A construction is man's testament to engineering. But what of the arts? Here's a join of strange buildings that detach themselves from the pack.
In my travels I've come over more strange structures that can only leave you asking, "what were they thinking/smoking/trying?" To some people, planning a masterpiece and marrying it with structural functionality is a great way to make a living.
Don't believe me? Then how can you construe the following strange buildings?
San Francisco's House of Falling Furniture - A quaint miniature construction by the projection of 6th and Howard has, since 1997, had any of its furniture running amuck along its sides. Conceived by local artist Brian Goggin, tables, lamps, chairs, and even a grandfather clock are suspended in mid-air, seemingly in the process of jumping/being thrown out a window. "Defenestration," as its theme explains that fact. It's a pretty strange sight for first-time-defenestrated-furniture spotters, but the fact that the locals don't indeed react much to this strange construction makes it seem like "furniture jumping out a window" is a pretty general thing in 'Cisco.
Crooked House in Poland - You may need to scratch your eyes a bit when you see this beautiful architectural marvel. (And ask yourself, "am I high?") located in Bohaterrow Monte Casino street, this prolongation to the shopping town of the street provides a refreshing take on buildings. While you may think that this was an Lsd-trip-brought-to-life, the Crooked House is indeed in reference to the out-of-this-world art of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg.
The Crazy House in Vietnam - While there're structures that are typically designed to look "industrial" or "futuristic," there are strange buildings that go the "organic" route. That's probably the view in Dr. Dang Viet Nga's mind when she designed the place. (Doesn't it remind you of an old, old Outer Limits episode?) The aptly-named construction is indeed a Villa, with 10 fully-themed rooms. And no, it doesn't look like that on the inside!
Hundertwasser construction in Austria - located in Darmstadt, this strange funhouse-like construction was built by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a preeminent Austrian painter and architect. This construction called the "Waldspirale" or "Forest Spiral" has 105 apartments and wraps around a courtyard with a running stream. The continuous spiraling roof, whose top part reaches the 12th floor, is covered by a garden, which has beech, maple and lime trees.
Santa Monica Civic town Parking Garage - What appears to be a strange construction tribute to Christmas lights is indeed the parking buildings for the Santa Monica Civic Center. What makes it so special is that it is indeed on its way to becoming the first-ever Leed-certified construction of its kind. (that's Leadership in energy and Environmental build to you) Being Leed-certified is kind of a big deal, because it would mean that this is construction was designed with the environment in mind. The roof is covered in solar panels, to originate clean electricity, it also doubles as the shade for the vehicles. The insides of the buildings is cleverly designed to let natural light in while day time, and uses effective fluorescent lighting when needed.
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