. 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 drawer and child books illustrator) and Per Dahlberg (Swedish painter living in Sopot) pictures and paintings. Image via: brocha 2. 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 Dad 3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain) Image via: manuelfloresv 4. 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 Eyes 6. 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_moreau 7. 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 ratcliff 9. 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: vpzone 10. 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: JonasPhoto 11. Chapel in the Rock (Arizona, United States) Image via: santanartist 12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic) Image via: jemil75 13. Calakmul building a.k.a La Lavadora a.k.a The Washing Mashine (Mexico, Mexico) Image via: marj k 14. Kettle House (Texas, United States) Image via: y luckyfukr 15. Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Manchester, UK) Image via: tj.blackwell 16. Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan) Image via: pict_u_re 17. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain) Image via: angelocesare 18.. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal) image via: Jsome1 19. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States) Image via: James Gordon 20. Weird House in Alps Image via: nicolasnova 21. The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan) Image 22. The Hole House (Texas, United States) Image via: melinnis 23. Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang, North Korea) Image via: Pricey 24. The National Library (Minsk, Belarus) Image via: ledsmagazine. com 25. Grand Lisboa (Macao) Image via: Michael McDonough 26. Wall House (Groningen, Netherlands) Image via: Liao Yusheng 27. Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain) Image via: disgustipado 28. Bahá'í House of Worship a.k.a Lotus Temple (Delhi, India) Image via: MACSURAK 29. Container City (London, UK) Image via: y Fin Fahey 30. Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria) Image via: Dom Dada 31. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia) Image via: deputy-dog.com 32.. Air Force Academy Chapel (Colorado, United States) Image via: dbking 33. Solar Furnace (Odeillo, France) Image via: f2g2 34. Dome House (Florida, United States) Image via: easement 35. Beijing National Stadium (Beijing, China) Image via: littlemalt 36. Fashion Show Mall (Las Vegas, United States) Image via: b2tse 37. Luxor Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, United States) Image via: wallyg 38. Zenith Europe (Strasbourg, France) Image via: Edouard55 39. Civic Center (Santa Monica) Image via: karenchu121 40. Mammy's Cupboard (Natchez, MS, United States) Image via: Live Simply 41. Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan, United States) Image via: the naked fauxtographer 42. The Egg (Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, United States) Image via: iessi 43. Gherkin Building (London, UK) Image via: Lawrie Cate 44. Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany) Image via: iterby 45. Lloyd's building (London, UK) Image via: ryanfb 46. "Druzhba Holiday Center Hall (Yalta, Ukraine) Image via: Argenberg 47. Fuji television building (Tokyo, Japan) Image via: kamoda 48. UCSD Geisel Library (San Diego, California, United States) Image via: ewen and donabel 49. Ripley's Building (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) Image via: Bekah267 50. The Bank of Asia a.k.a Robot Building (Bangkok, Thailand) Image via: hewy P.S. currently new comments are not being approved, because there are just too much of them, but don't be afraid, we see them, and when we install a proper plugin for comment management, they will all appear here. | __._,_.___ . __,_._,___
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