30 Of The Most Unusual Buildings From All Over The World

Everyone can design a box with some windows and call it a house – but it takes a skilled architect to design a building that not only meets the client’s requirements and functions well but also looks aesthetically pleasing. However, sometimes architects let their imaginations run a little too wild, and end up producing buildings that could best be described as simply “bizarre”.

Inspired by the weirdest architectural creations from all over the world, someone started a whole subreddit dedicated entirely to them. It’s called Bizarre Buildings , and its 131k+ members regularly share the most odd and funny buildings they managed to spot – check it out in the gallery below! And if crazy architecture is your thing, make sure to read our earlier post about the works of Frank Gehry here !

#1 Cat Shaped Kindergarten, Germany

#2 600 Year Old Clock Located In Prague Is The World’s Oldest Astrological Clock Still In Operation!

#3 Pavilion Of The Enlightened, Thailand

#4 Unique Housing In Netherlands

#5 The Evolution Of This Building Can Be Seen In It’s Masonry

#6 Turtle Building

#7 The National Carpet Museum In Baku, Azerbaijan

#8 An Original 1930’s Shell Gas Station

#9 This Building In Guizhou, China

#10 The Sheep Building (Tirau, Waikato, New Zealand)

#11 Giant 16th-Century ‘Colossus’ Sculpture In Florence, Italy Has Entire Rooms Hidden Inside

#12 Living Like A Caveman With Modern Amenities

#13 The Department Of Fisheries In Hyderabad, India

#14 The Interlace – Singapore

#15 Japanese Moka Train Station In A Shape Of A Locomotive

#16 This Is What Happens When The Owner Of One Half Of A Townhouse Refuses To Sell

#17 When Your Growing Family Needs An Upgrade But You Love That Cozy Cottage

#18 This Is The Proposed Crescent Moon Tower For Dubai

#19 This One-Of-A-Kind Pixelated Facade On The Mahanakhon Tower In Bangkok, Thailand

#20 “My Apartment Is Right Off The Highway”

#21 Container House In The Desert

#22 Treehouse Restaurant (Demolished), Okinawa

#23 When You’re An Architect Whose Brother-In-Law Owns A Struggling Window Store

#24 Abandoned Potato Sorting Station In Ukraine

#25 The Frame In Dubai- Elevator Up, Walk Across A Glass Floor, Elevator Down

#26 Tianzi Hotel, China

#27 Kazakhstan’s Tower Of The Sun By Fundamental Architects

#28 Inverted Pyramid House In Spain

#29 The Stockholm Telephone Tower With Approximately 5,500 Telephone Lines, 1890

#30 An Awesome Building In Chile

Aušrys Uptas

One day, this guy just kind of figured - “I spend most of my time on the internet anyway, why not turn it into a profession?” - and he did! Now he not only gets to browse the latest cat videos and fresh memes every day but also shares them with people all over the world, making sure they stay up to date with everything that’s trending on the web. Some things that always pique his interest are old technologies, literature and all sorts of odd vintage goodness. So if you find something that’s too bizarre not to share, make sure to hit him up!