 2001 with the project of Paul Andreu and it was finished in 2007. NCPA is one of the strangest building built in China. The building is completely built of glass and resembles the shape of an egg which is lying on a lake. It is all made of titanium and glass and looks really amazing
. But all the time it had been built was worth, considering the result – the building resembles an enormous egg, lying in an artificial lake, it is all made of titanium and glass and looks really amazing!
9. Cathedral of Brasilia, Brazil
The Cathedral of Brasilia is a beautiful building, designed to be residence of the Archdiocese of Brasilia. The designer – Oscar Niemeyer made this gorgeous structure using 16 columns of concrete, each of them with 90 tons weight! It is an amazing building, full of light and created with greatest care for details. The Cathedral of Brasilia is definitely a building worth to be seen!
8. Cubic Houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Cubic houses in Rotterdam and Helmond, Netherlands were designed by Piet Blom. They are cubes, situated in different angles over hexagon formed pylons, so they resemble trees, and altogether – make a forest! There are 38 cubes attached to one another to make it look like a forest of houses. A genius idea, brilliantly implemented!
7. Hundertwasser Building, Germany
The name of this residential complex translates to “forest spiral” in English, reflecting the general plan of the building and its green roof. This Forest Spiral was completed in 2000 and it is a really amazing building with a green roof, resembling a spiral! On the outside, some of its most notable features are the tower that resembles Russian onion domes, an absence of straight lines and sharp colors, and the multicoloured painting of the building. The colours, the movement of the spiral the whole design is very stylish and warm, makes the whole building look nice and cozy, a real place to live in!
6. Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada
Habitat 67 in Canada is a complex which resembles a very interesting arrangement of cubes that kids play with. It is pretty interesting how it was designed – it looks so original and the same time is a building completely stable and comfortable for living! The architect Moshe Safdie created it as a main attraction for Expo 67, when it was officially exposed!
5. The Crooked House, Poland
Its Polish name meaning “crooked little house” in English, this irregularly shaped building is part of the Rezydent shopping center. It was designed by Szotynscy and Zaleski, who were inspired by fairy tale. Its design is “crooked”, but a kind of symmetrically, so it is not ugly at all, just strange! The interesting part is how builders managed to create this genius idea, but the house is a fact and everyone admires their creativity!
4. La Pedrera, Spain
La Pedrera or known also as Casa Mila is in Barcelona, Spain. The story of the house is pretty interesting – it was designed by Antoni Gaudí and built for a married couple. It is an extraordinary but stylish building considered to be highly unconventional – there is not even one straight line! Visitors can go to the top floor, the attic and roof and have a close look at this masterpiece!
3. Lotus Temple, Delhi
Built in 1986, the Lotus Temple is the House of Worship for Bahai community. Built by the famous architect Fariborz Sahba, the temple resembles the shape of a lotus and is significantly one of the important buildings in the architectural history of India. It has also won several awards across the world.
2. Dancing Building, Czech Republic
Situated in Prague, Czech Republic, the Dancing Building is one of the unique structures ever built. This is an amazing masterpiece of architecture, which has its own romantic charm. It portrays two building hugging each other and dancing! Designed by Vlado Milunic along with Frank Gehry, this is surely one of the Strangest Buildings in World.
1. Stone House, Portugal
The stone house in Portugal really resembles the famous home of the Flintstones. It is built between two giant rocks. It is surely one of the strangest and magnificent mark of architecture. Reminding of the Stone Age, it is still a pretty comfortable house to stay!
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