50 Strange Buildings of the World

[Sir Neil]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

I love any kind of building that isn’t square and the more quirky is even better!
Wish I could live in one of Gaudis buildings.

Google our opera house in Sydney. It’s brilliant.

Yes Sydney Opera House is lovely, and is so because of its memorable design. I wonder if there were snooty brickbats about it when it was first built? As for anything unusual, there are people who will think that it’s a load of rubbish. (Usually people who just believe what they read in the paper).

[Sir Neil]

And then you also have the Reichstag in Berlin. Nothing too strange about a cupola, but its distinction is that it’s see-through. This is to reflect the transparency of the democratic process.

[Sir Neil]

Or you could go to Brasilia; a city full of strange buildings.

[Native spirit]

We haven't really got any strange Buildings here



Namaste

[Sir Neil]

I don’t know about strange as such, but I have always found the Louvre Pyramid to be really striking. It has an ethereal air about it, helped by the gushing pools of water around its edges.

[BigJohn]

King Power Mahanakhon in Bangkok, Thailand.

It looks like something I would build after being inspired by the Transformers.

[Sir Neil]

I often think that Trellick Tower in North Kensington, London is a strange building. It’s designed in the Brutalist style popular in the post-war years, and is similar to the Balfron Tower in Poplar, which was by the same architect, Erno Goldfinger.