These days most of us live in houses, apartments, flats, studios or inside any other kind of structure that has walls, windows, and a roof. Since people no longer need to carve our living quarters in caves or build a hut from clay, architecture design and engineering became almost the most important professions that we know. Everybody needs a place to live, right?
Being an architect is a pretty tough job. There's little room for error, and any mistakes that you do make are going to be there on display for all to see for as long as the thing you designed is standing. But as you can see from these funny fails compiled by Bored Panda, some architects are determined to leave their mark on the world in one way or another. Sure they screwed up, but hey, at least you'll remember their masterpieces of modern architecture!
From garage doors finding their way on the third floor of an apartment building, many engineering fails concerning stairs and of course, miscellaneous epic fails of grandiose scale - you'll find it all and many more in this list. Feel free to add your own funny pictures, and don't forget to vote for your favorite design fails!
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Being Handicapped In Cabo San Lucas Is Apparently An Extreme Sport
idk...I'd keep it. Its the only cushion between you and the wall.
Load More Replies...Well, let's look on the bright side, at least you're already in a wheelchair
I wonder what is the max speed one can achieve going down that ramp?
Call ambulance now, save the wait! Holy crap! Though it reminds me of when I blew out my knee skiing at the top of the mountain. They loaded me into the ahkio, strapped me down so I couldn't move. I informed the Ski Patrol, "You lose control of this sled and I'm going to shoot down this mountain like a rocket, and end up across the inlet in Hope!" He responds, "Yah, it really sucks when that happens! ". Me, completely terrified!
It's Even More Fascinating When This Shit Happens In A Design School
Like I tell my kids, art doesn't belong in the walkway! XD
Load More Replies...Ah, but if it wasn't there you wouldn't be thinking about the design, structure and load bearing properties. This is obviously just a test for new students, to get their creative juices going. ...or someone f****d up.
Am I looking at this right? Is this beam going through the railing?
In Case Of Fire
*Everyone in the audience applauds* And our winner for most useless design..... this guy!
In case of fire, take the next half hour to find the tools necessary to remove the railing in front of this fire extinguisher box.
Maybe those metal bars unscrew..In case of fire run get fire retardant gloves..if you survive..try put out what is now raging inferno
Can't Touch This?
Hans you bust my britches.... especially after the previous comment! lol I truly laughed out loud at your 2 comments. Thank you! You know how I love to laugh in the mornings :)
Load More Replies...I read somewhere that this was a deliberate act of art or something like that. Cannot find the claim/proof though. Seems many banks in older buildings started installing ATMs in windows to avoid putting holes in buildings. Maybe a set of stairs were not yet installed in some cases before people took photos of them..
You Had One Job
The same thing in Vietnam, how smart it is! lol... socialfeed...43d80c.jpg
There must be something important down that drain that they don’t want to get wet
YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!!!!!!!!! But I love how the water is everywhere but the drain
this is as bad as the feeling you get when you have sh*t in your pants.
I would be safe during a flood. The b**ch who made this needs more school
Built The Staircase Exactly As Designed, Boss
some weird builder. wait. is it the builder's fault or the designer's fault?
My Hotel Has A Sitting Area With No Possible Way To Access It
In wingistan, only flying people have the right to rest
Load More Replies...This seems like a Zelda puzzle, probably all you have to do is have the gloves of strength to move the giant rock so you can jump on it and get the chest on the other side
Yep, and as you can('t) see, both of them are enjoying a nice cup of oolong tea.
Load More Replies...At Friends House For Summer Party. His Downstairs Staircase Does Not Actually Let You Get Into The Basement
This is when you have one of those rare chances to ask the owner WHY?!?!?
Roll the dice and slide down the rail and hope you fall off on the left.
This ATM Keeps You Fit
Doesn't look small to me... Looks just.... Weird. Unless these dwarves like climbing the stairs..
Load More Replies...Maybe this deters getting robbed because they would have wait for you to come down
keep fit and jog around the road before taking money from the ATM, dad! i don't need to. the ATM has taken care of it for me.
I Would Like To Meet The Planning Committee Who Approved This
LIke a perpetuum mobile, just the other way round: endless wasting without progress.
This picture was posted some days before (like most of this pictures). Someone mentioned it could be something near a Hospital for walking training after an accident/brain damage.
Load More Replies...That is actually a ramp for loading cows onto a truck 🤣😂 you guys are dumb 🙃
Hope You Picked Good Seats!
When you buy the cheap tickets off the dodgy guy outside the stadium
Need tickets for pink floyd's The Wall. I have front row seats available
Right Here!
Impressiv. The builders are talents of working with glass. I mean... it fits!
good for unique looks, bad if a guest is opening the window and hits his hand on the bar
The World's Worst Balcony
When you have undesired visitors, take them for a bit of fresh aiur to the balcony. "After you..."
When your landlord wants permission to raise the rent for improvements but without the improvements that would benefit his tenants.
Forgetting How To Architect
bro forgot to add a door so its a staircase leading to nothing
Having issues finding the door? Contact Harry Potter at 1-800-EXPELIARMUS.
You Had One Job, Architects
more likely they couldn't keep the "escalator" working so ripped it out for plain stairs....
Hihi nice way to trick people. Yeah a elevator I can by lazy.. oh s**t they are stairs .. owh
I expect this was probably temporary - store had an opening date and there was a delay with the escalator, so they had to put something in. Or, a terrible cost cutting measure.
Best Hotel Room Window View Ever
Would have actually been cute if they had a real ocean miral painted behind that curtain.
Load More Replies...'Staged' curtains. At least no-one can look in (peeping-tom free)! Fancy!
This New University Building Looks Like A Giant Toilet
Hey! Somebody left a book on the seat! Must be the "architecture for dummies"!
The lid has the same blue fuzzy stuff as my grandparent’s toilet
I can laugh at this one. A lot of the NON-FUNCTIONAL ones make me angry.
It's Just Up The Stairs
Has anyone noticed the wooden panels on the wall with hinges? Looks like little morgue freezers...for the eventual fall from the stars obviously.
Oh creepy yeah looks it..think I will pass on this place
Load More Replies...Yep, see this more than you would imagine, in retrofitted buildings.
Found In A Newly Renovated Middle School
This reminds me of the episode in wayside where an octopus was sitting in a low roof class
Did this architect get his license a gumball machine? I’m not an architect but I would be immediately asking if this dude was high
Oh, that's the door to Mr. Baggins' room. He teaches Middle Earth History.
This reminds me of that episode of wayside with the octopus in the class that had a low roof
The Architect Had A Bit Of Fun With This One
Ooooohhhh..... Th...Those are eyes with angry eyebrows and some serious wrinkles inbetween!!! Yeah, that's an angry face expression... I mean, surely, I mean DEFINITELY.... ^_^"
To liken this architecture to any part of the male anatomy is...well, a "phallacy" :P
Even trying to deny the obvious penis shaped window.. the numbers on it eliminate the denial.
The architect perfectly learned Freud's psychoanalysis. He composed a fallic symbol, 69 , red color and 'boys' at the same! It seems like a real boys' "dream" house)
This Pipe Was Bent To Go Around The Clock Instead Of Just Removing The Clock And Going Straight Up
But not to difficult to bend a pipe made of steel.
Load More Replies...I don't care if its stupid, we bought the pipe bender and were going to use it
The owner will be in whole lot of trouble if this one brеaks and there's only square ones on the market
Ah, finally an artistic response to Dali's The Persistence of Memory: Time marches on; all else must bend to its demands.
It looks exactly like the 5€ IKEA clock in my toilet room... So yeah, worth all the waste of copper
HA HA I have that Ikea clock too! thinking something else was there..
Load More Replies...Who Needs Privacy
Wherefore art thou? Oh wait, I can see your door from here!
Load More Replies...My Dad Hired A Company To Install A Fence After Extending The Driveway. This Is Their Handy Work
It's one of those sliding tile puzzles that needs to be solved to enter.
looks like someone bought prefab fence sections and made the best of it
The Clock On This Church. You Had One Job, Architect
Hahahahaaaa they could get a tiny smaller clock to fit under the circle window.... but, no, let's just put this one anywhere it fits, no one will notice :):):)
Just Noticed This In The Living Room
I would NEVER live in this house. This is an OCD triggering device!!
Load More Replies...No One Is Going To Steal My Damn Car
What? the purpose of that? oh, ya know.... just keepin my pet dragon there
Hey: If people in Hollywood Hills can have a house with fancy retractable walls, why can't Average Joe have one?
how do you f-ing get it in there in the first place? is there a car elevator in the bottom we don't know about? DUDE the MASSIVE FAILURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Turn Right And Then Bunnyhop To Your Destination
For some reson (being hit by bicycle, twice) I can understand this one.
This is in Prague at Nuselsky bridge - it ended up like this after renovation of the road (https://www.google.cz/maps/@50.0684166,14.4303018,18.75z?hl=cs)
There is no river under Nuselsky bridge but small stream Botic. It´s not Prague.
Load More Replies...I know Russia is full of these. The Dutch news did a hole story on it 😂😂😂 us being bikers and all...
You Had One Job
And if you fail they gently push you and then you fail down the stairs
Load More Replies...A side for taller people and a side for anyone under 3 feet.
ha ha. not expecting it? go to the hospital. oh, by the way, it's upstairs. good luck on your 20-minute walk with a fractured stomach!!!
Pointless Balcony
This Single Window On The Side Of A Building
"I demand a window office!" "I'm sorry. They're all taken." "I said, "I DEMAND."
"...an office with a window or your wife is getting a letter...", said the office girl to the her grabby boss.
Come to my window! Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moooon!
All the other windows ran away from this one. THE WINDOW IS MISTUNDETSTOOD!!
Allllll byyyyy myyyyseeeeeeeeelf, Don't wanna beee Alll byyyy myyyyyseeeeeeelf!
These Stairs
so they don't have to do it again when their dumb a*s boss tells them they didn't finish the job
Load More Replies...Built the stairs then some whiny a*s slipped and sued forcing them to install handrails.
Well-Lit Yard
AT&T: WOULD YOU LIKE TOU HOUSE TO HAVE 4G? FAMILY:YES! AT&T: OK!*does this*
You Should Have Been More Specific
Probably they got to the site and realised the measurements were reversed, and installed it anyway, because it's better to have sideways doors than a big gaping hole in the wall.
Went To Philly. Found A Building With A Garage Door On The Third Floor That Looks Like It's Been Hit By A Car
Ghost also need to learn to drive and it's much safer a few stories higher than the rest of us
This Roof Window
ummmmm........not good if my brothers saw this. they would DIE!!!!
Who Was In Charge Of Moving The Tv? Oh Well, Whatever
I like how whoever built the wall just built around the tv instead of telling someone
TV clips through the wall? It's a glitch. It should be patched in a later update.
Stairs To Nowhere
Maybe if you tap the correct bricks, it will open a magical world.
This explains why when I try to get ahead in life I am always hitting a wall
This Ramp
Fun, but as an Architect I must say that almost none of these have anything to do with architecture. We dont build. This is the result of builder not using an Architect and obviously not filing for approval. Most would be illegal alteration gone wrong. Proper title would be "15 Builder who obviously needed an Architect" but the is one of those that puzzles me ☺
These Genius Stairs
I have actually seen this in a high school where they tried to add on to an old wing and didn't plan well...to say the least!
Very Useful Door
In the dentist office I go to theres a door like this, about seven or eight feet up the wall theres a little door about the size of a cabinet door. No ladder or staircase in sight. I’ve asked two people there about it, one of them said something about how there used to be a bathroom up there(???) one said it was storage. (The place also used to be an eye doctor place.
Just In Front Of A Garage
thats hella stereotypical but i mean the construction workers in mickey mouse sound like that so i'll cut ya some slack.
Load More Replies...If would like to park in your garage I have sacrifice electricity
Welcome To Turkey!
Do u really need a inspector for this? I mean this one was common sense
Load More Replies...This Mcdonalds Column Doesn't Touch The Ceiling
It's a backup column. If the rest fail, this one will hold everything up when it falls.
Eher heard of redundancy? When the building crumbles, it will just fall for 20 cm (or 8 inches, if you like) before having a new foundation.
It's holding up the ceiling using repulsor fields. Truly high-tech.
A Small Design Flaw
This Building
Its sad to see when one building doesn't find the other attractive anymore...
Yep, Should Work Just Fine
How Is This Supposed To Work?
That Moment When You're Not Sure Wheter It's Cool Or A Fail
Halfway Off The Stairway
Yeah, Why Not
These Gates
Looks like a path for walkers and watchers and a NO CLEATS on the brick path gate
These Doors
Plus you can always guess who's behind the door by staring at their crotch
so you can see how big my dog is that will take your leg off if you break in
A dog or cat owner lives here. This is so they can see out the window, I'd put money on it.
I Think The Architect Was A Bit Drunk
Never mind. I just noticed the light post doesn't line up with the verticals of the building. So WTF?
Load More Replies...This Outlet Is Unreachable
Window Fail
No, that's not terrifying. Not at all. Definitely ignore those dinner invites.
i think this is because of back in the day you had to pay taxes for having a window so people bricked up their window so they didn't have to pay it
Let's Go Out On The Balcony. Oh, Wait...
Um...I wonder if this was caused by an errant mouseclick on SimCity?
These Navy Buildings
The Swastik was originally a Hindu symbol of peace and prosperity.
Load More Replies...Pretty sure that there were other buildings shaped like bombers aimed towards these buildings.
Let Them All Fall From Those Stairs
This Is Belgium
Who Needs An Emergency Exit Anyway
*siri voice* In case of fire use emergeny exit and jump and die, this will prevent burns and inhaling smoke.
all you have to do is jump and break a few bones and you have successfully escaped
So, This Is The Entrance To My Towns Local Shopping Centre
Tell Me Why
actually to keep standing storm water out....area probably doesn't drain well
Well, the road doesn't look to be in a good shape, maybe it is in an area where the streets are flooded very often? so they have a little bit of flood-protection.
Thank God, My Feet Were Getting Tired
why did they put a seat there if they didn't want anyone to sit there
Guess they finally figured out the property line! Barbed wire a bit much
Hope
The sticker saying HOPE was put over the original sticker which said "FAIL".
Stairs At My Alma Mater
I was in an airport that was being renovated and was directed to a restroom around the corner. There was not a restroom around the corner. At the insistence of the agent, I tried twice. Then he came around with me stood there staring blankly and said, “yesterday that was the restroom.” Now it was a blank wall. In the same airport, a friend of mine, male, took the elevator to the lower floor and the door opened in the middle of the woman’s restroom.
Ah damn that ever present non glass ceiling...
Load More Replies...This Misunderstanding
Amazing they kept going for 4 floors before realizing something wasn't righf
they just didn't care, as long as it stans... and it does
Load More Replies...I very much doubt an architect was involved in this at all. It's just a self build.
Lol I was gonna say this is in Ecuador, there are some of these here too xD
Load More Replies...Stairs Leading To Nowhere At My School
Stairs leading nowhere in a school: for people who believe school learning leads nowhere.
Useful Door!
it may have been functional 15 years ago, and the the dirt got eroded and exposed the buildings basement as another floor.
The owners are just too cheap to have stairs installed. That's all. ;)
Interesting Choice
Translates To "break The Window In Case Of Fire". Clearly Not Any Window..
Oh, I thought it meant in case of fire, talk with a mouthful of spargeti.
Czech Without Barriers (sign Says "elevator")
That's A Really Useful Door!!!
When Your Hotel Wardrobe Has Stairs And A Door In It
Crawl Or Turn Into Liquid To Get On The Other Side
#friday
In case of emergency, use pickaxe to clear away road, and escape through manhole coverOHMYGOD ZOMBIES AAAAGGGHHH....
Bank Atm In Turkey
For kids to help their grandparents when they are unfamiliar with technology.
Architecture On I'ts Best :)
Someone Thought This Was An Artsy Coat Hanger
"is there somewhere I can hang my coat..hang my coat oops.hang my coat....sigh"
we have those on bathroom stall doors all over the place on our local military base. REAL convenient...when it keeps jabbing you in the back.
There are two things wrong with this. 1: its upside down. 2: if someone opens the door when you’re grabbing your coat and someone opens the door...
Somebody not only built it.... but somebody approved the plans. This makes for more than one moron on these sites.
Fun, but as an Architect I must say that almost none of these have anything to do with architecture. We dont build. This is the result of builder not using an Architect and obviously not filing for approval. Most would be illegal alteration gone wrong. Proper title would be "15 Builder who obviously needed an Architect" but the is one of those that puzzles me ☺
"I would have one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down, and one more leading nowhere, just for show..."
yeah I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the contractor is at fault too ;)
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Somebody not only built it.... but somebody approved the plans. This makes for more than one moron on these sites.
Fun, but as an Architect I must say that almost none of these have anything to do with architecture. We dont build. This is the result of builder not using an Architect and obviously not filing for approval. Most would be illegal alteration gone wrong. Proper title would be "15 Builder who obviously needed an Architect" but the is one of those that puzzles me ☺
"I would have one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down, and one more leading nowhere, just for show..."
yeah I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the contractor is at fault too ;)
XBD Collective is an award-winning design firm focused on materializing sophisticated design into inspired physical spaces interior design and architecture agency in Dubai . Motivated by the pureness of human experience, our team imagines architectural and interior designs meant to envelop, Top Interior Design Consultants in Dubai inspire, and engage sensory experiences. With presence in London & Dubai, XBD Collective is a recognised architecture and interior design agency positioned to provide a careful bespoke approach to ambitious projects worldwide.
