Some architects are not short of imagination! To prove it, here is my selection of the 20 strangest houses:
La Maison Verte , Pembrokeshire, Wales
Few houses on earth are as green as this one. Built by Tony Wrench and made of wood, straw and recycled materials. It works on solar and wind energy...
The coffee house, Japan
White stripes on a wooden whole give it a look of a wine-cave house... and a pretty mirador to complete it all! By Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori.
Le Nautilus, Taos, New Mexico, USA
Completely built from recycled materials to have the minimum impact on the environment, it was built by Michael Reynolds. Curious...
Trinity Buoy Whard, East London, United Kingdom
Containers as a house are what you can see in East London where an entire community lives in these giant metal boxes...
House of Hobbit, Betty’s bay, South Africa
A house that goes straight out of a Tolkien novel... but in South Africa. Why not...
The village of San-Zhr, Taiwan
An abandoned holiday village north of Taiwan built in the 1960s. Special...
House in the clouds, Thorpeness, Suffolk, United Kingdom
This water castle converted into a house is for the least original. When the village was supplied by the national water circuit in 77, the construction was resumed to make it an architectural curiosity...
Dancing House, Prague, Czech Republic
A building that looks almost normal, designed by Frank Gehry and Valdo Milunic. Yet this building was inspired by the dance of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire to give it its rather special shape.
House twisted, Sopot, Poland
Designed by Polish architect Szotynscy Zaleski and inspired by the fable of Jan Marcin Szancer, this building has become one of the most photographed monuments in the country!
Robot building, Bangkok, Thailand
A building supposed to represent the domination of computing in the bank (since it houses a bank) and the industrialization of the country...
The cubic houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Kubuswoningen, or the cubic houses come straight from architect Piet Bloom. Built at 45° in the form of hexagon, the architect wanted to create space in a place of great population density.
The house Nautilus, Mexico, Mexico
Welcome to the shell planted in the middle of one of the largest cities in Central America. Inspired by underwater life, the architect who built this house (Javier Senosiain) specializes in the constructions inspired by nature.
Price House, Corona del Mar, California, USA
Dessinated by architect Bart Prince, the aim was to keep a maximum of privacy while at the same time to make the whole neighborhood...
The MTC Theatre and Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, Australia
The new home (2009) of theatre companies in Melbourne in Southbank Boulevard is a cluster of painted steels mounted on aluminum pipes...
Longaberger Home Office, Newark, Ohio, USA
A giant basket. That's what the company wanted for its headquarters... You only have to guess their sector of activity...
A pineapple in Dunmore, Airth, Scotland
We can go far for a birthday present when we have the means. Built in 1760 for his wife, the seigneur wanted to make it a garden on the theme of fruits and nature... A... fruity construction!
Takasugi-an tea house, Nagano, Japan
The literal translation of this construction is: "House of Tea built too high". Indeed, more than 6 meters from the ground, when you arrive at the top, you enjoy your tea...
The castle of the hermit, Achmelvich, Scotland
A small cement castle in the country of the castles. By architect David Scott in 1950. Made of a single room with a bed and a fireplace, it is used by occasional hikers...
The shoe house, Hallem, Pennsylvania, USA
Built by a shoe vendor (Mahlon Haines in 1948) to advertise, the house houses the living room in the feet fingers, a kitchen in the heel and two bedrooms in the ankle...
Le Rooftop Moutain Palace, Beijing, China
A 26-storey building houses a rather curious rooftop. Apparently illegally built in one of the largest cities in China...Surment des nostalgiques de la montagne !
Photos by Alamy, translated by Telegraph
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