40 Questionable Architectural Designs That Are Impossible to Take Your Eyes Off (41 photos)

There are buildings that captivate you from the very first moment with their harmonious proportions, stunning design, and aesthetic power. But our list is a different story. Meet the worst of the worst! The most controversial and questionable structures with any claim to originality! Thanks to the group "That's It, I'm Architecture Shaming" for this wonderful collection of architectural hilarity.







"Last week, this column was straight. This is the first floor of a seven-story building."

— Hug me! — But we're buildings! — Hug me anyway!



House over the Abyss. For the Strong in Spirit!



"I wish these were slides you could slide down!"



No Photoshop



"I feel a little uneasy when I do this." "I see"



The cactus perfectly completes the picture.



"A house in a small town in Iowa. Locals say it leaks a lot when it rains."



Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary



Snail House, somewhere in Bulgaria



Looks like a rodent's nest.



Someone could live here. Villain



What do you know about brutalism?



A toilet-shaped house built by Sim Jaedok, founder of the World Toilet Organization



Psychedelic Modern



Elephant House, Bangkok



"This building ruins my City"



Architect bitten by shark



A glorious flower of communist brutalism—the former central post office in Skopje, Macedonia



"It's time to admit it: Prince wrote great music, but lived in a water treatment plant."



Very surprised House



This is a car dealership building that masquerades as a classic.



The "Crazy House" in Tel Aviv. Built by Syrian architect Leon Gineva, a great admirer of Gaudi.



A wizard probably lives in this house.



Withered Gardens Semiramis



Interesting concept



I wonder who lives in this snow-white castle?



Apartment building in Belgium. Beware, it might appear in your nightmares.



"This is Pittsburgh. They tore down the old church but left the bell tower, and then stuck this building right behind it."



"I wonder who thought this was a good idea?"



A house that looks like an airplane. What a flight of fancy!



Waffle House, Santiago, Chile



"This house gives me the creeps." "eye"



Church of Saint Benedict, Andrélândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Built in 1989.



By law, the old façade was to be left intact. Left behind...



Looks like a gnome's house



House in Pensacola, Florida



Symmetry? No, we haven't heard of it.



It looks weird.



A 3D-printed house. But why couldn't they make it less ugly?