Creative houses and unusual building designs from all over the world.
Barcode Building
This unusual office building is located in St. Petersburg, Russia. [link]
Crooked House
Designed by Szotynscy Zaleski, the 4,000 square meter house is located in Rezydent shopping center in Sopot, Poland. [link]
Sanrio Strawberry House
Creative strawberry house located in Denenchofu, Tokyo (Japan). [link]
Basque Health Department Building
New headquarters of the Basque Health Department created by Coll-Barreu Arquitectos are located in the Ensanche, New Town (Spain). [link]
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. [link]
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. [link]
Upside Down House
Creative house designed by Daniel Czapiewski is located in the tiny village of Szymbark in Poland. [link]
Digital Beijing Building
Olympic technical support center for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. [link]
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. [link]
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. [link]
Piano Building
Located in Anhui province of China, inside the transparent violin is the staircase to the building upstairs. [link]
Burj Al Fateh Hotel
Beautiful five-star hotel located in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. [link]
Ray and Maria Stata Center
Unusual academic complex designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [link]
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. [link]
Longaberger Basket Building
Unique building that looks like a giant basket, located in Newark, Ohio. [link]
jo
crooked house, amazing
May 22nd, 2009
Sandy B.
Why is there any buildings from Dubai?!
May 22nd, 2009
Jaccord
Because Dubai is so passee now…
Good collection!
May 23rd, 2009
Andy
the dancing house is awsome
May 23rd, 2009
Jared
Frank Gehry also created a very interesting building on the Case Western Reserve Univ campus in Cleveland called the Peter B. Lewis building
May 23rd, 2009
Chetan Haria
Wow… that the beauty of creativity… hats off…..
May 23rd, 2009
Erin
I was shocked there was nothing from Dubai as well.
I love every building I’ve seen there lol.
But yes crooked house is sweet.
May 23rd, 2009
ayme
i have saved some of these images, i am impresses with the designs
May 23rd, 2009
Mandy
Im surprised that Sydney Opera House isn’t on there. Surely it’s an oldie but it’s still a goody.
May 24th, 2009
Not A Niche
You also should check out the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna from the architect Hundertwasser:
http://reisserbilder.at/bildergross/Hundertwasser_Haus_Wien_House_Vienna_Spaetsommer_Late_Summer_BH274_g.jpg
or
http://www.hundertwasserhaus.com/
May 24th, 2009
wawrzyniec
poland twice!
go poland! dubai is so passe :)
May 25th, 2009
Jaqi Mugo
Piano and solar ark are beautiful!
May 25th, 2009
Le Hoa
really awesome!!
May 25th, 2009
Krylun
Love the Solar Ark. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of it until now.
Apparently Gehry’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology building was a nightmare for leaks right away. I think they would have it all resolved by now though.
May 26th, 2009
Jef
the burj fateh is a total ripoff of the burj dubai, so dubai is here in spirit. and the peter b. lewis building is actually not a building but a giant dollop of whipped cream on your cappuccino that you can walk into. (i think it’s actually kinda fun but there’s mixed and generally negative reactions around here. anyway, toxel could do a whole post just on gehry. and a whole post just on dubai for that matter)
May 26th, 2009
kayla
Those buildings are amazing :D
May 27th, 2009
Numanul Subhani
This is also another great collection in Toxel… amazing and extraordinary !!!
May 27th, 2009
Xo66uT
“Barcode Building” - this funny building near my home, i’m glad to see it here.
May 30th, 2009
Colin
Wowser - my favourite is the MIT building! Insaniquairium!
May 30th, 2009
amy
this looks cool and nice buildings there too
Jun 6th, 2009
shannon
this looks good and ur pics look nice too
Jun 6th, 2009
aritzita
The “Basque Health Department Building” is in Bilbao (Spain). The location you say is not correct.
Jun 22nd, 2009
adefemi davies
amazing, spectacular…
Aug 12th, 2009
برامج مجانية
very nice and creative buildings…
really nice :)
Aug 23rd, 2009
alay
love the crooked house.
it would be awesome if as a world we put more thought and effort into the designs of our living areas and made fantasy and art real life.
Imagine living in a town based off Alice In Wonderland, or one of the Dr.Seuss towns, or The Simpson’s Or Harry Potter, to me that would be amazing.
Oct 11th, 2009
ash
mad
how do these ppl cum up wid dese ideas
freaks
Oct 25th, 2009
sagar
amazing
Nov 24th, 2009
Kristian Archabald
The basket ladies are a cult
Dec 23rd, 2009
bani
no dubai??? or abu dhabi? how come?
Dec 30th, 2009
Kara
dancing house and egg building are yuckkk!!!!
Jan 25th, 2010
stella
This is the kind of modern architecture that makes some sense to me, at least they’re funny. The piano + violin building is by far the most attractive, for beauty, few things can beat musical instruments.
Feb 6th, 2010
imperfectfaith
i wish i can post a pic of singapore’s esplanade thats designed like a durian shell~ hhahasnice building! the barcode and the upside down one rocks!
Mar 8th, 2010
OMATS
can i get houses like this in my country
……i love them all
Mar 14th, 2010
Eww
I loved the Crooked House, The Dancing House. And The best is The Upside Down house.
Jul 9th, 2010