17 buildings that will make you doubt reality (18 photos)

Think the expression "crooked house" is just a figure of speech?





The authors of these projects have proven otherwise. If you adore unusual architecture, get ready for a real visual shock. This selection presents the most original and strange buildings in the world. These creations literally push the boundaries of human imagination.

1. The Brain House in Barcelona



In Barcelona, where Antonio Gaudi left behind a rich, unconventional creative legacy, an architect was found who took creative freedom too literally and created such a house.

2. Crooked House in Sopot





In the very heart of the Polish resort of Sopot there is a building that violates all the laws of physics, but respects the laws of hospitality.

3. Stone House in Guimarães



In the picturesque hills of northern Portugal, there is an architectural wonder that makes tourists rub their eyes. This house between the stones looks as if the stones grew around it.

4. The Lotus Temple in Delhi



In the chaotic metropolis of New Delhi, a snow-white temple with 27 marble "petals" shimmers like a Zen drop amidst the city noise.

5. Brasilia Cathedral



In a future capital built from scratch in the Brazilian savannah, 16 hyperbolic columns soar into the sky like giant concrete hands clasped in cosmic prayer.

6. Casa Mila - a creation of Gaudi



In the Barcelona quarter of Eixample there is a house that looks like a petrified storm of the Mediterranean Sea and proves that a facade can be not a wall, but a sculptural wave.

7. Atomium in Brussels



On the Brussels horizon, an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times, stands frozen – the most unexpected reminder that in 1958 people believed that the future would literally be so brilliant.

8. Kansas City Public Library



In the middle of Missouri stands a building that looks like a bookcase you can walk into, turning a mundane façade into a grand metaphor.

9. Forest House in Wales



Tucked away in a Welsh forest, this invisible house proves that you can live not just in nature, but literally inside an ecosystem.

10. Nautilus in Mexico City



In a bustling metropolis, where concrete jungles have long since defeated the real thing, this mollusk house reminds us that shells are the oldest "homes" in nature.

11. Shell on Isla Mujeres



On a Mexican island where turquoise waves kiss white sand, there is a house that seems to have grown out of the sea depths, and not built by human hands.

12. "Attack on the House" in Vienna



The perfect facade of the Vienna Museum of Modern Art captures the moment of disaster - an ordinary residential building literally crashed into the building, creating the illusion that architecture has decided to go to war with art.

13. The Ideal Palace of Ferdinand Cheval



In the ordinary French village of Hauterives there is an extraordinary structure, which was built by a postman without an architectural education.

14. Hallgrimskirkja - Lutheran Church in Reykjavik



A 74-meter spire rises into the sky above the capital of Iceland, reminiscent of solidified lava flows turned into concrete organs.

15. Biosphere Museum in Montreal



On the island of Saint Helena in Montreal, a 62-meter steel sphere hovers — the only thing left from the 1967 World's Fair after a catastrophic fire.

16. Basket Building in Ohio



In Newark, Ohio, there is a seven-story building that looks like a giant in a hurry left his basket there.

17. Kunsthaus - Museum in Graz



Among the baroque roofs and medieval streets of Graz, Austria, a blue "friendly alien" has appeared - a museum of modern art.