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Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Manchester,
UK)
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.
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The Basket Building (Ohio,
United States)
The Basket Building (Ohio, United States)The Longaberger 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.
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Canada),
Habitat 67 (Montreal
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.
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.
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.
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Chile,
Magic Mountain Hotel
Magic Mountain Hotel, ChileLocated in the nature reserve of Huilo Huilo in Chile with waterfalls that run on it. This is the type of hotel you should go when you need to relax. It’s like a house in the fairy tale that comes true. You should pay $ 120 – $ 160/night to enjoy sleeping in this fairy tale alike hotel.
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Florida,
Jules Undersea Lodge,
Key Largo
Jules Undersea Lodge, Key Largo, FloridaThis hotel is located under the sea and it’s a great place for a honeymoon. While staying in the hotel, we can also do scuba diving near the hotel, $ 375 / per night, $ 250 per couple for 3 hour day rate.
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Controversy Tram Hotel,
Hoogwoud,
the Netherlands
Controversy Tram Hotel, Hoogwoud, the NetherlandsIt’s actually city trams and railcar that converted into 5 B+B rooms with various theme.The price offer is quite reasonable, a night in a tram costing 60 Euros (around $80).
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Jumbo Hostel,
Stockholm,
Sweden
Jumbo Hostel, Stockholm, SwedenThis unique hotel opened in December 2008 and dorm beds will cost about USD $44 – $55 per night. It’s actually a Boeing 747 that crammed into the 353 square metres of available space are 25 tiny rooms with space for 72 people overnight (along with a cafe) tended by uniformed cabin crew 24 hours a day. I guess this will be one of Future Steel Buildings built in each airport for late night passengers
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Cappadocia Cave Hotel,
Turkey
Cappadocia Cave Hotel, TurkeyThis is a cave hotel in Urgup hill in Cappadocia, Turkey. The hotel offer amazing extraordinary and exotic perfect atmosphere. The second floor room come with private terrace carved into the corner of the cliffs. From the terrace you can enjoy beautiful scenery of Cappadocia. Rate offered by this hotel is around $85 per night.
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Cottonwood,
DogBark Park Inn,
Idaho
DogBark Park Inn, Cottonwood, IdahoThe Dog Bark Park Inn is a hotel located in the US state of Idaho. The hotel is carved in the shape of a beagle, making it a famous landmark in the state. It is colloquially known as Sweet Willie by local residents. The hotel, which is located centrally within Idaho, is a two-bedroom B&B which also features dog-shaped contents. The hotel is owned and operated by Dennis and Frances Sullivan.Rate offered per night is $92.
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Capsule Hotel,
The Hague,
the Netherlands
Capsule Hotel, The Hague, the NetherlandsThis bizarre capsule hotel located in The Hague, the Netherlands. It’s a room in a bright orange survival pod which once used on an oil rig platform. Originally built in 1972 they are 4.25 metres in diameter and unaltered apart from the addition of a lock on the outside and an emergency chemical toilet inside. To enjoy this strange experience you should pay $ 100-250 per night
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The Winchester Mystery House – San Jose
The Winchester Mystery House – San JoseWork on this home began in 1884 and lasted through 1922, when owner and designer Sarah Winchester, heiress of the Winchester rifle company, died. At one point, the property sprawled over 161 acres, but has since been reduced to just 4 acres. Winchester was never a huge fan of blueprints. Instead, she preferred an on-the-fly design strategy, sketching rooms and architectural oddities whenever inspiration struck. Notable features include 40 bedrooms, three elevators, 47 fireplaces, 17 chimneys and 467 doorways. The house originally had seven levels, but an earthquake in 1906 collapsed three of them. Tourists now flock to the house to see its many quirks, including a staircase that leads straight to the ceiling.
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222 House – Pembrokeshire,
Wales
222 House – Pembrokeshire, WalesThis house, located within a national park on the southwestern coast of Wales, is sunk into the ground so the landscape remains nearly uninterrupted by its presence. It was completed in 1994 by design firm Future Systems. With turf-covered roofing and siding, the 222 House fits seamlessly into the surrounding field. “This is exemplary sustainable design, where you are integrating the home into the site and minimizing the visual impact,” architect Peter Koliopoulos says. The bathroom and kitchen are prefabricated pods that were lifted into the site during construction. An added benefit of the design concept is the geothermal insulation, which shields the home from wind and cuts energy consumption.
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India,
Lake Palace – Udaipur
Lake Palace – Udaipur, IndiaThis relic of architectural days past dates back to 1746, when Maharana Jagat Singh II commissioned it. Nowadays, it is a high-end hotel, outfitted with modern amenities and luxury suites. The ornate palace sits on a 4-acre slab of land in the middle of Lake Pichola. Its exterior is made from white marble, which architect Peter Koliopoulos says isn’t exactly compatible with the natural surroundings. “You always want to develop design concepts that leverage, reinforce and highlight the natural features of the area. The scale and form of this building, though, are pretty obtuse,” he says. “Incorporating the marble just extends the oddity of the design approach.
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Amory Lovins’ House – Old Snowmass,
Colo
Amory Lovins’ House – Old Snowmass, ColoAmory Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award winner, is no stranger to eco-friendly initiatives, and this combined home and work space is a testament to his ingenuity. The residential section of the building costs a measly $5 per month to power, thanks to the structure’s passive solar design, 16-inch-thick walls and krypton-filled windows. Lovins doesn’t rely on a boiler or furnace to heat the space; instead, two wood-burning stoves take care of the job. But most impressive, perhaps, is the greenhouse, which has churned out nearly 30 crops of bananas, as well as guavas, pineapples and other tropical fruit rarely associated with the Rocky Mountains.
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England,
The Crooked House of Windsor – Windsor
The Crooked House of Windsor – Windsor, EnglandConstruction of this house dates back to 1592, but it didn’t acquire its trademark slant until 1718, when the structure was rebuilt using unseasoned green oak. Sure it’s slanted, but what really makes the house stand out is that its basement had a secret passage to Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the U.K.’s royal family. The passage was allegedly used for trysts between King Charles and a mistress, as well as for running supplies to the castle’s kitchen. The passageway has since been sealed off. Through the centuries, the crooked house has been home to various businesses, including a brewery and jewelry shop. It is now a restaurant.
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minnesota,
Pickle House,
United State
Pickle House, minnesota, United StateEver see a drum of pickles? Pickle House is an example of unusual houses that attract people's attention.
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Gangster House,
Russia
Gangster House, RussiaGangster house or Sutyagin is the world’s tallest wooden house is located in Arkhangelsk, Russia.
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Poland,
Upside-Down House
Upside-Down House, PolandUpside Down The House is a house in Szymbark, Poland is used as one of the interesting tourist attraction is often visited by thousands of local and foreign tourists. Almost every visitor who came in, felt dizzy and nauseous because of the building Upside Down The House has a slope that is so wonderful. A Polish businessman Daniel Czapiewski intentionally made building this house because of considering oblique incidence of conflict in the communist era in the past.
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Floating House,
Ukraine
Floating House, UkraineHouseboat in Ukraine this is actually a wheat farm barns seen flying in the air. This is because the buffer is available at one corner of the building only.
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Pod House,
United States
Pod House, United StatesFor those of you who are on vacation to the United States, try to move to the Pod House in the City of New Rochelle, New York. James H. artificial unique Pod Johnson does not look like a house, but the big mushroom or plant Queen Anne’s lace is only equipped with glass windows and a single pole as a support building.
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Hole House in Texas,
United States
Hole House in Texas, United StatesThis hole house in Texas, the United States is likely an art project rather than a result of the extraordinary accident. Whatever it is, this house could be said unique. Isn’t It?
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Historic and Beautiful Lighthouses
Historic and Beautiful LighthousesThere is something compelling about lighthouses, literal beacons in the night from days gone by when they served vital functions. As a building type light houses have become virtually extinct. Most of those that still exist have been converted to other functions such as cozy little hotels or even conventional homes.
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Glittering Greenhouses and Glass Houses
Glittering Greenhouses and Glass HousesMany of us value our privacy and make it a priority when seeking out the perfect house – but some people do the opposite. Ranging from glass shacks to beautiful greenhouses here are some great examples of extremely extroverted designs revolving around openness, transparency and visual clarity.
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Absurly cramped and Crowded Houses
Absurly cramped and Crowded HousesOK, so some of us can’t even afford a condo per say but don’t dismay – there is certainly a strange and small house somewhere with which you can make your mark. Whether you want to live on a bus, in the skinniest house in the world, a tiny cabin on wheels or an airlifted box is a question only you can answer.
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Dizzyng Cliff and Montain Houses
Dizzyng Cliff and Montain HousesIf beach houses are relaxing these precarious structures are anything but. Perched on the edges of daunting precipices these cliff and mountain homes are some of the scariest places you could possibly think to live. Some have survived for centuries while others are (quite literally) on the brink of destruction.
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Unique Beach and Lake Houses
Unique Beach and Lake HousesWhat could be more relaxing and peaceful than an extended stay at a house on the water? How about: a stay in one of these architecturally amazing beach and lake houses that defy conventions, buck traditions and in one case represents the realization of an amazing designer’s lifelong engineering aspirations.
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Uncanny Dollhouses and Doghouses
Uncanny Dollhouses and DoghousesOf course not every house is built or fit for human occupancy – and these miniature structures represent some particularly engaging designs at a much smaller scale. These crazy dog and doll houses range from inexpensive, humorous and endearing to costly, glamorous and downright disturbing.
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.Cactus House,
Netherlands
Cactus House, NetherlandsIn addition to the windmills, the Netherlands also has a unique housing project such as apartments in the city of Rotterdam called cactus house (house of cactus). Referred to as a cactus house because an architect Ben Huygen and Jasper Jaegers every apartment building this up and decorate it with vines in each of the exterior.
19 cactus-storey house consists of 98 homes equipped with a balcony. From the balcony above, each visitor can see the waters that often in Rotterdam by smaller vessels.
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Mushroom House,
United States
Mushroom House, United StatesIn accordance with its name, Mushroom house built like a large mushroom plant that seems bespectacled. The location of this house is part of Hyde Park is located in the state of Ohio, the United States.
In order to look more attractive, a professor of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati Terry Brown added a little red metal staircase winding to the entrance room and a glass room in the house next to the mushrooms.
