15 Unusual and Creative Buildings

Creative houses and unusual building designs from all over the world.

Barcode Building

This unusual office building is located in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Crooked House

Designed by Szotynscy Zaleski, the 4,000 square meter house is located in Rezydent shopping center in Sopot, Poland.
Sanrio Strawberry House

Creative strawberry house located in Denenchofu, Tokyo (Japan).
Basque Health Department Building

New headquarters of the Basque Health Department created by Coll-Barreu Arquitectos are located in the Ensanche, New Town (Spain).
Solar Ark Building

Located in Japan, the Solar Ark building is a solar power generation facility that offers activities to cultivate a better appreciation of solar power generation.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Beautiful concert hall located in Los Angeles, California seats 2,265 people and serves as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.Upside Down House

Creative house designed by Daniel Czapiewski is located in the tiny village of Szymbark in Poland.
Digital Beijing Building

Olympic technical support center for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Dancing House

Designed by Czech architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Canadian architect Frank Gehry, the house vaguely resembles a pair of dancers. The building is located in downtown Prague, Czech Republic.
Cybertecture Egg Building

James Law have been commissioned by Vijay Associate to create an office unlike any other in Mumbai, India. The building is due for completion by the end of 2010.
Piano Building

Located in Anhui province of China, inside the transparent violin is the staircase to the building upstairs.
Burj Al Fateh Hotel

Beautiful five-star hotel located in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
Ray and Maria Stata Center

Unusual academic complex designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sliding House

Located in London, the Sliding House is equipped with a mobile roof/wall enclosure which adds the ability to change the overall composition of the building according to season.
Longaberger Basket Building

Unique building that looks like a giant basket, located in Newark, Ohio.

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New Horrors in Architecture and Construction

Somebody designed it and approved it:

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When Construction Goes Wrong

Hilarious Building Blunders

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Narrow Habitation

Can you actually stay in a house with 1 meter WIDE by 10 meters TALL?

A house calls attention in Madre de Deus, Brazil; it have three floors and even the builder had faith in what he built. Helenita, the designer and the owner of the house who is now living happily inside.

At first, the plan refused, but in the end with the plan allowed the construction, that became a touristic spot of the small town of 12 thousand people.




There are benches in front of the house where the tourists can spent some time watching the unusual building. Some, more curious, ask to go inside and take pictures, in which Helenita (woman in yellow) allows. The couple now have plans to build a 4th floor, "open, for leisure, with barbecue and everything".

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