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Kazimiera
02-27-2013, 12:25 AM
1. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/1-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-mindhouse.jpg


2. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/2-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-crookedhouse.jpg


3. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal)

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/3-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-stonehouse.jpg


4. Lotus Temple (Delhi, India)

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/4-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-lotus.jpg


5. Cathedral of Brasilia (Brazil)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/5-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-cathedral-brasi.jpg


6. La Pedrera (Barcelona, Spain)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/6-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-la-pedrera.jpg


7. Atomium (Brussels, Belgium)

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/7-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-atomium.jpg


8. Museum of Contemporary Art (Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/8-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-contemporaryartmuseum.jpg


9. Kansas City Library (Missouri, USA)

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/9-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-kansascity-library.jpg


10. Low impact woodland house (Wales, UK)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/10-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-woodland.jpg


11. Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/11-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-guggenheim.jpg


12. Rotating Tower, Dubai, UAE

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/12-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-Rotating-Tower-Dubai3.jpghttp://lh3.ggpht.com/_9F9_RUESS2E/SnhGRDMOpiI/AAAAAAAAAWs/6taOpdJxHT0/s800/12-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-Rotating-Tower-Dubai1.jpg


Have you ever seen a building in motion that actually changes its shape? Sounds unbelievable but not to Dr. David Fisher. This building will never appear exactly the same twice.

It is amazing but you will have the choice of waking up to sunrise in your bedroom and enjoying sunsets over the ocean at dinner.

In addition to being such an incredible engineering miracle it will produce energy for itself and even for other buildings because it will have wind turbines fitted between each rotating floor (picture 2). So an 80-story building will have up to 79 wind turbines, making it a true green power plant.


13. Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/13-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-habitat67.jpg


14. Casa da musica (Porto, Portugal)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/14-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-casa-da-musica.jpg


15. Olympic Stadium (Montreal, Canada)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/15-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-olympicstadium.jpg


16. Nautilus House (Mexico City, Mexico)

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/16-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-Nautilus-house.jpg


17. The National Library (Minsk, Belarus)

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/17-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-national-library-belarus1.jpg

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/17-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-national-library-belarus2.jpg
Kazimiera
02-27-2013, 12:25 AM
18. National Theatre (Beijing, China)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/18-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-national-theatre-beijing.jpg


19. Conch Shell House, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/19-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-Conch-Shell-House-Isla-Mujeres1.jpg

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/19-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-Conch-Shell-House-Isla-Mujeres2.jpg


20. House Attack (Vienna, Austria)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/20-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-house-attack.jpg


21. Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/21-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-Bibliotheca-Alexandrina.jpg


22. Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen) (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/22-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-cubic-houses.jpg
http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/22-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-cubic-houses2.jpg


23. Ideal Palace (France)

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/23-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-ideal-palace.jpg


24. The Church of Hallgrimur, Reykjavik, Iceland

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/24-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-caldari.jpg


25. Eden project (United Kingdom)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9F9_RUESS2E/SnhGtMpAPGI/AAAAAAAAAX4/xsjer_OUaQw/s800/25-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-eden-project.jpg


26. The Museum of Play (Rochester , USA)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/26-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-museum-of-play.jpg


27. Atlantis (Dubai, UAE)

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/27-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-atlantis-dubai.jpg


28. Montreal Biosphere (Canada)

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/28-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-biosphere.jpg


29. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, USA)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/29-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-wonderworks.jpg


30. The Basket Building (Ohio, USA)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/30-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-basket-building.jpg


31. Kunsthaus (Graz, Austria)

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/31-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-kunsthaus.jpg


32. Forest Spiral (Darmstadt, Germany)

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/32-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-forest-spiral.jpg


33. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia)

http://bp4.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/33-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-gangsterhouse.jpg

http://www.boredpanda.com/top-33-worlds-strangest-buildings/
Smaug
02-27-2013, 12:29 AM
5,8 - Typical architeture by Oscar Niemeyer.
10 - Just a Hobbit house
17 - Virus!

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/virus.gif
Kazimiera
02-27-2013, 01:25 AM
The Crooked House (2) makes me dizzy. When I look at it I get this urge to tilt my head and my eyes strain!

Although I would love to live in the Forest Spiral (32)!!
Anglojew
02-27-2013, 01:32 AM
I love some of these.

The Lotus Temple is a rip-off of the Sydney Opera House;

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Caismeachd
02-27-2013, 01:42 AM
I think living in that habitat 67 building would be awful. Doesn't really evoke positive feelings.
SkyBurn
02-27-2013, 01:46 AM
These all look so amazing.

Would love to live in this one

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/10-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-woodland.jpg

It would be like living in Hobbiton.
Svipdag
02-27-2013, 02:03 AM
The Hallgrimur church took my breath away. The design is elegantly simple and simply beautiful.


"TRAHIT SVA QVEMQVE VOLVPTAS" - PVBLIVS VERGILIVS MARO
Svipdag
02-27-2013, 02:06 AM
I love some of these.

The Lotus Temple is a rip-off of the Sydney Opera House;

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It shows that the same shapes can be arranged to be beautiful in India or ugly in Australia.


"Chacun a son gout."

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larali
02-27-2013, 02:12 AM
Awesome buildings... like in a dream
Kazimiera
04-05-2013, 12:52 AM
Some more strange buildings!

http://xaxor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Weird-buildings-in-China1.jpg

http://xaxor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Weird-buildings-in-China11.jpg

http://killmydaynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CollectionofWeirdBuildingsPictures12PICS_118C3/CollectionofWeirdBuildingsPictures_1.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7Vt1sT-3_4/S_cWQ45lDMI/AAAAAAAAKyI/ti5YeTEpmsQ/s1600/strange_buildings_around_the_world_36.jpg

http://www.theuberly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Lou-Ruvo-Brain-Institute.jpg

http://www.it-is-funny.com/story/weird-building-designs/weird-building-design-10.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pte2XO66Nwg/SbFsOfqI5fI/AAAAAAAADfA/4xFKcIz71oU/s400/weird+building7.jpg

http://killmydaynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CollectionofWeirdBuildingsPictures12PICS_118C3/CollectionofWeirdBuildingsPictures_11.jpg

http://www.graphicmania.net/wp-content/uploads/3400717944_034da3b30c_b.jpg

http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sba-06.jpg

http://picturrs.com/files/funzug/imgs/unusual/weird_build_04.jpg

http://www.piculous.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/strange_buildings_02-450x300.jpg

http://www.piculous.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/strange_buildings_10.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ax5ZIdFoW1U/Sq0PhY4sHqI/AAAAAAAAVGA/QiPWTivnjNE/s400/most-unusual-buildings-01.jpg
Graham
04-05-2013, 01:16 AM
Habitat 67 makes me laugh out loud. What idiot architect could build something like that? And where they playing Jenga?

The most arty Public housing in the world.

http://reinierdejong.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/habitat67.jpghttp://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2011/11/28/hi-habitat-67-cp-8col.jpg
alb0zfinest
04-05-2013, 01:17 AM
the piano and guitar building is quite creative actually. I like it.
Atlantic Islander
04-05-2013, 06:45 PM
The dome home in Florida:

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/679/domehome.jpg
RussiaPrussia
06-06-2013, 04:08 PM
These all look so amazing.

Would love to live in this one

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/10-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-woodland.jpg

It would be like living in Hobbiton.

it reminds on teletubbies lol
microrobert
08-22-2013, 09:43 AM
Top 33 World’s Strangest Buildings

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1. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain)

http://bp.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/1-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-mindhouse.jpg (http://www.boredpanda.com/top-33-worlds-strangest-buildings/)

2. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

http://bp2.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/2-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-crookedhouse.jpg (http://www.strangebuildings.com/the-crooked-house-sopot-poland/)

3. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal)

http://bp3.uuuploads.com/worlds-strangest-buildings/3-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-stonehouse.jpg (http://www.strangebuildings.com/stone-house-guimaraes-portugal/)


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B01AB20
08-22-2013, 10:40 AM
I'd like to live there.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9F9_RUESS2E/SnhGRDMOpiI/AAAAAAAAAWs/6taOpdJxHT0/s800/12-33-Worlds-Top-Strangest-Buildings-Rotating-Tower-Dubai1.jpg
Damião de Góis
08-22-2013, 02:16 PM
Habitat 67 makes me laugh out loud. What idiot architect could build something like that? And where they playing Jenga?

The most arty Public housing in the world.

http://reinierdejong.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/habitat67.jpghttp://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2011/11/28/hi-habitat-67-cp-8col.jpg

I think their idea was "Hey, let's do a fashionable slum for people to live in. Let's show the world that slum = good!".
Kazimiera
08-24-2013, 11:46 PM
Finger print building in Thailand

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/q71/561911_604654422920241_1049422215_n.jpg
Graham
08-24-2013, 11:50 PM
20. House Attack (Vienna, Austria)
29. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, USA)
30. The Basket Building (Ohio, USA)

Horrible buildings

My favourite

24. The Church of Hallgrimur, Reykjavik, Iceland

A modern building done well. I congratulate them. It's a rare occurrence.
Kazimiera
08-24-2013, 11:54 PM
My favourite

24. The Church of Hallgrimur, Reykjavik, Iceland

Really? I get this really cold and imposing vibe from it. Threatening and negative. I don't like it at all. I'd give it a very wide berth. You would have problems trying to get me to go into that place.
Graham
08-24-2013, 11:58 PM
I'm a fan of trying to keep things old school at times, & this is not a bad job, being a 20th century building. It would fit in grey Edinburgh very well.

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