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5 Top Weirdest Buildings in the World

If you’ve seen skyscrapers on Lagos Island and felt so overwhelmed, then, I wonder how you will feel when you discover the following top five weirdest buildings in the world. They are in pictures and text description. Stay informed!

 

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Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada

Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada

Habitat 67, or simply Habitat, is a model community and housing complex in Montreal, Canada, designed by Israeli/Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. It was originally conceived as his master’s thesis in architecture at McGill University and then built as a pavilion for Expo 67, the World’s Fair held from April to October 1967. Habitat 67 is widely considered an architectural landmark and one of the most recognizable and significant buildings in both Montreal and Canada.

Cubic Houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cubic Houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cube houses are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of “living as an urban roof”: high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.

Stone House, Portugal

Stone House, Portugal

Casa do Penedo, also known as Stone Castle or a Stone House, is an architectural monument located between Celorico de Basto and Fafe, in northern Portugal. Casa do Penedo is translated in English as House of the Rock. It received its name because it was built from four large boulders that serve as the foundation, walls and ceiling of the house. Its construction began in 1972 and lasted about two years until its completion in 1974.

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The engineer who built the Casa do Penedo was from Guimarães. The residence was initially used by the owners as a holiday destination. Today, Casa de Penedo is a small museum of relics and photographs from Penedo’s history.

The building is located near a wind electricity farm, although there is no electricity inside the house itself. Due to its unusual design and integration into the surrounding nature, the building has become a growing tourist attraction

 

Dancing Building, Czech Republic

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The Dancing House or Fred and Ginger is the nickname given to the building in Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by the Czech architect Vlado Milunić on a vacant riverfront plot. The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.

The “Dancing House” is set on a property of great historical significance. Its site was the location of a house destroyed by the U.S.bombing of Prague in 1945. The “dancing” shape is supported by 99 concrete panels, each a different shape and dimension. On the top of the building is a large twisted structure of metal nicknamed Medusa. The general shape of the building is now featured on a gold 2,000 Czech koruna coin issued by the Czech National Bank.

La Pedrera, Spain

La Pedrera, Spain

Casa Milà popularly known as La Pedrera meaning the ‘The Quarry’ is a modernist building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last civil work designed by architect Antoni Gaudí, and was built from 1906 to 1912.

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It was controversial because of the undulating stone facade and twisting wrought iron balconies and windows designed by Josep Maria Jujol. Structural innovations include a self-supporting stone front and columns, and floors free of load bearing walls. Also innovative is the underground garage.

In 1984 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Currently, it is the headquarters of the Catalunya-La Pedrera Foundation, which manages the exhibitions, activities and public visits at Casa Mila.

Source: Wikipedia

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