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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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#1
Being Handicapped In Cabo San Lucas Is Apparently An Extreme Sport
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#2
It's Even More Fascinating When This Shit Happens In A Design School
#3
In Case Of Fire
#4
Can't Touch This?
#5
You Had One Job
#6
Built The Staircase Exactly As Designed, Boss
#7
My Hotel Has A Sitting Area With No Possible Way To Access It
#8
At Friends House For Summer Party. His Downstairs Staircase Does Not Actually Let You Get Into The Basement
#9
This ATM Keeps You Fit
#10
I Would Like To Meet The Planning Committee Who Approved This
#11
Hope You Picked Good Seats!
#12
Right Here!
#13
The World's Worst Balcony
#14
Forgetting How To Architect
#15
You Had One Job, Architects
#16
Best Hotel Room Window View Ever
#17
This New University Building Looks Like A Giant Toilet
Kasia Nitschke 8 years ago
Hey! Somebody left a book on the seat! Must be the "architecture for dummies"!
#18
It's Just Up The Stairs
#19
Found In A Newly Renovated Middle School
#20
The Architect Had A Bit Of Fun With This One
#21
This Pipe Was Bent To Go Around The Clock Instead Of Just Removing The Clock And Going Straight Up
#22
Who Needs Privacy
#23
My Dad Hired A Company To Install A Fence After Extending The Driveway. This Is Their Handy Work
#24
The Clock On This Church. You Had One Job, Architect
#25
Just Noticed This In The Living Room
#26
No One Is Going To Steal My Damn Car
#27
Turn Right And Then Bunnyhop To Your Destination
Miklós Nagy 8 years ago
For some reson (being hit by bicycle, twice) I can understand this one.
#28
You Had One Job
#29
Pointless Balcony
#30
This Single Window On The Side Of A Building
#31
These Stairs
#32
Well-Lit Yard
#33
You Should Have Been More Specific
#34
Went To Philly. Found A Building With A Garage Door On The Third Floor That Looks Like It's Been Hit By A Car
#35
This Roof Window
#36
Who Was In Charge Of Moving The Tv? Oh Well, Whatever
#37
Stairs To Nowhere
#38
This Ramp
Ludogond 8 years ago
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 ☺
#40
Very Useful Door
#41
Just In Front Of A Garage
#42
Welcome To Turkey!
#43
This Mcdonalds Column Doesn't Touch The Ceiling
Liana Swarz-Burt 8 years ago
It's a backup column. If the rest fail, this one will hold everything up when it falls.
#44
A Small Design Flaw
#45
This Building
#46
Yep, Should Work Just Fine
#47
How Is This Supposed To Work?
#48
That Moment When You're Not Sure Wheter It's Cool Or A Fail
#49
Halfway Off The Stairway
#50
Yeah, Why Not
#51
These Gates
#52
These Doors
Kasia Nitschke 8 years ago
Plus you can always guess who's behind the door by staring at their crotch
#53
I Think The Architect Was A Bit Drunk
#54
This Outlet Is Unreachable
#55
Window Fail
#56
Let's Go Out On The Balcony. Oh, Wait...
#57
These Navy Buildings
#58
Let Them All Fall From Those Stairs
#59
This Is Belgium
#60
Who Needs An Emergency Exit Anyway
Cajsa Lajka 8 years ago
*siri voice* In case of fire use emergeny exit and jump and die, this will prevent burns and inhaling smoke.
Henry Russell 3 years ago
all you have to do is jump and break a few bones and you have successfully escaped
#61
So, This Is The Entrance To My Towns Local Shopping Centre
#62
Tell Me Why
Keith Verret 8 years ago
actually to keep standing storm water out....area probably doesn't drain well
#63
Thank God, My Feet Were Getting Tired
#64
Hope
#65
Stairs At My Alma Mater
#66
This Misunderstanding
Kasia Nitschke 8 years ago
Amazing they kept going for 4 floors before realizing something wasn't righf
#67
Stairs Leading To Nowhere At My School
#68
Useful Door!
Final score:
37points
#69
Interesting Choice
#70
Translates To "break The Window In Case Of Fire". Clearly Not Any Window..
Final score:
30points
#71
Czech Without Barriers (sign Says "elevator")
Final score:
28points
#73
When Your Hotel Wardrobe Has Stairs And A Door In It
Final score:
19points
#74
Crawl Or Turn Into Liquid To Get On The Other Side
Final score:
19points
#77
Architecture On I'ts Best :)
Final score:
9points
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Somebody not only built it.... but somebody approved the plans. This makes for more than one moron on these sites.
Ludogond 8 years ago
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 ☺
CluelessLlama13 8 years ago
"I would have one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down, and one more leading nowhere, just for show..."
Marian Adams 8 years ago
yeah I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the contractor is at fault too ;)
Xbd Design 2 years ago
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.
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Somebody not only built it.... but somebody approved the plans. This makes for more than one moron on these sites.
Ludogond 8 years ago
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 ☺
CluelessLlama13 8 years ago
"I would have one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down, and one more leading nowhere, just for show..."
Marian Adams 8 years ago
yeah I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the contractor is at fault too ;)
Xbd Design 2 years ago
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.
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