Strange Buildings of the World

[Anne]

 http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

[Bogey]

Cool site, Anne.  I need to share this one with the rest of the family.

[Anne]

Cool site, Anne.  I need to share this one with the rest of the family.

Glad you liked it.

[Hollywood]

I must agree that this is a cool site indeed. I noticed that they listed the Hundertwasser House in Germany but I didn't see a photo of the two Hundertwasser buildings that we have here in Vienna. So here they are:

This first photo is a city owned apartment complex.


This second one is of the garbage incineration plant that is not far from where I live.

[ezodisy]

This second one is of the garbage incineration plant that is not far from where I live.

well then the hideous dome thing at the top fits, I suppose. More often than not I think these domes end up looking ghastly (age badly?).

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

Anne this is a real pleasure, thank you. I have walked past the Lloyd's building (London) many times and hitherto never realised that it's an actual people-occupied building. Was that the point, to create such a hideous building as to make people think no one could occupy it? I must try to get in there next time I walk through the area.

You have to wonder what they were thinking with the Wooden Gagster House. Only in Russia, no?

I can't believe I missed the Banknote building in Kaunas, Lithuania (part 2). A building and its people, very true here. Next time, then.

The Crooked House in Sopot, Poland, probably is my favourite in part 1. Anything with tiny windows is undesirable.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

A stimulating presentation, indeed. Here are some others I've seen, which I consider worthy to be in such a list.

The House of Chimeras, Kiev:

http://forum.stirpes.net/visual-arts/16591-house-chimeras-kiev.html

The Rock Church, Helsinki:

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/finland/helsinki-rock-church-temppeliaukio.htm

And - not a strange building, but an incredibly strange and creepy interior - the Bone Chapel (kostnice) in Sedlec, Czech Republic, near the world's greatest ghost town, Kutna Hora:

http://www.kostnice.cz/

[Lethevich]

Interesting (usually these lists suck, but this is good), although they somehow managed to list the Torre Agbar twice.

[Anne]

I'm glad everyone liked the site; I have to give credit to my sister and her principal.  My favorite at present is the library in Kansas with books as part of the wall.

[greg]

I bet they got this idea from Escher.



I've been to Wonderworks a few times in Orlando- once, even a field trip in elementary school where we played laser tag and i beat everyone at air hockey. But I don't remember the building looking like a courthouse- upside down, yes, but not a courthouse. I think it looked like a hotel. But I do an image search and this is all that pops up. 



Wow! I remember seeing this all the time on Digimon! 
One of the main character's dads worked there, and the building was being invaded by ghost Digimon. 


This is one of my favorites. Just looking at it gives you a headache, but the complexity here is so incredible!  It's like when you hav ea fever dream and you see a bunch of boxes, except in this pic it looks like they're about to form into a giant transformer.

[Hollywood]

The MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig) here in Vienna looks like the Borg to me. The added upside down house in the second photo below is there only for a special exhibition at the MUMOK.

[Lethevich]

From this angle it looks fascinating - I suspect it is one of those buildings which seem bigger on the inside?

[Anne]

I was wondering what affect, if any, a tornado would have on that building.

[greg]

I was wondering what affect, if any, a tornado would have, on that building.

I think that if they met, they'd just start ballroom dancing.

[Anne]

I think that if they met, they'd just start ballroom dancing.

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

Synagogue in München:



In Dresden:

[M forever]

I was wondering what affect, if any, a tornado would have, on that building.

On that building, probably none, but on the neighboring buildings, probably this:

[Lilas Pastia]

This apartment complex was  built in the mid-sixties for the universal exposition (1967). It stands in the port, close to the docks. One of its features is that no window looks into another one. Each apartment is visually insulated from the others.

[Heather Harrison]

Near where I live, there aren't many strange buildings, and certainly none like those on the website.  In southern Utah, there are two buildings (that I know of) that are built into the sides of cliffs; one is a gas station.  I don't have pictures.

Here is a strange building that I visited recently - the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota.



The decorations on the outside of the building are made from corn.  They change it every year.

http://www.cornpalace.org/

Heather

[Anne]

On that building, probably none, but on the neighboring buildings, probably this:

Very good!   

[M forever]

This apartment complex was  built in the mid-sixties for the universal exposition (1967). It stands in the port, close to the docks. One of its features is that no window looks into another one. Each apartment is visually insulated from the others.

Every conventional box-shaped apartment or other sort of building has that feature, without making such a fuss about it.