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.
[image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: brocha<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 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: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Kikos Dad<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: manuelfloresv <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Mélisande*<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 5. The Basket Building (Ohio, United States) The Longaberger <http://www.wowmails.com/> 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. <http://www.wowmails.com/> [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: addicted Eyes <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 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: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: jonathan_moreau <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 7. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....] 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: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: ken ratcliff <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 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: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: vpzone<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 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: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: JonasPhoto<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 11. Chapel in the Rock (Arizona, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: santanartist <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: jemil75<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 13. Calakmul building a.k.a La Lavadora a.k.a The Washing Mashine (Mexico, Mexico) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: marj k<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 14.. Kettle House (Texas, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: y luckyfukr <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 15. Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Manchester, UK) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: tj.blackwell <http://www.wowmails.com/>** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 16. Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: pict_u_re<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 17. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: angelocesare <http://www.wowmails.com/>** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 18. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]image via: Jsome1<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 19. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: James Gordon <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 20. Weird House in Alps [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: nicolasnova <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 21. The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: cypherone @ Taiwan <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 22. The Hole House (Texas, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: melinnis<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 23. Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang, North Korea) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Pricey<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 24. The National Library (Minsk, Belarus) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: ledsmagazine.com <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 25. Grand Lisboa (Macao) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Michael McDonough <http://www.wowmails.com/>** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 26. Wall House (Groningen, Netherlands) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Liao Yusheng <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 27. Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: disgustipado <http://www.wowmails.com/>** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 28. Bahá'í House of Worship a.k.a Lotus Temple (Delhi, India) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: MACSURAK<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 29. Container City (London, UK) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: y Fin Fahey <http://www.wowmails.com/>** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 30. Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Dom Dada<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 31. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: deputy-dog.com <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 32. Air Force Academy Chapel (Colorado, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: dbking<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 33. Solar Furnace (Odeillo, France) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: f2g2<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 34. Dome House (Florida, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: easement<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 35.. Beijing National Stadium (Beijing, China) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: littlemalt<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 36. Fashion Show Mall (Las Vegas, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: b2tse<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 37. Luxor Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: wallyg<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 38. Zenith Europe (Strasbourg, France) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Edouard55<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 39. Civic Center (Santa Monica) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: karenchu121 <http://www.wowmails.com/>** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 40. Mammy's Cupboard (Natchez, MS, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Live Simply <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 41. Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: the naked fauxtographer <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 42. The Egg (Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, United States) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: iessi<http://www.wowmails.com/><http://www.wowmails.com/> 43. Gherkin Building (London, UK) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Lawrie Cate <http://www.wowmails.com/> <http://www.wowmails.com/> 44. Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: iterby<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 45. Lloyd's building (London, UK) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: ryanfb<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 46. "Druzhba Holiday Center Hall (Yalta, Ukraine) [image: Please wait while images are being loaded.....]Image via: Argenberg<http://www.wowmails.com/> ** <http://www.wowmails.com/> 47. 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