List of bizarre buildings

This list of bizarre buildings contains buildings which have been specifically described by reliable sources using one or more of the following words in relation to their architectural design or construction materials: bizarre, eccentric, funky, odd, strange, quirky, weird or simply unconventional or unusual. These structures may be follies, novelties, tourist traps, white elephants, or an atypically designed office building or museum, or a commercial, religious or residential structure that differs markedly in appearance from most ordinary examples of its type. Some are thematic, such as the Big Duck, which is now an archetype of novelty architecture.

All included buildings, for the purpose of this list article, shall match the Wikipedia definition for "building" or the very similar definition from Merriam-Webster: "a usually roofed and walled structure built for permanent use (as for a dwelling)." Large statues or monuments may be included if they are at least partially hollow and allow human entry as well as the potential for habitation in some form, whether permanently or temporarily.

List

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Image	Name	Construction	Location	Architect	Notes	Refs
File:Bishop Castle2 Fairview CO.jpg more images	Bishop Castle	1969–	San Isabel National Forest near Pueblo, Colorado	Jim Bishop	solo building project begun in 1969; still under construction as of 2024
File:Homestead FL Coral Castle tower02.jpg more images	Coral Castle	1920–1951	near Homestead, Florida	Edward Leedskalnin	house, walls and sculpture garden created from locally quarried oolitic limestone
File:Entrance to Dalí Jewels Gallery..jpg more images	Dalí Theatre and Museum	1974	Figueres, Catalonia, Spain	Joaquim de Ros i Ramis and Alexandre Bonaterra	a museum of the artist Salvador Dalí in his home town
File:Supertree Grove, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore - 20120712-02.jpg more images	Gardens by the Bay	2012	Singapore	Grant Associates	"Supertree Grove" including a restaurant inside a tree-shaped building, within a park on reclaimed land
File:Gardens by the Bay conservatories 300522.jpg more images	Gardens by the Bay	2012	Singapore	WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates	"Cloud Forest and Flower Dome" conservatory building; largest glass greenhouse in the world
File:Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village (3).jpg	Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village	1950s–1970s	Simi Valley, California	Tressa Prisbrey	a folk art piece
File:A654, Tom Kelly's bottle house, Rhyolite, Nevada, United States, 2011.jpg	Tom Kelly's bottle house	1905	Rhyolite, Nevada	Tom Kelly	built with about 50,000 bottles
File:HangNgaCrazyHouse3.jpg	Hằng Nga Guesthouse	1990	Đà Lạt, Vietnam	Đặng Việt Nga	"crazy house" with a fairy tale appearance
File:Horace Burgess Treehouse Aug. 27, 2011.jpg	Horace Burgess's Treehouse	1993–2005	Crossville, Tennessee	Horace Burgess	was claimed to be the world's largest tree house; completely burned down in 2019
File:Ancient Infinity Room.jpg	House on the Rock	1945–1959	Iowa County, Wisconsin	Alex Jordan Jr.	complex of unusual rooms, streets, gardens, and shops as well as the world's largest indoor carousel
File:Hundertwasser 06.jpg	Hundertwasserhaus	1983–1985	Vienna, Austria	Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Josef Krawina	an apartment house
File:KunstHausWien.jpg	KunstHausWien	1989–1991	Vienna, Austria	Friedensreich Hundertwasser	a museum of Hundertwasser's artworks; a renovation of an 1892 building
File:Waldspirale.jpg	Waldspirale	1990s–2000	Darmstadt, Germany	Friedensreich Hundertwasser	Waldspirale (German: forest spiral) – a residential building complex
File:Matrimandir.JPG	Matrimandir	1971–2008	Auroville, India	Mirra Alfassa and Roger Anger	Matrimandir is Sanskrit for Temple of The Mother - an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of integral yoga; initiated by Mirra Alfassa, aka "The Mother", of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
File:Palais Idéal - mai 2014 - 6.JPG	Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval	1879–1912	Hauterives, France	Ferdinand Cheval	the ideal palace as created by a French postman
File:Parc guell - panoramio.jpg	Park Güell	1900–1914	Barcelona, Spain	Antoni Gaudí	a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district
File:Sagrada Familia 01.jpg	Sagrada Família	1882–	Barcelona, Spain	Antoni Gaudí (1883–1926; main), Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano (1882; crypt only), et al.	Sagrada Família (English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family) – a Roman Catholic church; still under construction as of 2024
File:21599-Tianjin (49063975102).jpg	Porcelain House	~	Tianjin, China	~	Porcelain House (Chinese: 瓷房子) – a contemporary museum of pottery and antiques
File:Rubelia -Wide View.jpg	Rubel Castle	1959–1986	Glendora, California	Michael Clarke Rubel	constructed partly out of concrete but also out of scrap steel, rocks, bedsprings, coat hangers, bottles, and other pieces of junk
File:Kazan church.jpg	Temple of All Religions	1992–	Kazan, Russia	Ildar Khanov	Temple of All Religions (Russian: Храм всех религий) – an architectural complex; still under construction as of 2024
File:Million Bottle Temple (7447377506).jpg	Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew	1984–1986	Khun Han, Sisaket, Thailand	Buddhist monks	Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew (Thai: วัดป่ามหาเจดีย์แก้ว, The Million Bottle Temple) – a Buddhist temple made of over one million discarded beer bottles
File:Capilla de los huesos, Évora.jpg	Capela dos Ossos	late 16th century	Évora, Portugal	Franciscan friars	Capela dos Ossos (English: Chapel of Bones) – a chapel whose interior walls are decorated with human skulls and bones; located next to the entrance of the Church of St. Francis
File:Montreal - QC - Habitat67.jpg	Habitat 67	?–1967	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Moshe Safdie	model community and housing complex
File:Niki de Saint Phalle Imperatrice.JPG	Tarot Garden	1978–2002	Pescia Fiorentina, località Garavicchio, province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy	Niki de Saint Phalle	Giardino dei Tarocchi (Italian: Garden of Tarot) – a sculpture garden based on the esoteric tarot
File:Torre da Paz.jpg	Dai Heiwa Kinen Tō	1970	Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan	PL Kyodan	Dai Heiwa Kinen Tō (大平和祈念塔?, lit. The Great Peace Prayer Tower) – a cenotaph tower
File:Bilbao.Guggenheim13.jpg	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao	1993–1997	Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain	Frank Gehry	modern and contemporary art museum; the walls of this acclaimed building undulate in random curves
File:Case danzanti.jpg	Dancing House	1992–1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry

Selected additional Frank Gehry designs

• Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas
  Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas
• Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle
  Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle
• Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
• MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
  MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
• Gehry Tower, Hanover, Germany
  Gehry Tower, Hanover, Germany
• 8 Spruce Street, Manhattan, New York City
  8 Spruce Street, Manhattan, New York City

See also

• Avant-garde architecture

External links

• 78 Strangest buildings of the world

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