List of bizarre buildings

This is a list of bizarre buildings, buildings which are considered odd, strange or weird. These may be follies, novelties or white elephants.

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List
  • Bishop Castle – a family construction project situated in the Wet Mountains of Southern Colorado in the San Isabel National Forest, named after its constructor, Jim Bishop
  • Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan – a sculpture park located 25 km southeast from Vientiane, Laos in a meadow by the Mekong River.
  • Capela dos Ossos (English: Chapel of Bones) – a small interior chapel in Évora, Portugal, interior walls decorated with human skulls and bones.
  • Coral Castle – a stone structure created by the Latvian American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin north of the city of Homestead, Florida.
  • Dai Heiwa Kinen Tō (大平和祈念塔?, lit. The Great Peace Prayer Tower) – a cenotaph tower in Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan.
  • Dalí Theatre and Museum – a museum of the artist Salvador Dalí in his home town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain.
  • Dr. Evermor's Forevertron – the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world in the town of Sumpter, in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.
  • Gardens by the Bay (Chinese: 滨海湾花园; Bīnhǎiwān Huāyuán) – a park of reclaimed land in central Singapore.
  • Gardens of Bomarzo – a Manieristic monumental complex located in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, Italy.
  • Giardino dei Tarocchi (Italian: Garden of Tarot) – a sculpture garden based on the esoteric tarot created by the French artist Niki de Saint Phalle in Pescia Fiorentina, località Garavicchio, province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.
  • Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village – a folk art piece, located in Simi Valley, California.
  • Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – designed by Frank Gehry, the walls of this acclaimed building undulate in random curves.[1][2]
  • Hằng Nga Guesthouse – the "crazy house" designed by Đặng Việt Nga, this has the fairy tale appearance of a tree with mushrooms, spiders' webs and other organic features.[3]
  • Horace Burgess's Treehouse – claimed to be the world's largest, this rambling treehouse was built over the years by a Tennessee minister.[4]
  • House on the Rock – a complex of architecturally unique rooms, streets, gardens, and shops designed by Alex Jordan, Jr. It is also home to the world's largest indoor carousel.[5]
  • Hundertwasserhaus – an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, built after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
  • KunstHausWien – a museum in Vienna, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
  • Matrimandir (Sanskrit for Temple of The Mother) - an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of Integral yoga, situated at the centre of Auroville initiated by The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
  • Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval – the ideal palace created by French postman Ferdinand Cheval.[6]
  • Park Güell – a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.
  • Porcelain House (Chinese: 瓷房子) – a contemporary museum of pottery and antiques in Tianjin, China.
  • Rock Garden of Chandigarh – a Sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India.
  • Rubel Castle – in Glendora, California, by Michael Clarke Rubel, constructed partly out of concrete but also out of scrap steel, rocks, bedsprings, coat hangers, bottles, and other pieces of junk.
  • Sagrada Família (English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family) – a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.
  • Temple of All Religions (Russian: Храм всех религий) – an architectural complex in the Staroye Arakchino Microdistrict of Kazan, Russia.
  • Waldspirale (German: forest spiral) – a residential building complex in Darmstadt, Germany, designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
  • Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew (Thai: วัดป่ามหาเจดีย์แก้ว, The Million Bottle Temple) – a Buddhist temple in Khun Han district of Sisaket province, Thailand, made of over 1 million empty discarded beer bottles.
  • Watts Towers in the Watts community of Los Angeles, Southern California – a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural structures, the tallest reaching a height of over 99 feet (30 m).

See also

References
  1. Paul Cattermole, Ian Westwell (2007), Bizarre Buildings, p. 199, ISBN 9781554073085
  2. Michael Sandler (2011), Freaky-Strange Buildings, p. 20, ISBN 9781617723056
  3. Michael Sandler (2011), Freaky-Strange Buildings, p. 4, ISBN 9781617723056
  4. Kristin Luna (2010), Tennessee Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, p. 223, ISBN 9780762767410
  5. https://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_Contact_History.htm
  6. Paul Cattermole, Ian Westwell (2007), Bizarre Buildings, p. 21, ISBN 9781554073085
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