1. 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. ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> 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. ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Kikos Dad 3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> manuelfloresv 4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> M'lisande* 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. ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> 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. ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> jonathan_moreau 7. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> 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. ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> 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. ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> 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. ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> JonasPhoto 11. Chapel in the Rock (Arizona, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> santanartist 12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> jemil75 13. Calakmul building a.k.a La Lavadora a.k.a The Washing Mashine (Mexico, Mexico) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> marj k 14.. Kettle House (Texas, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> y luckyfukr 15. Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Manchester, UK) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> tj.blackwell 16. Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> pict_u_re 17. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> angelocesare 18. Stone House (Guimar'es, Portugal) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Jsome1 19. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> James Gordon 20. Weird House in Alps ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> nicolasnova 21. The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> cypherone @ Taiwan 22. The Hole House (Texas, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> melinnis 23. Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang, North Korea) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Pricey 24. The National Library (Minsk, Belarus) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> ledsmagazine.com 25. Grand Lisboa (Macao) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Michael McDonough 26. Wall House (Groningen, Netherlands) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Liao Yusheng 27. Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> disgustipado 28. Bah'' House of Worship a.k.a Lotus Temple (Delhi, India) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> MACSURAK 29. Container City (London, UK) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> y Fin Fahey 30. Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Dom Dada 31. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> deputy-dog.com 32. Air Force Academy Chapel (Colorado, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> dbking 33. Solar Furnace (Odeillo, France) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> f2g2 34. Dome House (Florida, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> easement 35.. Beijing National Stadium (Beijing, China) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> littlemalt 36. Fashion Show Mall (Las Vegas, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> b2tse 37. Luxor Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> wallyg 38. Zenith Europe (Strasbourg, France) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Edouard55 39. Civic Center (Santa Monica) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> karenchu121 40. Mammy's Cupboard (Natchez, MS, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Live Simply 41. Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> the naked fauxtographer 42. The Egg (Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, United States) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> iessi 43. Gherkin Building (London, UK) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> Lawrie Cate 44. Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> iterby 45. Lloyd's building (London, UK) ...Join Keralites, Have fun & be Informed. <http://keralites.net> ryanfb 46. 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