A selection of impressive architectural curiosities (18 photos)

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Most buildings are built to strict standards and look rather monotonous. Standardized facades, identical structures and familiar solutions create the feeling that all buildings are similar to each other. However, the world is full of amazing examples of architecture that violate any notions of traditional design. It is these that we suggest looking at in our selection.

Casa Batlló ("House of Bones") is a residential building in Barcelona, ​​built in 1877 and reconstructed in 1904-1906 by Antoni Gaudi





The Whale Museum in Norway, which looks like a whale



The Buffa di Perrero Shelter from World War I, located at an altitude of 2760 meters in Monte Cristallo, Italy





Temples, dwellings and underground cities in the tuff rocks of Goreme National Park (Cappadocia region, Turkey)



British sculptor's gravity-defying work in Milan, Italy



"Riverside" - a transport museum in Glasgow (Scotland)



The Globus Theater in Novosibirsk, whose creators abandoned classical techniques



The Snake Temple in Malaysia is the only one of its kind kin



The four-star hotel is located in the center of Zaandam in the Netherlands next to the train station



Markthal - office and residential building with market squares in Rotterdam, Netherlands



Fairytale house in the city of Zell on the Moselle River in Germany



The facade of a Memphis-style building that the artist painted as part of the festival, Sunset Park, Brooklyn



Egg house in Moscow



The Kanoe building in Osaka, Japan



Grasshopper Dream Cafe, Jeongseon, South Korea



The Eschif (Goethe's House) in Perigueux (France) is a building built in 1347 that served as a toll collection point for the bridge



An example of parasitic architecture in San Francisco



A small house in Montreal, located on the roof of an abandoned factory

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