Most insane buildings

[TV-VCR 15]

What are some insane buildings/structures you've seen?

I'd have to say this thing:

I know it's by Ingels, but I don't know the name or location of the building. It's pretty nuts. I wonder what would happen if an earthquake hit? then again, if the towers are truly joined, they might hold themselves together during a quake or some other disaster? Nor am I sure how they put elevators into it... maybe they used curved elevators? It's possible.

Chris.

[Duke87 1,070]

Most insane buildings, eh?

How about... Bellevue Hospital.

[masochist 111]

Oooh...let's try Frank Gehry:

The Dancing House, Prague

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

EMP Mueseum, Seattle

Stata Center, MIT

Well...you be the judge.  Gehry is well known for these kinds of buildings.

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Originally posted by: masochist Gehry is well known for these kinds of buildings.quote>

That's why he's so awesome.

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

Here is the new Edmonton Art Gallery

stupid looking buildings.....

[Rymac91 15]

I did some research on the W building, it's a proposed building "complex" in Prague, CZ called the Walter Towers.

[Odainsaker 2,135]

I always thought these two were simply just bizarre:

Osaka Dome, which to me will always look like a gigantic chicken pot pie.  This is a baseball stadium...look at the size of those baseballs!  I'm guessing they double as natural gas storage tanks.

Aoyama Technical College, Tokyo.  It's not just a building...it's a Transformer!

Or perhaps a wrecked Gundam.

Okay, the giant robot thing is starting to get out of hand!

[Duke87 1,070]

^^^ Meh. It's Japan. What do you expect?

[Geronimo 4]

Originally posted by: Duke87 ^^^ Meh. It's Japan. What do you expect? quote>

 

..especially not something like this...

[Wheezy 23]

Wonderworks in Orlando.

[ILL Tonkso 1,238]

London Met University Graduate Centre is pretty funky.

The new Canary Wharf Crossrail Station (will be called Isle of Dogs Station) looks like a sunken space ship.

Thats all I can think of at the moment.

[david1314 44]

how about the Denver Art Museum (to conform to the current trend of the thread):

Actually, for insanity per se, I would suggest that building a 1,800' tower in the middle of a desert with ample land and low land value during and through a global real-estate crash is about the most insane thing you could do. In that respect, I would say a long list of buildings in Dubai and the Middle east as a whole top this list.

Though, perhaps the land reclamation projects were more 'insane' given the above imperatives.

[ILL Tonkso 1,238]

Can we have 800x600 please

[david1314 44]

well, the edit was done about a minute before your post....Only so much I can do about the slow server.

[ididntdidit 0]

david1314: I think the building you're referring to is either the Burj Dubai or the Al Burj. The Burj Dubai being my favorite I think it being the most insane props to the A-rabs!!! Haha! The Walt Disney Concert Hall is pretty cool especially for how old it is, they say if you drop a pin inside the concert hall everyone can hear it. I tried it on a field trip one day. Myth Confirmed alert the myth busters!

[Follarch 326]

When I see the Denver Art Museum flying overhead i will forever be changed. xD

Some of these buildings actually pretty cool despite their...eccentric designs. sometimes eccentric can be marvelous.

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Originally posted by: Archean When I see the Denver Art Museum flying overhead i will forever be changed. xD

Some of these buildings actually pretty cool despite their...eccentric designs. sometimes eccentric can be marvelous. quote>

Yeah. I really like of Gehry's work with the exception of the dancing house. The London Met Uni Crad Centre  and the Canary Wharf station Tonks posted are pretty neat, too.

And while we're on the topic of intentionally screwed up buildings:

All the cracks and holes are actually just windows.

[bixel 1,224]

The Dancing House is really really the most stupidest thing ever. There is some really col buildings here - but I must say the The Dancing House is seriously complete garbage and the only thing I think Frank was trying to do was to make a joke out of his celebrity andfame and see what kind of crap he could convince people to believe as art or something. Its the dumbest building ever ever ever!

[Wheezy 23]

This isn't that odd until you find out that it's a waste to energy incinerator. No, really.

[ILL Tonkso 1,238]

The STUNNING Manchester Civil Justice Centre

Also in the UK, the Selfridges Department Store in Birmingham.

[_Atticus 10]

I actually like the first one quite a bit. The second one, however, no comment

Is the first one a court? And who designed it?

-Pingangster

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Originally posted by: ILL Tonkso The STUNNING Manchester Civil Justice Centre

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Now that's one heck of a building! It was designed by DCM I believe?

Originally posted by: ILL Tonkso Also in the UK, the Selfridges Department Store in Birmingham.

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Argh, it's a giant amoeba that's eating the walkway!

Chris.

[doodlea21 31]

Here's my contribution, although frankly it looks quite tame compared to some of these others.

The 'House in the Clouds', Thorpeness, UK. Unlike mose other insane buildings it actually has a 'quaint britishness' feel to it (notice the red phone box.)  What's even more weird is that it used to be a water tower. Of course why ruin a quaint holiday village with a big ugly water tower when you can build this?

By the way if you want a version of it to put in your cities, click here. <-- Sorry for shamelessly plugging my own BAT.

[Isterlan 3]

here's a nice website about crazy structures, pretty much worth checking it:

villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

[zane900 1]

the basket building.

if you're a fan of ancient egypt, you'll love this house.

spend a day in my shoes and see how you like it.

i know i'm a big fan of bubbles.

i once had a party.  it wasn't over for 30 days because i was forced to bring the guests in one by one.

[NYCboy1212 0]

here is some i see in NYC

 

One for the Future

[zane900 1]

Originally posted by: NYCboy1212

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there is such a building being built in downtown brooklyn, too.  creeps me out.  had to blink twice before i completely registered the design.

[NYM1980 3]

Ripleys Museum in Niagara Falls Canada

[Kryptowhite 9]

That last one is actually kind of cool, although I think somthing like that would be better suited in the middle of downtown that all alone away from the skyscrapers.

[NYM1980 3]

Well Kryptowhite that is downtown. Its just a few blocks from all the casinos. Theres a few highrises there.