Welcome to "Strange Architectures," a beautiful (and strange!) corner of Facebook that joins architecture aficionados into a group of almost 10k members. The group is dedicated to sharing strange and uncommon architecture from all over the world, and since the world is a never-ending inspiration for that, the collection is endless too.
From giant sky-defying skyscrapers to incredible structures that challenge gravity, from abandoned dwellings that look like something you only see in sci-fi movies to brutalist houses, these displays of strange architecture let your imagination run wild.
Below we wrapped up some of the most interesting examples for you to enjoy, so fasten your seatbelt!
#1 Cat Shaped Kindergarten, Germany
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#2 The Brutalist House In Iceland
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#3 Sou Fujimoto, House Of Hungarian Music, Budapest, Hungary 2022
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#4 Žižkov Television Tower In Prague, Czech Republic
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#5 Norway's Largest Stave Church Built In The 1200s And Still In Use
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#6 Casa Del Portuale, By Aldo Loris Rossi (1969-1981). Naples, Italy
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#7 The Stadthalle, By Rudolf Weißer And Hubert Schiefelbein (1974). Chemnitz, Germany
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#8 Kennington Primary School (‘The Bubble’) Preston (Fulwood), England
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#9 Mvrdv’s Enormous Mirrored Art Storage In Rotterdam
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#10 Chapelle Des Minguettes, By Franck Grimal (1969). Vénissieux (Lyon), France
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#11 The Curious Cubic Houses Of Rotterdam
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#12 The Incredible Architecture Of "The Drunk House", Located In Sopot, Poland
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#13 Einsteinturm, Potsdam. Architect Erich Mendelsohn
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#14 Residential Buildings, By Jean Balladur (1960-1975). La Grande Motte, France
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#15 Church Of The Most Holy Trinity. Vienna, Austria
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#16 Abandoned UFO Bar, By Giovanni Giannattasio (1970s). Salerno, Italy
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#17 Elementary School (Today Enaip Offices), By Enrico Castiglioni (1958). Busto Arsizio, Italy
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#18 This Iron Fountain, With A Total Diameter Of About 10m, Was Originally Built In The Middle Of The Polytechnic Institute Of Gyumri, In Armenia
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#19 CDD - Day Care Center For People With Disabilities, By Archea Associati (2012). Seregno, Italy
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#20 Amsterdam, Netherlands Image By Harimao Lee
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#21 Torres Blancas Madrid Spain 1969
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#22 The Crooked House Of Windsor , Built 1592
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#23 Aqua Tower (2009), Award Winning Chicago Skyscraper, Designed By Architect Jeanne Gang
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#24 Tree Houses From My Trip To Hainan, China
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#25 The Church Of St. Pierre, Designed By Le Corbusier In 1963 Even If The Construction Of This Building Begun Just In 1971 (Six Years After The Architect's Death)
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#26 Piazza Grande Residential Complex, By Aldo Loris Rossi (1979-1989). Naples, Italy
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#27 Multipurpose Building, By Saverio Busiri Vici (1972). Rome, Italy
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#28 The Melnikov House, By Konstantin Melnikov (1929). Moscow, Russia
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#29 Casona Sforza En Oaxaca, México
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#30 Camerlata Fountain, By Cesare Cattaneo And Mario Radice (1935-1936, Rebuilt In 1960). Como, Italy
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#31 Palazzo Degli Oblò (Palace Of The Portholes), By Giovanni Luisoni And Carlo Rinaldi (1961-1963). Turin, Italy
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#32 The Hidden Gem Of Vienna - The Hundertwasser House. It's The Most Unusual Residential Building In Vienna
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#33 Japanese Roofs. Sou Fujimoto, Shiroiya Hotel, Maebashi, Japan 2020
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#34 Chaos
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#35 Palais Bulles ("Bubble Palace") Is A Large House In Théoule-Sur-Mer, Near Cannes, France
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#36 Guangzhou Circle, Lucky Coin Shape Building In Guangzhou. Height 138 M
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#37 Tianzi Hotel, Langfang Unknown Architect, 2000-01
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#38 Bank In Mauritius
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#39 I Found The Design Of This Hotel Building Strange. It Locates At Sicily Island, Italy
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#40 Ministry Of Highway Construction Of The Soviet Replic Of Georgia (Now Bank Of Georgia), Built By George Chakhava And Zurab Jalaghania In 1975
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#41 Solimene Ceramic Factory, By Paolo Soleri (1951-1954)
The exterior is covered with 16,000 red and green ceramic vases, produced in situ. The internal inclined pillars, which fork going upwards (the net reduces its visibility in the photo have a height of 16 meters. Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Italy
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#42 The "Trudelturm" (Spin Tower), Technical Structure Built For Aviation Research Of Spinning Effects, By Hermann Brenner And Werner Deutschmann (1934-1936). Berlin, Germany
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#43 St Joseph Church, By Giampiero Mina (1969). Arbedo-Castione, Switzerland
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#44 Wedding Palace (Palace Of Rituals) Tbilisi, Georgia
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#45 Chiesa Madre, By Ludovico Quaroni And Luisa Anversa Ferretti (1970-1985 And 2002-2010). Gibellina Nuova, Italy
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#46 Edificio Los Cubos, By Michel Andrault, Pierre Parat Aydin Guvan And Alain Capieu (1974-1981). Madrid, Spain
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#47 Circular Apartment Building In Moscow
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#48 Ricardo Bofill. The Red Wall. Calp, Manzanera. Spain
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#49 Odeillo Solar Oven - 1962/1968 - Odeillo France
This is one of the 2 most powerfull solar oven in the world, using sun as energy provider
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#50 Abandoned ' Chicken Church ', Indonesia
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#51 P. Eisenman, City Of Culture, Santiago De Compostela
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#52 Heiligkreuz Kirche Chur - Switzerland
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#53 Liceo Regina Maria Adelaide, By Vittorio Marchisio (1976). Aosta, Italy
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#54 The Now-Abandoned And Neglected Monument To The Uprising Of The People Of Kordun And Banija In Petrova Gora National Park, Croatia
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#55 Spiral Apartment House Ramat Gan, Israel. 1984
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#56 Caravan Gypsy Wagon
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#57 The House Of The Five Senses Entrance Building Of The Efteling Theme Park, Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands
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#58 Dai Heiwa Kinen Tō (The Great Peace Prayer Tower). A Memorial To The World War Victims
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#59 The Police Station In Mestia, Georgia. Completed In 2012
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#60 Liwa Tower In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate
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#61 Square Head In Nice, France. Designed By Sacha Sosno In 2001-02. There Is A Library Inside, But It's Closed To Public
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#62 Finnish Futuro (By Matti Suuronen), Originally Designed In 1965-67 For A Ski Lodge, Now Outside Museum Of Modern Art In Munich
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#63 Bølgen (Danish "The Wave") Is A Modern Residential Building Complex By The Skyttehus Bay In Vejle, Denmark
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#64 Belcrum Water Tower In Breda, The Netherlands. Designed In The Amsterdam School
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#65 Police Booth On The Edge Of Bendery (Bender), Transnistria
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#66 Bolwoningen, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
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#67 Paula Rego Museum By Eduardo Souto De Moura, Cascais Portugal
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#68 Rolex Learning Center, A Project At The Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne In Switzerland , By Sanaa, 2010
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#69 Ij Tunnel Ventilation And Operations Building Amsterdam
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#70 Sanctuary Of Our Lady Of Arantzazu By Francisco Javier Sáenz De Oiza And Luis Laorga
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#71 Casa Del Portuale, By Aldo Loris Rossi (1968-1980). Naples, Italy
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#72 Triangles. Nickisch Walder, Matterhorn Base Camp, Switzerland 2014
"Twenty five triangular, two person tents were constructed out of aluminium and wood in lieu of the Hornlihutte needing refurbishing at the time. The structures were transported to the campsite by helicopter at 2880 meters altitude."
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#73 Cemetery, By Leonardo Ricci (1984-1994). Jesi, Italy
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#74 Arboretum Park Upper Cable Car. Sochi, Russia
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#75 Birmingham New Street Signal Box Birmingham, England
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#76 Xrange, The Wandering Walls, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 2020
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#77 Pilgrimage Church Of Mary, Queen Of Peace, By Gottfried Böhm (1963-1968). Velbert-Neviges, Germany
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#78 The Hyatt Residence En San Francisco, Por John Portman & Asociados (1973)
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#79 Soviet Bus Stop In Armenia
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#80 Pascal Haüsermann (1936 - 2011) Is A Swiss Utopian Architect Specializing In Bubble Houses And Organic Architecture
Most of his creations were built in the Rhône-Alpes region, France. In 1959 , at the age of 21, he built for his father his first concrete veil house without formwork in Grilly
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#81 This Marvel By Paul Rudolph Is Being Demolished. Burroughs-Wellcome Building, Durham, Nc, USA
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#82 Bank Of London, Buenos Aires Argentina. Architect Clorindo Testa - 1960
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#83 Zaha Hadid's Port House In Antwerp
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#84 Lab Buildings At The Institute Of Foreign Languages In Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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#85 Casa Amalia Hernández Lomas De Santa Fé, Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad De México
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#86 Austria’s Blob-Shaped Kunsthaus Graz Art Museum
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#87 The Steele House, Lubbock, Texas
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#88 Walden 7 Barcelona By Ricardo Bofill
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#89 Egg House In Moscow, Built In 2000-2002
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#90 The Matrimandir (Temple Of The Mother) In Auroville, South India
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#91 Aldar Headquarters In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Completed In 2010 By Mz Architects
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#92 Salute Hotel (Hotel “Salyut”) In Kyiv, Ukraine
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#93 Sports Recreational Centre "Milan Gale Muskatirovic" City:belgrade, Country : Serbia
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#94 The Amazon Spheres, By Nbbj. Seattle Washington. USA. Biophilic Architecture
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#95 Messiakerk. Wassenaar. The Netherlands
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#96 Oasis Academy South Bank Façade, London, 1959
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#97 Turning Torso In Malmö, Sweden. Completed In 2005 By Architects Santiago Calatrava/Samark Arkitektur And Design Ab
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#98 This Modern Building, The"Carrot" As We Citizens Call It, Is The Chapel Of Silence Of Our Lutherian Church
Usually people go there to be in silence or pray, etc but today, on Valentines day, there are weddings. The building locates at Helsinki, Finland and is designed by Mikko Summanen, K2S.
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#99 Former Museum Of Archaeology Tbilisi, Georgia
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#100 Concattedrale Gran Madre Di Dio, By Gio Ponti (1967-1970). Taranto, Italy
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#101 Hôtel Du Lac Tunis, Tunisia
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#102 A Wooden Cathedral On Kizhi Island, Russia. It Was Built Without A Single Nail 300 Years Ago
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