House. Everyone sees the same building differently. For some, a house is primarily a home, for others it is the purchase of a lifetime, for architects and builders it is even a job. Every home is unique and no two are exactly alike. But there are buildings from which it is difficult to take your eyes off. These buildings attract and fascinate, are memorable and never leave your mind, breaking all the usual stereotypes about architectural solutions. Yes, these are the ten most unusual houses in the world. Are you ready to learn a little story about each of them? Then let's get started quickly.
Stone House (Portugal)
Remember the fairy tale about the three little pigs? So, a Portuguese craftsman named Victor Rodriguez brought the idea of Naf-Naf to life and built his home literally in stone. The man took two cobblestones as the basis for his mansion (they act as walls), while the rest (improvised door, windows and roof) was made by hand by the master. Rodriguez's main argument in building such an extravagant house was privacy away from people. To be fair, it turned out to be an ideal option. However, unfortunately for the Portuguese, his home began to attract many tourists. There were so many curious people that poor Victor had to move out - at the moment the house is empty.
Crooked House (Poland)
This unusual building is located in the Polish town of Sopot. In appearance, the house seems to be drunk: it is barely holding on and is about to literally spill down the street. This is precisely the effect that the architects of the extraordinary building sought, using optical illusion as the basis for the construction. In fact, the house is more than stable, and you certainly shouldn’t be afraid of its collapse. The crooked house has been successfully existing for 14 years. It houses entertainment venues, a restaurant and retail shops. In addition, two studios of local radio stations are located here. Getting an office or pavilion in such a house is an excellent marketing ploy. At the very least, the client will definitely not go wrong with the building.
Building "Ryumka" in Tver
Within the walls of the business, which was originally built as the Tverskaya Hotel for the 1980 Olympics, you want to behave extremely decently and as quietly as possible. And do you know why? This is one of the tallest buildings in the city and looks painfully unstable. It is no coincidence that people nicknamed it “The Glass,” because from the outside one gets the feeling that a 22-story skyscraper stands on the roof. True, its owners claim that there is nothing to be afraid of, and rumors about an unacceptable slope and shaky foundation are nothing more than idle fiction.
House-planet of Sheikh Hamad (UAE)
No wonder they say that the rich have their own quirks. For example, Sheikh Hamad from the UAE owns seven cars in seven colors of the rainbow for every day of the week. However, this is not Hamad’s most spectacular “trick”. The sheikh is the owner of a very extraordinary home. He has at his disposal a mobile home in the shape of... Earth. Yes, yes, this giant globe has absolutely all the conditions for a comfortable stay. What can we say if in this ball with a height of 12 and a diameter of 20 meters there are as many as 6 bathrooms and 4 bedrooms. The fruit of the sheikh's imagination was noticed by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records, and in 1993 the planet house was recognized as the most extraordinary building in the world.
House of Soviets in Kaliningrad
This giant has many names: “Buried Robot”, “Monster” and even “SpongeBob”. Needless to say, the House of Soviets, the main long-term construction project in Kaliningrad, evokes very conflicting feelings among the townspeople. After all, it was built practically on the ruins of the Koenigsberg Royal Castle - by the way, the last location of the famous Amber Room. In the evenings, the 28-story high-rise building resembles a talking head, but this does not prevent the block of stone from being used as an observation deck, which, by the way, is the highest in the city.
Sutyagin House (Russia)
Let’s say right away that you won’t be able to look at the world’s first wooden skyscraper with your own eyes. Despite the impressive height of the house of 38 meters (that's approximately 13 floors), the fate of the building went downward from the very beginning. First, its owner, businessman Nikolai Sutyagin, was arrested, and construction was frozen. And upon completion of the construction of the failed record holder (the house could seriously lay claim to a world achievement, since it was built without a single nail), the building was completely declared illegal. In 2008, by court decision, the skyscraper was “shortened” to 4 floors, and 4 years later the remaining part of the building burned down. This is such a ridiculous story. However, exactly the same epithet can be used to describe the appearance of Sutyagin’s house. It's a strange building, you'll agree.
The most densely populated houses in Krasnoyarsk
The horseshoe brings happiness. And for residents of the Solnechny microdistrict in Krasnoyarsk, it also serves as a good shield from bad weather. This area is famous for a group of horseshoe-shaped buildings that not only save residents from the harsh Siberian frosts, but are also considered the longest and most densely populated buildings in the city on the Yenisei. There are five such buildings in Solnechny, each of which has nine floors, 16 entrances and approximately 500 apartments.
Madhouse (Vietnam)
No, no, we are not talking about a mental hospital (although it is an unusual house). In 1990, the Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nga opened one of the most unusual hotels in the world. The building is made in the form of an ancient tree with decorations in the form of giant animals, mushrooms and caves. A huge artificial web adds to the effect. The first visitors were so impressed by Dang's design solution that they opened their mouths and literally shouted the phrase “madhouse.” The architect, in turn, was impressed by the reaction of the citizens, and since then the hotel has been called that. By the way, the Vietnamese themselves are quite skeptical about the building and often avoid it.
Eco-style house
When architects design the most unusual houses, differing from others in their original forms, they often care only about profit, since such buildings immediately become objects of close attention of tourists. However, there are also masters who think not about commerce, but about harmony with nature. F. Hundertwasser was a supporter of the ecological style, and all his masterpieces fit perfectly into the natural landscape. He said that living in identical buildings is very harmful to a person’s mental and physical health.
Upside Down House Szymbark (Poland)
In general, the village of Szymbark, in Poland, is full of attractions. Residents have tried hard to attract the attention of tourists to this area. The world's longest table-board, a fishing pond and a historical museum are all great, but they are clearly inferior in spectacularity to the main feature of Szymbark. We are talking about a house upside down in the literal sense of the word. Both outside and inside, everything is turned 180 degrees: furniture is attached to the ceiling, lamps stick out from the floor, TVs are screwed in reverse, and even the windows are curtained upside down. It is noteworthy that in such a house, orientation is instantly lost - visitors soon begin to feel dizzy. To keep people from going crazy and keeping themselves in good shape, glasses of water are placed all over the floor (or ceiling?).
House-ship in Ivanovo
Unlike other unusual buildings, this house is well known to city residents. They say that in Soviet times, when sending a letter, you could not bother indicating the street and house number, writing only “City of Ivanovo, House-ship.” In any case, the letter would definitely have found its addressee.
As for the house itself, the Ivanovo “flying ship” was built in the 20s of the last century, when architecture and romance went side by side with the needs of a growing city. This, of course, is not “Scarlet Sails”, but in rainy weather the resemblance to a cruise ship for some reason becomes obvious: the glass showcases of the first floor raise it above the ground, the eight-story tower imitates the stern, the pointed end of the house is the bow of the ship, and the ribbons of balconies are the deck .
Hole House (USA)
And here there is no time for illusions and optical illusions. Everything is real - both the house and the hole. The history of this fascinating building dates back to 2005, when Texas authorities ordered one of the houses to be demolished. Having learned about this, two young artists, without a second thought, made an unusual tunnel inside the building. They planned to show the resulting art object to the public just as long as the house would last until demolition. To the surprise of the guys, the hole-in-the-wall house they created grew in popularity, so quickly that in the allotted hour X for the bulldozer to arrive, the building became a real asset for local residents and tourists. The authorities refused to demolish the house, and Texas is now famous not only for legends about cowboys.
Dome house in Novosibirsk
All images in the article: Moya-planeta.ru
Siberia is a harsh region, freezing cold and windy. Therefore, local residents build houses that are not afraid of either the cold or gusts of icy wind.
Thus, local artist Ivan Dyrkin, inspired by the idea of an airship, designed and built a wooden domed house, which immediately became a landmark. According to the folk craftsman, the unusual “hut”, thanks to its streamlined shape, is extremely resistant to wind loads and will remain standing in place even with significant damage.
Flying saucer in Moscow (Russia)
Another building of an unusual configuration from Russia. The “Flying Saucer” is located in Moscow Tekstilshchiki and at one time was the building of the AZLK Museum (Moskvich cars). It seems that I didn’t want to compare “UFO” with the notorious Sutyagin house, but these buildings have too much in common. It is still unclear why the designers chose the “plate”, because the building does not look very impressive. During the functioning of the museum, completely unique exhibits of cars were exhibited here, preserved in a single copy. However, fate decreed that today there is no longer either a plant or a museum. The building is empty, and in the offices there are probably conversations about its possible demolition.
White Tower in Yekaterinburg
This White Tower, although not related to Gondor, is very popular in Yekaterinburg. It is considered an unofficial symbol of an entire era, and once upon a time - in the 30s of the last century - the Ural water tower had no equal in the whole world: its water tank at that time was simply huge and could only compete with its counterpart from Chicago (however , and her tank was 20 m³ smaller).
By the way, prototypes of the White Tower can also be found abroad, namely in China, where a similar structure adorns one of the dairy factories. In the capital of the Urals, the tower is still popular to this day: the annual architectural festival held in Yekaterinburg is named after it.
Ideal Palace of Ferdinand Cheval (France)
Almost all the objects of our current interest were built by professional architects, engineers, or at least people who have a sufficient understanding of this matter. All but one. The so-called ideal palace was built by a simple postman named Ferdinand Cheval. The building amazes with its beauty and variety of styles: here you can find figures of people and animals, various towers and fountains, as well as columns and stairs. However, what is most striking is the fact that Ferdinand had nothing to do with architecture. The postman carefully collected stones while performing his main job. It took Cheval 33 years to build the miracle palace.
House-ship in the village of Borovoy, Kemerovo region
“Nicholas' Ark” is what fellow villagers call a house-ship built by a local craftsman. Nikolai saw his brainchild in a dream and, without delay, got down to business. Over the two years of construction, the idea evolved, and the ship, in the shape of which the bathhouse was originally conceived, turned into a full-fledged “hut on the edge,” as the author lovingly calls it. On board the liner, which immediately became a local landmark, there was a bathhouse, a swimming pool, a living room, a bedroom, a nursery and a greenhouse.
By the way, the author of the building has neither architectural nor construction education. He is a self-taught man whose ingenuity and wealth of life experience helped him realize the dream of the Flying Dutchman, built without a single drawing.
Bookshelf (USA)
Everything ingenious is simple. Most likely, this was the principle that guided the architects who worked on the construction of the library in Kansas City. After all, the idea of making the facade of a building in the form of books is extremely naive, but at the same time, damn it, it hits the bull’s eye! Visually, the front wall of the library is a gigantic shelf on which about two dozen books are located. Moreover, the “bindings” are drawn in such detail that for a moment you can feel like a midget who finds himself in a library. In general, such an original approach to the design of a reading room deservedly occupies a leading position in our rating.
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