The world is beautiful and amazing. It would seem that what can you come up with from the standard set of “walls, floor and roof”. Much more than even the most original imagination can imagine.
Here are collected the most, well, very strange buildings and those that you can’t even raise your hand to categorize as a building.

1. First place, not because of strangeness, but simply because of order, is occupied by the “Crooked House”, built in Sopot, Poland.
The house is home to Jan Marcin Szancer, a famous Polish children's book illustrator, and Per Dahlberg, a Swedish artist living in Sopot. The construction of this building began in January 2003 and in December 2003 it was already pleasing (and/or surprising?) the eyes of residents of the Polish town and tourists.


2. The house with the intriguing name “Waldspirale (Forest Spiral)” was built in Darmstadt, Germany between 1998 and 2000.
The creation belongs to the hand of the famous Austrian architect and artist, well known for his revolutionary, colorful architecture. The architect's designs very often borrow their forms from nature - for example, an onion-shaped dome.

This building with 105 apartments, as if “wrapped” around the courtyard, among other things, has a comfortable restaurant with a cozy cocktail bar.


3. Torre Galatea Figueras. Spain.
Egg kingdom, yes.


4. Palace of Ferdinand Cheval or Ideal Palace. (Ferdinand Cheval Palace, Ideal Palace). France.
5. Basket building. State of Ohio, USA.


The more than 18,000 square meter building, a $30 million replica of the famous picnic basket, took two years to complete. Many experts tried to convince Dave Longaberger, the head of the company, to cancel his plans for the construction of this building and choose a more familiar form, but he did not want to do this, thanks to which we can see this creation with our own eyes.
6. Public library in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
This project, located in the heart of Kansas City, is one of the first projects aimed at restoring the city itself and its historical and tourist value.


City residents were asked to help select the most famous books, which are somehow related to the name Kansas City. These publications were included in the innovative design of the Central City Library to encourage visiting.
7. Upside down house. State of Tennessee, America.


8. Habitat 67 Canada.


In 1967, Canada hosted one of the largest world exhibitions of that time - Expo 67. The main topic The exhibitions were houses and residential construction.
The cube is the basis of this structure, called Habitat 67, completed for the beginning of the exhibition. In a material sense, the cube is a symbol of stability. As for him mystical significance, then the cube is a symbol of wisdom, truth and moral perfection.
354 cubes built on top of each other made it possible to create this gray (in color, not in essence) building with 146 apartments, floating between sky and earth, between the city and the rivers, between greenery and light.
9. Cube houses. Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The original idea for these cubic houses originated in the 1970s. Piet Blom designed a couple of these houses, which were then built in Helmond.


When the architect received a commission to design houses in Rotterdam, he decided to use the cubic idea for this project as well. Another nuance of construction is that each house resembles an abstract tree, which is why the entire village turns into a forest.
10. Hotel or crazy house (Guesthouse aka Crazy House). Hang Nga, Vietnam.


The house belongs to the daughter of the ex-president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. At one time, this Vietnamese lady studied architecture in Moscow.
The structure does not comply with any of the generally accepted concepts of house building and looks like a fairytale castle, with a huge belly of a giraffe or a spider. The house is open to tourists.
11. Chapel. (Chapel in the Rock). State of Arizona, USA.

12. Dancing Building. Prague, Czech Republic.

13. Washing machine building (Calakmul building, La Lavadora, The Washing Machine). Mexico City, Mexico.


14. Kettle House. Texas, USA.

15. Manchester Civil Justice Centre. Manchester, UK.

16. Nakaginskaya tower - capsule. (Nakagin Capsule Tower). Tokyo, Japan.

17. Surreal house (Mind House). Barcelona, ​​Spain.


Surrealism is what makes even the most indifferent hearts come to life and clearly (but unevenly) tremble. Salvador Dali, who once lived in Catalonia (a region of Spain) and worked, inspired by his woman, for the benefit of the surrealist movement, still stimulates the creative urges of architects to create unusual houses around the world and, in particular, in Spain.
18. Stone House. Guemaraes, Portugal.


19. Shoe House. Pennsylvania, America.


20. Weird House. Alps.


21. UFO House (The Ufo House). Sanzi, Taiwan.


22. The Hole House. State of Texas, USA.


23. Ryugyong Hotel. Pyongyang, North Korea.


24. National Library. Minsk, Belarus.


25. Big pineapple (Grand Lisboa). Macau.


26. Wall House. Groningen, Holland.



27. Guggenheim Museum. Bilbao, Spain.


28. House of Worship or Lotus Temple (Bahá’í House of Worship, Lotus Temple). Delhi, India.


29. Container City. London, Great Britain.


30. House Attack. Vienna, Austria.

The idea of ​​this house belongs to the famous architect Erwin Wurm.
31. Wooden house for a gangster. Arkhangelsk, Russia.

Live forever, travel forever! Who would have known that in Russia there was such an unusual and grandiose house! The only thing that is not clear is the presence of voids in the walls of this structure. We can only guess whether this was the author’s idea or whether the tree ran out of wood in Arkhangelsk.
32. Air Force Academy Chapel. Colorado, USA.


33. House – solar battery (Solar Furnace). Odeilleux, France.


A battery house, as you understand, fully provides itself with electricity and everything necessary to maintain life. Now all that remains is to wait for him to launch a rocket into space.
34. Dome House. Florida, USA.


35. Beijing National Stadium. Beijing, China.


36. House of fashion and shopping (Fashion Show Mall). Las Vegas, USA.


37. Luxor Hotel & Casino. Las Vegas, USA.


And we thought that this thing was dug up in Egypt.
38. Zenith Europe Stadium. Strasbourg, France.


39. Civic Center. Santa Monica.


40. House of Mommy's Cupboard. Bouffant, America.

41. Pickle Barrel House. Grand Marais, Michigan, USA.


42. The Egg. Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, USA.


43. Gherkin Building. London, Great Britain.


44. Nord LB building. Hanover, Germany.

45. Lloyd's building office. London, Great Britain.

46. ​​"Friendship." Yalta, Ukraine.


47. Fuji television building. Tokyo, Japan.


48. UCSD Geisel. Library. San Diego, California, USA.


49. House “with a crack.” Ontario, Canada.


50. Bank of Asia or Robot Building (The Bank of Asia aka Robot Building). Bangkok, Thailand.

51. Office center “1000” or “Banknote”. Kaunas, Lithuania.


The building, which was built from 2005 to 2008, was conceived by the architects Rimas Adomaitis, Raimundas Babrauskas, Darius Siaurodinas and Virgilijus Jocys.
52. House Boats. Kerala, India.


53. Olympic Stadium. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


54. Blur Building. Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.


This unusual “ocean” building was built on the occasion of Expo 2002 by the architect studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
55. Concert Hall in Tenerife (Tenerife Concert Hall). Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.


56. The House “You've Never Been to” (The Never Was Haul). Berkeley, California, USA.

Another example of a surrealist view of architecture.
57. Gateway to Europe or Torres KIO office. Madrid, Spain.


These two towers are the world's first experience in the construction of inclined high-rise buildings.
58. UFO house. New Zealand.


59. Department for Production and Supply Problems natural gas(Gas Natural headquarters). Barcelona, ​​Spain.

60. Walt Disney Concert Hall. Los Angeles, California, USA.


This grand hall is the fruit of the efforts of the famous Frank Gehry. 1987-2003.
61. Cob House. Vancouver, Canada.


62. The Mushroom House aka Tree House. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

63. Dungeon house. Location unknown.


64. Panorama House (Edificio Mirador). Madrid, Spain.


This building was designed by the Dutch architectural bureau MVRDV. The building reaches 63.4 meters in height. In the center is a large central hole, which is located at a height of 36.8 meters above the ground. This is a large viewing area. The remaining blocks serve as a residential area with 9 various types apartments
65. Home – Free Spirit Spheres. Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada.


66. Municipal building. Tempe, Arizona, USA.


67. Tree house. Papua New Guinea, Indonesia.


68. Turning Torso. Malmo, Sweden.

Architect Santiago Calatrava. 2005.
69. Apartments. Amsterdam, Holland.

70. Cambridge Dormitory, Massachusetts, USA.


71. Great Mosque. Djenné, Mali.


72. Glass House. Boswell, British Columbia, Canada.


73. House of Beer. Houston, Texas, USA.


74. Strawberry Ice-cream shop. North Carolina, USA.


75. In addition to the previous building - a strawberry house. Tokyo, Japan.


76. Sculptured House. Colorado, USA.

77. Nautilus (Nautilus House). Mexico City, Mexico.


78. Igloo (Eskimo hut made of hardened snow). Kvivik, Faroe Islands.


79. Modern igloos. Alaska.


80. Atomium. Brussels, Belgium.


81. Cathedral of Brasilia. Brazil.


82. Arch building (Great arche of defense). Paris, France.


83. Quarry house (La Pedrera). Barcelona, ​​Spain.


84. “Broken” house (Errante Guest House). Chile.


85. Museum contemporary art(Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art). Nice, France.

86. Agbar Tower. Barcelona, ​​Spain.

87. The Museum of Play. Rochester, USA.


88. Bubble House. Bay Area, California, USA.


89. Pyramid (Raffles Dubai in Wafi city). Dubai, UAE.


90. "Atlantis" (Atlantis). Dubai, UAE.


91. House of Music (Casa da musica). Porto, Portugal.


92. Planetarium named after Carl Zeiss (Zeiss Planetarium). Berlin, Germany.


93. National Theater Beijing, China.


94. Montreal Biosphere (Montreal Biosphère). Canada.


95. Project "Eden". Great Britain.


96. Kobe Port Tower. Japan.

97. Egg. Mumbai, India.


98. Kunsthaus, House of Arts (Kunsthaus). Graz, Austria.


99. Federation Square. Melbourne, Australia.


100. Esplanade. Singapore.

LifeGlobe has repeatedly published articles about the most unusual houses, but the world does not stand still, new even more original projects are constantly being created, old ones are being updated, and even more amazing buildings. I bring to your attention a generalized selection that includes the most unusual houses in the world, including some projects about which articles have already been published. The list will be divided into several parts - a lot of interesting things await you inside.

Crooked house in Poland

Inspired by the paintings of Dahlberg and Jan Marcin Schanzer, the Crooked House (or Crooked House in Polish) is a unique building with cartoonish architecture. With more than 21,000 square meters of area, it is part of a shopping center called Rezydent. This very unconventional design was developed by Szotinscy & Zaleski, attracting numerous curious visitors every year since opening in 2004.

Nautilus House in Mexico City

Nautilus - House for a family with two children, representing a very original way to escape the noise of the big city. The owners of the unusual house wanted to live closer to nature, so they left city life and moved to this colorful residence with a strong water theme. The building was designed by Javier Senosian, who is known for his passion for organic architecture.

Unusual house Habitat 67

While some consider Habitat 67 one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world, others admire its unusualness, calling the house an architectural masterpiece. Habitat 67 is a recognizable landmark in Montreal, a model community in a prestigious neighborhood. Architect Moshe Safdie created the project for his master's thesis, and has his own penthouse in the complex.

National Library in Minsk

A modern symbol of culture and knowledge, the National Library of Minsk stands out for its unusual architectural element in the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron (this is the real name of the shape). This extraordinary building is 72 meters high with 22 floors and can accommodate up to 2,000 reading enthusiasts. The library even has its own conference room and an observation deck with a cafe on top. While many consider it one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, others call the building ugly and awkward. Where is the truth in this question? Only time will tell...

Cube house in Rotterdam

The Cube House in Rotterdam was built in the 1970s according to a very original concept by architect Piet Blom. He wanted to create an urban forest where each building would be represented by a stylized tree. One of the owners decided to open an “exhibition cube” - a fully furnished apartment open to visitors. Thanks to this solution, anyone can come in and see how everything works inside.

Air Force Academy Chapel

Just north of Colorado Springs lies an unusual chapel unlike any other you have ever seen. It was built in 1962 on the grounds of the US Air Force Academy according to a bold and controversial design at the time by Walter Netsch of the architectural firm SOM. The 17-spired chapel is an award-winning building and a National Historic Landmark.

Upside down house in Poland

It seems as if a strong hurricane has turned this unusual house upside down. The house was built by Polish businessman Daniel Capiewski, whose goal was to ridicule communist times. And although this building is on the list of unusual ones, the house in Szymbark is not unique - there are many similar structures in the world.

Atomium in Brussels

This 102-meter-tall structure was originally installed for the Brussels World Expo 1958. The Atomium was designed by architects Andre and Jean Polak along with engineer Andre Waterkein. While its shape will mean little to the uninitiated, any chemist will immediately recognize the structure of an elementary particle, magnified 165 billion times. 12 stainless steel spheres house the various exhibition halls, accessed by escalators and an elevator. The main sphere is an observation deck and offers amazing views of the city. At night, the Atomium sparkles with 2,970 bright lanterns.

Project Eden

If you're traveling to Cornwall, be sure to visit The Eden Project. Here, under large domes, there is a wonderful collection of plants from around the world, plus two artificial biomes dedicated to Mediterranean and tropical environments. This complex is truly amazing and unusual. Two large domes look like giant ones bubble, made of carbon cages placed in steel structures.

National Theater in Beijing

The Beijing National Theater is an amazing building! Often called the Giant Egg, the building is essentially a completely different shape. It is an elliptical dome surrounded by an artificial lake. The lake, like a mirror, reflects the building, creating the illusion of an egg shape. The structure is made of titanium and covered with glass. The theater has an area of ​​more than 60,000 square meters and can seat 5,452 people.

Experience Music Project in Seattle

EMP is a huge non-profit music museum in Seattle. Founded by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, it focuses on contemporary pop culture. The unusual-looking museum has held numerous exhibitions since its opening in 2000. Many experts, however, believe that it is one of the ugliest buildings in the world.

Rotating Tower in Dubai

When completed, this 80-story building will be one of the most unusual skyscrapers in the world. 90 percent of its structure will be built not on the construction site, but in adjacent factories, and transported to the construction site. But obviously, this is not the most unusual thing in the project. As its name suggests, this 400-meter skyscraper will be quite dynamic. Each of its floors will be able to rotate independently at speeds of up to 7 meters per minute. This will result in an ever-changing shape that mesmerizes passersby. Once completed, it will be one of the most expensive construction projects in Dubai and the world, along with the Dubailand park currently under construction.

Unusual House-Miracle

Probably the most unusual thing about this upside-down house is the palm trees around it, which are also upside down. The slogan of the House of Wonderworks is “Let your imagination run wild.” The building is entertainment center, hosting interactive science exhibits and even magic shows.

Forest Spiral in Darmstadt

There are many amazing facts about this structure! First of all, the Forest Spiral is very original in architectural terms. Secondly, the building is environmentally friendly as it is the first structure in the country to be made from recycled concrete. Its name speaks for itself - it is a winding spiral with a green roof (in the truest sense of the word). Courtyard the house seamlessly transitions into a residential roof with trees and seating areas. The house was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a famous Austrian architect and artist.

The continuation of the selection awaits you in the article about the most original houses in the world, which contains no less interesting architectural projects.

Houses of unusual shape can easily be called real works of art. If you ask people how they imagine an unusual house, you will hear many of the most various options: , wooden hut on the outskirts of the forest, and metal finishing elements. There are simply countless options, and their image does not always fit the usual concept of a living space.

The Grand Violin House, which is located in the Chinese city of Huainan, is the main city attraction, which has a very impressive size. A giant violin resting on a black piano attracts the attention of all tourists.

The main idea that accompanied the construction of this architectural miracle was the desire to create something truly unusual and amazing. Not only professional developers, but also students from the Hefei University of Technology studying at the architecture department participated in the creation of the project. The result of their collaboration was an amazing project for an unusual house, which quickly gained popularity among tourists.

Sheikh Hamad mobile home

The Arab Sheikh Hamad, a fan of cars and things of gigantic size, managed to combine these two hobbies into one hobby - he is the owner of popular SUVs, specially manufactured for him on a large scale. One of the most famous among them is a huge house on wheels that follows the shape of the globe.

The Sheikh uses this house when traveling through the desert. Inside this huge globe there are four residential floors, with six bathrooms and four bedrooms. In 1993, this structure was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most extraordinary building.

"Frozen" house

Rotterdam is famous for its amazing building, which rightfully takes its place on the list of the most unusual houses in the world. Once upon a time, this building was a simple, unremarkable house, which it was time to demolish. However, residents did not want to part with it and turned to architects for help, who turned the building into a local landmark. The building was completely repainted and “frozen”, which saved it from an unenviable fate.

House-banknote

This project of an unusual house in Lithuania was developed by the young architect Rimas Adomaitis. According to the creator, the project is in no way a symbol of the power of money; rather, it is a desire to create an original and prestigious building in which an office center will be located. In addition, the banknote house is considered to be a kind of personification of Lithuania’s accession to the European Union, since this unusual structure was erected in 2008, precisely at the time when three small republics, which were once part of the USSR, joined the EU.

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More than 450 thousand glass pieces were used to decorate the façade of this building. various colors which were collected by hand. Due to the fact that the wall is made entirely of glass, the need for windows was completely eliminated. Each piece of glass, manufactured in Europe according to modern standards, is coated with special compounds, which ensures reliable protection from adverse weather conditions.

Home of the Free Spirits

The layout of the “House of Free Spirits” consists of incredibly beautiful wooden balls suspended from trees. They were made by Tom Chudley, who lives in Canada, and are made entirely by hand.

To create the sphere, a wooden frame covered with fiberglass was used. The epoxy resin used to coat the frame gives an unusual shine to the structure. The house has electricity, a sound system and telephone service. You can enter the house using a suspended bridge and a spiral staircase. Instead of a foundation, a system of ropes was used to hold the structure in the same position.

Hundertwasser House in Vienna

The Hundertwasser House, located in Vienna, was built with the participation of the architect and artist Friedensreich Hundentwasser, who developed this unusual house project. Today this building is one of the main attractions of Vienna. It has 52 apartments, 4 offices and 16 private terraces. The construction of this housing was completed in 1986, and currently the cost of residential premises in it is quite high.

The difference between this house and all the others is the complete absence of smooth surfaces - the artist believed that smooth surfaces simply do not exist in nature. The roof of this structure, planted with trees and shrubs, resembles a snail-shaped rise in its shape. Another name for this house is “Forest Spiral”, which appeared due to the amazing similarity of the design with this form.

The appearance of the house is simply amazing with the abundance of bright, saturated colors, since each of the apartments has its own color. No less impressive are the windows of the house, to which the artist gave different shapes and sizes. Apartment residents can easily experiment with appearance your refuge, repainting its walls with your own hands in any original colors.

Some people have a very original approach to building their house, without spending much on it, since they use scrap materials. The result is unusual and original houses that impress with their architecture and amaze with their coziness and comfort.

Waterfall house

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright decided to make a statement about himself somehow. In 1935, he created the design of an unusual house on a waterfall to emphasize the harmony of man and nature.

This is very practical, as it saves space on the site, and water energy can be used to heat and light the house.

Unusual airplane house

Bruce Campbell built his most unusual home from the frame of an old Boeing 727, produced in 1965. He purchased it for just $2,000 in San Jose.

But he had to spend $24,000 to transform the plane into a real home, plus the cost of delivering the frame to the site.

House with the ghosts

In France, not far from Paris, the most unusual house in the world was built. His image was also inspired by fairy tales and legends. Stylistically, it resembles an abandoned haunted house, but no one dares to check whether they actually live in it.

Fabulous unusual house

The owners of a small plot of land in the USA, inspired by fairy tales, designed an unusual fairy-tale house for themselves.

Boot house

Businessman Melon Haynes, who made his fortune in the shoe industry, built himself the most unusual house in the world in the shape of a shoe. It is located in Pennsylvania. Previously, people actually lived in it, but after the death of the tycoon, it was turned into a museum.

Unusual house upside down

In Poland, in the village of Szymbark, there is one of the most unusual houses in the world. It was designed by a Polish businessman as a symbol of communism, which turned everything upside down. Everything inside is really upside down, even the paintings on the walls.

Flintstones house

Dick Clark, a popular TV presenter from the United States who lived permanently in Malibu, designed a mansion for himself that was exactly like the home of Fred Flintstone from the animated series “The Flintstones.”

Inside the building there is only one bedroom, a living room, a couple of bathrooms and a miniature kitchenette. After Clark's death, the mansion was put up for auction, with its value estimated at $3.5 million.

Small unusual house

Architect Mas Miller originally designed a large house, but since he did not have enough money, he reduced the project several times.

It took two years to build. The result is the most unusual, compact and economical house.

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All over the world there are people who approach building a house more original than others. They often not only develop an unusual design themselves, but also build everything with their own hands from scrap materials. Such dwellings are not only impressive in appearance, but also amaze with their practicality.

We invite you to visit 10 of the most original houses around the world.

Photographer Simon Dale, obsessed with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, decided to design a hobbit house for himself. He found a suitable site in the forest, spent only $5,000 on environmental materials and did all the work himself in four months.

The house is heated by solar panels, the refrigerator's cooling system is powered by cool air in the basement, and the toilet produces compost. Unusual, economical and environmentally friendly.

Airplane house

Bruce Campbell built his home from the frame of an old 1965 Boeing 727. He purchased it for just $2,000 in San Jose.

But he had to spend $24,000 to transform the plane into a real home, plus the cost of delivering the frame to the site.

Dick Clark, a popular TV presenter from the United States who lived permanently in Malibu, designed a mansion for himself that was exactly like the home of Fred Flintstone from the animated series “The Flintstones.”

Inside the building there is only one bedroom, a living room, a couple of bathrooms and a miniature kitchenette. After Clark's death, the mansion was put up for auction, with its value estimated at $3.5 million.

In Poland, in the village of Szymbark, there is a very unusual house. It was designed by a Polish businessman as a symbol of communism, which turned everything upside down. Everything inside is really upside down, even the paintings on the walls.

Businessman Melon Haynes, who made his fortune in the shoe industry, built himself a very symbolic house in the shape of a shoe. It is located in Pennsylvania. Previously, people actually lived in it, but after the death of the tycoon, it was turned into a museum.

The owners of a small plot of land in the USA, inspired by fairy tales, designed a fantastic fairytale house for themselves.

In France, not far from Paris, an unusual house was built. His image was also inspired by fairy tales and legends. Stylistically, it resembles an abandoned haunted house, but no one dares to check whether they actually live in it.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright decided to make a statement about himself somehow. In 1935, he designed an incredible house on a waterfall to highlight the harmony of man and nature.

This is very practical, as it saves space on the site, and water energy can be used to heat and light the house.

This house was designed by architect Dmitry Maxwell. The concept is based on meditation and relaxation, as all its walls are completely transparent and offer incredible views of the ocean.

The house stands on a raft that slowly moves along the water surface.

Architect Mas Miller originally designed a large house, but since he did not have enough money, he reduced the project several times.

It took two years to build. The result is a very compact and economical house.

Have you already decided on an original design for your home?