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Architects have given us the most gorgeous and impressive creations throughout history, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Notre Dame Cathedral, or more recent wonders like The Guggenheim and the Sydney Opera House. However, architects also create some real doozies sometimes.

In these cases, their creations usually end up in the "That's It, We're Architecture Shaming" group. From weird commercial buildings to uninviting homes, this group has everything. Bizarre-looking and serving no functional purpose? Shameworthy! So, if you're looking to have a laugh at some of the most ridiculous and aesthetically infuriating buildings, this is the right place!

Bored Panda got in touch with the group's administrator, social marketing specialist and media master Alicia Mariah Elfving. She kindly agreed to tell us more about the inception of the group and how buildings that get shamed the most can be great conversation starters. Read her thoughts below!

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Here is a classic Michigan architectural gem - the Ypsilanti Water Tower.. AKA the Brick D*ck!

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Tiger
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the word Ypsilanti. It scratches my brain itchies somehow.

Learner Panda
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It just needs a "mouth" at about the level of the flag poles. There, fixed it for you.

Libstak
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, yes, that is exactly what this is. Freud would be proud.

Teutonic Disaster
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least it's wearing protection.

XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All it needs is 2 round bushes on the sides & a water fountain on top 🤭

Glix Drap
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone had an inferiority complex.

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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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The group's administrator, Alicia, tells us that the "That's It, We're Architecture" shaming is a second iteration of the iconic "That's It, I'm Architecture Shaming" group on Facebook. "I got a lot of joy out of looking at the hilarious snarky commentary and ugly buildings," she tells us.

"Then one day my comments were getting declined. They didn't say why, but I was guessing maybe the term 'ugly' was no longer allowed, so I re-wrote my comment. Long story short, the group became overrun by spammers, bots, and scam-type profiles. People were reposting spam posts that had reposted themselves... like a robot spam inception."

"So, I saw the writing on the wall and created a new group called 'That's It, We're Architecture Shaming' to give people who really loved the old group, like me, a place to resurrect the amusing content we once loved," Alicia recounts.

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Alicia tells us that while the group's primary goal is to make people laugh, true architecture lovers come here as well. "The more time you spend in the group, the more you see how invested people are in these buildings. Architects, architecture lovers, photographers... people can be really passionate," she explains.

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    #2

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    Windows, windows everywhere! Chata Otulina - Radków, Poland (rental property close to a national park)

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    Dave Van Beurden
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me building in sims 2 with the motherlode cheat

    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This comment made my millennial a$$ so nostalgic 😊

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    SnootWaggling Fox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of windows is lovely, especially by a national park, but why so much variation in the height they're placed at?

    Abel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes me go full OCD! Who are the monsters that made it!?

    Ann Mohrmann
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somehow I pictured Telemain's house as more than one story...and not white.

    Daria
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    all to better admire the nature's beauty =)

    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hardwick Hall, More Glass Than Wall" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwick_Hall#:~:text=The%20windows%20are%20exceptionally%20large,without%20weakening%20the%20exterior%20walls.

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    Yall I found another interior thing why do people put carpet in bathrooms or anywhere in houses. please burn it with fire, why does this bath tub have the bed posts on it so many whys…

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    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mold. Musty smell. Always damp and squishy to walk on. Gross. Gross. Gross.

    The Phantom Stranger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife would probably like the idea of a canopied bathtub--I wouldn't have gone with the wooden risers, though. But wall to wall carpeting all the way up the sides of the tub? Just no, no, no, no ...

    Anthorn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like the posts, but the carpet is just...eeew

    fancy unicorn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a baseboard electric heater on the side?

    Thin Richard
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that the radiator for heating on the side?

    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The longer I look the more baffled I am

    Ge Po
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, the bed-posts may be a way to help you climb out. I get that. The carpet .... ehmm.... well ... yeah .... at least you won't, like, slip?

    Mash
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Posts allow for some playtime.fun with your friends.

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    So, what makes a building truly shame-worthy? Alicia thinks it depends on the person. "The more 'out there' a design is, the more it elicits an emotional response. So, usually, buildings that are unique and different get the most shame, just because they give everyone something to talk about. They're real conversation starters."

    Alicia also tells Bored Panda that groups like "That's It, We're Architecture Shaming" are a great way for people to be exposed to other opinions. Perhaps it can even change the way people think about architecture.

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    "[It gives] people an opportunity to explore people's opinions on topics outside their usual echo chamber. That means they have more opportunities to see things from other cultures and perspectives... and for that, I think, it's changed it for the better. Maybe not a lot, but a little better is good, right?"

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    The Selfridges Building in Birmingham, England.

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    jeffrey champion
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Henry the vaccum cleaner was a cyclops

    Abel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see a mix between a cyclops and Pinochio 🫤

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    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never seen it in the flesh (anodised aluminium, whatevs) but at least it's different from the usual auto-generated shopping centre architecture. And it's Birmingham, how much harm can it do? Just kidding!! *Looks nervously around for any Brummies*

    KittyGaming
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Immediately I thought of Wallace and Gromit

    S. E. in Indiana
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really do not see anything wrong with this.

    martin734
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks much better from any other angle. Much better than most shopping centres.

    David Morgan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No offence meant, but does it remind anyone else of a Bang and Olufsen speaker with an unplugged power cord (the indent above the walkway looks like a port)?

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    I’ve made these houses into memes before because, well, look at them! So full of personality. So much to shame or love, depending on your personal tastes.

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    The Phantom Stranger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the Emo death-metal dude with his My Little Pony-loving cheerleader girlfriend.

    Marcos Valencia
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The good think here is that these aren't copy and pasted homes.

    arthbach
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Homes for Barbie and Goth Barbie.

    Id row
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be happy with either one, they're worth a fortune.

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    #6

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    Got shown this in class today on what not to do.

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    Mark Fergel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen this photo a lot. I'd love to know the story behind it. There has to be a resolution to it because there is no way this works and I fail to understand how it would have even been approved.

    PFD
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Snopes dug into it (or stole it from someone else, idk, I've heard stories). Anyway: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-driveway-photos/

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    Gen X Feral
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me unloading groceries from the car while the garage door closes and get sued for letting loose a 2 liter soda missile

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great place for your kids to learn to ride a bike!

    Donald
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first time that freezes over is gonna be quite the thrill.

    We can all point and laugh at what we think are ugly buildings and houses. But what does make architecture bad? Aaron Betsky, columnist for Architect Magazine, claims that today, good architecture should be sustainable, functional, enhancing, and, of course, beautiful.

    "Architecture should be neither weird nor boring, neither alien nor alienating, neither wasteful nor wanting in the qualities that make us human," he writes. "I think that we rather, first, have to ask the question in all cases: 'Do we really need more buildings?'"

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    #7

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    I wonder if his wife is a quilter.

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    rebecca hull
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Building on a budget? Buy remainders and patch them together like this. Person even managed to make it aesthetic. Good on them!

    NoNameGiven
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked at a thrift store that sold shingles to people just trying to make it work. Good on them

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    Marcos Valencia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I need to rebuild my roof, please send 75 samples."

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like they bought them from sale to sale. Very creative.

    Brier Random
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “His wife??” Who is “he”?? Oh, wait: Only men can own houses, or re-roof them.

    mandy the capibara
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the rest of the building and landscaping had been more inviting, this could have been whimsical!

    Lowrider 56
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes when you're poor ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

    martin734
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like this, adds a little character to an otherwise bland brick box.

    Somebodys grandmother
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's good, funny and done on purpose. I love it...

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    #8

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    In Leytonstone, east London, UK
    The couple who owns the garden ultimately decided to plant some trees and hide the window.

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    Libstak
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you bought the property with this already there, of course you can't challenge it unless the previous owners had a case pending but unresolved to do so. If they did, and did not disclose this upon sale of property, then its them you need to sue.

    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Erect a giant weird sculpture in front of the window that obscures their view. Like a giant disembodied Ronald McDonald head staring into their bedroom or something.

    Ece Cenker
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...with light coming out of its eyes into the bedroom.

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    Jo pay me more
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Came here to say the same thing. You must have known it was there when you viewed the house. It's hard to miss. Bit like buying a house next to an airport then complaining because the planes are too loud.

    Kenny Kulbiski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Window looks better than the "garden."

    TribbleThinking
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Make sure to get a tree that drops sap like mad. It'll adhere nicely to those windows.

    Id row
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strange they'd buy the property knowing it was there and just assuming they could complain and have it dismantled.

    Lihi Porat
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But not only it ruins the aesthetic of their neighbors garden, it just looks horrendous on the house!!

    Giles McArdell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also worth checking how high you are allowed to build the back wall, you might be able to entirely cover the window.

    Rizzo
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    1 year ago

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    I have no words.

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    Lost Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There once was an old woman who lived in a shoe...

    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work with an old guy who was always muttering to himself. Once I walked past him while he was quietly muttering “there was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children that her uterus fell out and she fúcking died.” 😂😂 I just kept walking lmao

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    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cute and funny, and sure to be a much-loved landmark for families whose journeys take them past. No shame needed - in a world where 97.8% of architecture is pure mediocrity at best, there's room for some whimsy, even if it's not precisely tasteful.

    featherytoad
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And, at least the windows aren't all w***y nilly.

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    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not pretending to be 'architecture'. It's just a lovely with of wimsey. It's fun. It's good. I like it.

    Red Hair Blue Soul
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is near me in PA. It was built a long time ago by a shoe maker/merchant for his family. It's now available for rent on VRBO.

    Raquel Mencke
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need to shame them. The original owner was quite a shoe salesman. He built his shoe empire to include 40 stores in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Quite interesting history behind the Haines Shoe House https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/05/10/whats-up-huge-shoe-route-30-column/84190504/

    Glix Drap
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bet the architect got booted out afterwards.

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    According to Arch Daily, good architecture needs to have a purpose. It needs to serve its environment, spatial, and human factors. The magazine claims that we should build infrastructures because we need them, not just because we can. "A considerate project is one that is both supportive and nurturing—of people, of place, and of society."

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    House I pass every time I visit my parents- it’s on a busy road, hence the Google Maps pic. Was built a couple years ago and they’ve since added some plants… as you can surely visualize, that helps none.

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    jeffrey champion
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The graphics team needs more budget for world building

    Diolla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, well, windows are expensive.

    The Phantom Stranger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are prepared to defend against invading Saxons, or something...

    Robyn H
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After too many windows a couple of posts above, this is my second Sims property.

    martin734
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they spec the windows in inches and build them in centimetres?

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ll bet the back of the house is wonderful. At least I sure hope it compensates for the drab front.

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are prisons more beautifl than this.

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    #11

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    Pretty sure I’d trip on these steps every single time.

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    The Phantom Stranger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there's another doorway at a 90° angle on the left I can maybe understand it; otherwise this is a Mr. Bean sketch waiting to happen.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if there is another door in that angle, there was a better way to line the stairs up to both entries without creating this accident waiting to happen.

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d trip and somehow knock all those vases off the shelves. (Do y’all pronounce it vase or vase?)

    Marcos Valencia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vase, but with some Spanish accent, so I actually pronounce it as vase.

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    Dusty's mom
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    8 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not something to walk on in socks.

    Alicia M Goodner
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hubs and I call these " Murder Stairs "

    Hoodoo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and it's right next to the glass shelves! Brilliant!!

    DforDory
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My toe hurts just looking at it!

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    Need some heritage window frames replaced? No worries, call these guys!

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    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gives a nice prison effect

    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is the first I've come across in the list, but I can see my refrain will be 'It wasn't the architect who was at fault here." It would be very boring for my fellow Pandas to read, so I'm just going to downvote every post where it wasn't an architectural decision.

    Trophy Husband
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well they get points for not removing the exterior pieces that make it a historic building, or make it fit with the neighborhood, etc. However, they wanted to be able to open the window and the old type of windows were a style that could not be opened. In order to both meet building code because these new ones look like they're storm proof, and also not change the exterior aesthetic, they ended up with this look. I don't think this is an architecture fail, I think this is someone wanting to upgrade the inside of their house without changing the outside and making the best choice that they could.

    Abel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you want to ventilate your home? Not today!

    To an outsider, the world of architecture may seem unproblematic and borderline boring. However, they do have their fair share of Kanyes—revered architects so controversial that their peers and critics hated some of their buildings with a passion. Or, more accurately, the buildings themselves became the Kanyes. Some of them we've learned to love, others... well, they're still standing, so maybe we will someday?

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    This abomination of a driveway.

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    GenuineJen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's dumb is that it took me waaay too long to figure out what was wrong with this picture!

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    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can see the It clown there.

    Jocelyn Webster
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope you own a Jeep or a pick up brah!

    Jo pay me more
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am rather concerned about the crime scene tape!

    Dragons Exist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's cause the cement is wet, so it's just stopping people from driving onto it

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    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much horror. Is the house leaning too or am I seeing it weird because my eyeballs are trying to run away from this picture?

    E.V.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they built this with zero permit from the city! Lol

    Michelle-Randy Carlson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is this ever going to get approved by the city?

    Mary Kelly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's new build....i mean wtf?!

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    At the Rasskazovka Metro station in Moscow, as captured by a passerby in August 2018

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    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now I want to know what is behind that door!? The lady or the tiger!?

    Scott Rackley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can tell you exactly how this happened. Contractor to Designer: "Hey the drawing is wrong and will block entrance/egress." Designer: "My drawings can't be wrong, build to print." Contractor: "ok."

    John Dilligaf
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    all you need is a spray painted sign "Dead Inside"

    Joe Methuen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could've cut those railing sections and mounted them directly to the door.

    Sunny Day
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "This door to remain closed at all times."

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    #15

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    A really wonky building somewhere in Russia.

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    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the treehouse I built as a kid............minus the tree.

    Stryker Tyger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the Winchester Mystery House, but on a budget

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    Grenelda Thurber
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think I would call this architecture...

    Louise Clarke
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of one of the houses in a Series of Unfortunate Events

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It need some fixes. With dynamite.

    Gina Gartola
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They found a really good sale at a window store going out of business.

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    Did you know that people originally hated the Eiffel Tower? Upon its completion in 1889, Parisians called it a "tragic giant lamppost," "iron monster," and "watchtower skeleton." Writer Guy de Maupassant claimed to like only its ground floor. "It's the only place in Paris where I can eat and not see that hideous tower," he said.

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    They should have made the stairs a tongue.

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    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a fabulous house, and decked out for Hallowe'en. Brilliant.

    Travelling Stranger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the same house is featured in another BP Halloween decorations themed gallery as something creative

    Grenelda Thurber
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not seeing any bad architecture, just great use of architectural features for Halloween decorations.

    George Costanza
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't this just Halloween decorations?

    Barry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are you architecture shaming Halloween decorations?

    SnootWaggling Fox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the nose might need a railing?

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    #17

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    Part of the brick ceiling was chipped away to make room for the stair railing. It's so narrow that one must cling to the center of the spiral staircase to avoid brushing up against the brick as you go up or down. There's a single light at the top, and no light switch for it downstairs.

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    Gen X Feral
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All you need is a red balloon to make this pic complete 😳

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely not the entrance to Hell......

    Learner Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had something similar in our apartment in Spain. You had to lift part of the floor to walk down the spiral and then came face to face with a brick wall. Also no light switch at the top.

    The Phantom Stranger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't even tell which way is up looking at this picture.

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    Hi. I'm new here and just wanted to say hello. And let you know that in my hometown, Cologne, you get an architecture 🏆 for this.

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    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ‚Guten Morgen Blutbuche‘. Don’t worry, it has windows on the other sides and is actually very bright inside. I actually really like the way the door is inviting you to go inside.

    Lila Allen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the architect a very small child? This has crayon drawing of blueprints vibes

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    John Dilligaf
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cologne - home to one of the world's most magnificent cathedrals; and this

    Verena Fiori-Jambor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, it’s just one side of the building…

    Paul Rabit
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One view of one building facade doesn't mean the building is bad or ugly. This facade is at least clean...

    Libstak
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm betting the back is all glass, or alot anyway

    Mash
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buildings built for a purpose dont necessarily include windows on certain walls. This could be the emergency exit of a filming or photography studio, for example.

    SV Amulet
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perfect for an artistic mural.

    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It‘s actually quite a beautiful home called Guten Morgen Blutbuche. People have just taken a photo of this one element to point at and make fun of. Slightly reductive!

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    The Guggenheim, which we already mentioned as one of the triumphs of architecture together with the Eiffel Tower, also wasn't received so well in its first years. In fact, some people remarked that it looked like a giant toilet bowl. Back then, critics accused architect Frank Lloyd Wright of creating "architecture for architecture's sake," as the museum's curved walls were terrible for hanging artworks. Some other colorful descriptions include "inverted oatmeal dish" and "hot cross bun."

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    #19

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    This house puts the ark in architecture.

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    Carl Roberts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a overweight Pizza Hut

    Phil
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://usedtobeapizzahut.blogspot.com/

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    featherytoad
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a lot of roof and a lot of ugly. So, now it costs more to replace a roof becasue half of it you don't need.

    Rider
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't remember where I read this. In some areas property tax used to be based on how many floors you had, so they would build the roof like this so the top floor would be considered an attic to lower the tax rate. Clever really.

    detective miller's hat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like I've driven past this one... Is this NJ?

    The Phantom Stranger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's an apartment building very similar to this near where I work, but at least it has multiple entrances so that roof style doesn't seem quite so overbearing.

    Ge Po
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does it wear a toupee?

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    Although I initially found the image labelled as a building in Makhachkala in Dagestan, I spotted Arabic writing on a store sign on a less-cropped version. I also found some info saying it was in Egypt. I also replaced the OP image with the second version I found.
    If you find more reliable info about it, please add it to the comments.

    Sandra Segal Report

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the downstairs neighbors suddenly got real bougie and did an “upgrade”?

    Gina Gartola
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like only part of an old building remained so they build a new 80s building around it.

    #21

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    This house is in Belgium, built in the middle of idk what. Which came first, the house or the industrial apocalypse plaid walls?

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    Madam Puddyfoot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My guess is the homeowner refused to sell so they built that monstrosity adjacent.

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adjacent? More like swallowing it whole, by building all around and over it.

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    Shauna Freund
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *snorts* built in the middle of idk...

    Heffalump
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh, Belgian architecture. Also so very much... itself.

    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a scene from Kane Pixels Backrooms

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    La Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona by Antonio Gaudí is still one of the most controversial buildings to date. Although it's not finished yet (the newest finish date is 2026), almost five million tourists every year visit the church and bring in €125 million into its budget. Half of it they use for finishing the project, and where the other half goes—no one knows.

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    #22

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    Canadian bunker house. Ugggh.

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    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bunker can be useful to protect yourself from the upcoming canadian civil war!

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Canada cant have a civil war. I am planning on going there when the one in USA happens.

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    Nizumi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anybody else immediately think of meerkats?

    Kalikima
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't til you said it, but now I do!

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    Heffalump
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's built into a slope. If you don't want a huge, aggressive elevation on the downslope side, then the upslope side is going to be recessed like this. Most buildings look worse from the back, and nothing looks it's best in a photo taken from the worst possible angle.

    Eliyahu Rooff
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Building down into the ground can save a fortune on heating costs in cold winter areas.

    wayne whitson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎼 "Blame Canada" (South Park movie song ,)

    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait why do we need bunker houses? (Asking as a Canadian)

    arthbach
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tiger, it's to protect yourself from the Canadian Geese and the Mooses. The latest news is they are joining forces! Now is the time to stockpile supplies in your bunker - chocolate, Nanaimo bars and pemmican. Don't be caught unawares! Be safe - bunker up.

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    #23

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    This one I feel like they're playing Jenga with building material. 34th and 8th in Manhattan.

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    Trophy Husband
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, it looks like the upper half is under construction still, so there's no way for us to know what's going to look like yet.

    Paul Rabit
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not exactly fair to criticize a building still under construction. Plus, a midblock building in NYC is going to require firewalls on the adjacent lots, which will obviously involve no windows below a certain setback height (which further makes sense anyway - why would you put windows on the lower levels when someone else is going to just build right up to them anyways?) NYC has very stringent zoning codes that dictate the shapes of the building envelope...

    Zsoldos Szabina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not, but there is a Jenga House in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_Leonard_Street

    #24

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    The street view of the bulging Gehry building. It never gets better.

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    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lyone Fein, I also like it! It's quirky and different, but not so different.

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    Lihi Porat
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like buildings from LazyTown 🫣

    Jnausicaa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this guy was given a Pritzker prize. Not for this but for something else like it covered in shiny metal.

    B Jean the Jelly Bean
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If that is a Frank Gehry desibn, they are all weird!!

    Karen Krause
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It reminds me of the dancing buildings at the end of "Tokyo Godfathers"

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    The National Library in Kosovo is often called the ugliest building in the world. With its metal lattice exterior and 99 varying sizes of white domes, it was supposed to blend Islamic and Byzantine styles. At least that's what its author Croatian architect Andrija Mutnjaković was going for.

    #25

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    I still can’t figure out what this door is for!! Anyone have any clue what it’s for?

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    Jo pay me more
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's clearly for falling out of.

    Soton_Sherpa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the house owned by a Russian oligarch? 🤭

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    Ge Po
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Snowfall exit. There are area's where the snow can fall up to two meters in one night. This door allows you to get out and get shoveling. I think it would/should have some kind of removable safety barrier on the inside.

    Charlotte
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds great until you step out and wind up chest deep in the snow bsnk

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    michael Chock
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They will add a deck when they can afford it.

    geezeronthehill
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is there a deck or balcony in some future budget?

    L Terr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How else do you get a piano onto the second floor?

    Trophy Husband
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is possible that they needed to get something gigantic like a piano into the upstairs area by Crane. With such a work, you would either install a giant door like this or you would disassemble the outer wall and then reassemble it afterward. But the door allows you to replace it or repair it in the future, so some people do this. Generally though, they would add a railing across the door to prevent falling and possibly a balcony.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like a backyard, so it’s probably the back of the house. Was there an apartment upstairs at one time, which had a stairway up to it that has since been removed? Or was there some kind of two-story back deck off both doors in the past that has also been removed? A fire scape then? Those are the only reason for there to be a door to death on an upper floor.

    Teutonic Disaster
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they wanted to build a porch/balcony combo and ran outta money.

    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If was a Tex Avery cartoon, that would be the Mother-In-Law's Exit.

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    #26

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    I'm undecided if this one is shame worthy.
    Deffinitely a bizzare structure.

    The Unikato building in Katowice, Poland

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... Push the Cadmium Control Rods back in to damp the reactor.

    Dumb teenager
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could imagine people racing each other from the roof to the ground by jumping between the balconies (or whatever those are)

    Divado
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting to think what people would do in a bad fire on the ground floor.

    Mary Sutherland
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the ugliest building I have ever seen. It give me the creeps.

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    I don’t hate this but I’m guessing most of you will.

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    Libstak
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, don't hate it, wouldn't buy it either though

    mandy the capibara
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like every single architect in the 2010's designed the same "edgy" homes consisting of stacked boxes with the top box being oversized and slightly off-set. Preferably in charcoal grey+ wood cladding.

    arthbach
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With better planting this would be rather interesting.

    Glix Drap
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the small brown house is wearing a big white hat.

    Abel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I put this? Here!

    Simon Chen
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This gives me depression by just looking at it

    Heffalump
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's something you build to give you living space on a budget, not with a view to getting architectural awards.

    geezeronthehill
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hopper would probably have liked to do a painting of it.

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    One of the most controversial architects of our time is perhaps Frank Gehry. The Canadian-American often gets accused of treating architecture as sculpture. In his work, strange shapes and curves trump the practicality and efficiency of space. Herbert Muschamp, an architecture critic for The New York Times, called Gehry's Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle "like something that crawled out of the sea, rolled over and [passed away]."

    #28

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    It looks like someone gave a bunch of pinterest references to a random "contractor" (not an architect or engineer) and a very rough sketch or a stack of Lego blocks stuck together

    Chong Sim Chung Report

    arthbach
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oooh, I like this! I like it a great deal. The bottom right area doesn't look to be complete yet, but when finished it will be a fabulous house for a tropical area.

    Marcos Valencia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Indeed, I absolutely love this little house with a big terrace. The point you spotted looks a great place for a green wall.

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    SirWriteALot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not bad. It might be in an area where you're only allowed a limited footprint and the gigantic roof terrace is a successful loophole.

    Michelle-Randy Carlson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For an obviously tropical climate, this would be awesome.

    TribbleThinking
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I seem to recall a version of this in wood in one of the episodes of Magnum.

    Kalon Suszko
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this has to be in the Philippines

    SV Amulet
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably just kitchen and bedroom on ground floor.

    Charlotte
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hopefully a toilet behind some actual walls somewhere

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    Timbob
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is there actually any “living” space, like bedrooms, living room, etc ?

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    #29

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    I wanted to share and shame a photo that I took of a block of flats in Paris adorned with multiples of Michelangelo’s Dying Slave.

    Chris Patterson Report

    John Legere
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    these were just laying around so I think I will just use them somewhere.

    mandy the capibara
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of Walter Benjamin's critique in " the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction"

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    #30

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    Spiked, Steve Messam, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Ripon, UK, 2021.

    Chong Sim Chung Report

    PFD
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love it. It was part of a set of temporary installations around the estate called "These Passing Things". They were all connected in different ways to the estate's follies. Follies are daft and pointless fantasies in the first place, and this too was playful and fun and unserious. And only there for a few months, so not a major disruption to anyone who didn't like it.

    Ruby
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's an art installation though: "In the shapes that explode from inside the Temple of Piety, this inflatable structure is inspired by William Aislabie’s proposed memorial pyramid to his father John. Siting this piece in the heart of the garden is a bold statement and reflects the intention of the original garden designers who were making an impact in the eighteenth century. The follies have a transformative effect on their immediate surroundings due to their scale and presence. Their temporary nature means that their effect is fleeting and as they leave no mark behind, it would be hard to know if they ever existed. The Georgians used this technique in their garden designs to impress and delight visitors and many of the follies at Studley Royal appeared and disappeared and statues frequently moved around."

    The Phantom Stranger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's some sort of big Pokemon inside that temple...

    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not the architecture that's the issue.

    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It doesn’t usually look like this. I used to sing at Fountains Abbey with my choir every year. The most memorable time was trying to keep my soprano voice steady while being dive-bombed by bats during an evening concert attended by Princess Anne.

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can't complain too much about this, it was a temporary art installation....

    Mary Kelly
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is fantastic and clearly a (brilliant) art installation...def. more interesting than the folley by itself!

    Abel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the swan does not look impressed.

    Libstak
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was this a corona virus gone nuts?

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    What do you think about the architectural feats in this list, Pandas? Do you think you'd warm up to some of them in the future? Or maybe you don't even think some of them deserve shaming? Let us know in the comments! And, if you want to see more buildings you can shame, head over hereherehere, and here.

    #31

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    Well..that’s a good use for those spare parts in the back yard.

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    Heffalump
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not finished. Running out of money doesn't make for a design fail.

    michael Chock
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't want to be rude, but your basement is showing.

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Business on bottom, party on top?

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    #32

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    Rounded roof or pointy roof? Hmm… both!

    Jess Cruz Almero Report

    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see any problems here.

    Glix Drap
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a homage to Frankenstein (look at the number).

    The Phantom Stranger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm kind of more bothered by how poorly the garage door lines up with the driveway.

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    Looks like it was built by the second little pig. One sneeze away from being rubble.

    Amanda Wilson Report

    Libstak
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The view would make up for a lot of ugly imo.

    Sunny Day
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like this one, or what it used to be. I would bet there was a porch on the front that was removed, possibly to widen the road.

    Ava Lemar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the roof that is the worst.

    Melissa Marie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's where they'd chuck out the bodies lol

    The Phantom Stranger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looking at this one makes my head hurt. It's giving me Stranger Things/Twilight Zone vibes that something about reality is slightly off kilter.

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    #34

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    I just saw this one on Reddit and thought it would be a nice snarky post to contribute here. There’s enough clues to determine what the 2nd floor garage door might be used for, but don’t let that stop the wild speculation. This is no place for logic!

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    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That garage door is for the helicopter, of course!

    Logan Thorpe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the fella that lives here makes headstones. his shop is on the second floor, he opens the door and uses a forklift to lower the headstone down

    Kalikima
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that the truth, or a guess? Lol

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    Hugh Crawford
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flying cars, they are planning ahead

    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That 2nd floor garage is for the flying car, obviously.

    Grenelda Thurber
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like this is a business. Or the house was built in a cemetery. One or the other, either works.

    michael Chock
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For those days where you roll out of bed and into the car for work.

    The Phantom Stranger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At work, when I'm trying to load a cart, it irritates me when none of the boxes are the same size so nothing will align properly. I think this house would literally drive me insane.

    rebecca hull
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, I've actually had nightmares about having to park there.

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    #35

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    Alright modern Architecture has gone far, i bet the Zillow listing is : cliffhanger of a View, ever wanted to feel like you’re going over a cliff now you can with this house, My nephew and Niece draw better houses than this. Shame on this building shame.

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    mandy the capibara
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it is a very cool concept. The counterweight however, while probably very much necessary, throws it off for me. Such a great location, and you can't see half the view because of the massive black wall?

    michael Chock
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There could be windows on the counterweight side

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    Ece Cenker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.designboom.com/architecture/suspended-house-milad-eshtiyaghi-mendocino-california-04-29-2021/ The page says it is a concept in progress. It is pretty interesting, actually.

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone trying real hard to be another Frank Lloyd Wright, but not having anywhere near the talent that man had.

    Heffalump
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's magnificent. I'd be so proud to live there.

    Ava Lemar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Main floor probably gets very cold and is difficult to keep heated.

    Michael MacKinnon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, you're ***really** relying on the three cable-stays at the top...if they go, the two underneath aren't going be able to absorb the compressive force (they're probably just there for stability).

    Lila Allen
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anxiety and falling to my death... definitely not my house

    Mary Kelly
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like one of many poor attempts to capture the magic of FLW's falling water...

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    #36

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    Doing a little Looking Up around Miami and saw these built in roof palm trees

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    Louise Clarke
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the most Miami building I've ever seen

    DowntownStevieB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Miami is known for it's Deco and Deco-inspired design, especially the closer to South Beach. This one doesn't bother me, it's just an 80's remake of Deco.

    bookbuddy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are possibly freeze-dried. I worked in a library in South Florida, and we had those inside

    cerinamroth
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There should be more building around nature and less building over nature.

    #37

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    Alexander Lombard Tower, Melbourne (Travancore)

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    #38

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    Looks like a jail

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    #39

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    House inspired by Pizza Hut

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    #40

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    All this for $220K.

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    Libstak
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Melbourne, Australia this would be an absolute giveaway at that price.

    The Phantom Stranger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems to be photographed at the worst possible angle, with with a little landscaping and a good power wash this could be a really nice place.

    martin734
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How much land with it for that price?

    Mary Kelly
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    just needs a little work and some landscaping and it could be fab

    Abel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The half house of your dreams!

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    #41

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    Hi all! I just wanted to introduce myself and share a photo I took

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you want the alley look on the street side of the house

    Aunt E
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rather classist to include this pic, imo

    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a normal first world tenement. Is this thread about poverty shaming?

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    #42

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    Every time I drive by this church I can't help but think it's.... frowning.

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    Mary Sutherland
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To me, the part on the left looks like a surprised old man with a white mustache .

    Abel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like that church has seen very bad things.

    Grenelda Thurber
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eyebrows! We need more eyebrows over here!

    #43

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    This is in a medium/high density residential area.

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    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing wrong here, just someone lucky enough to score a bit of extra land

    René Sauer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And? Looks to me like a commercial property maybe that was there before it became a high density residential area.

    #44

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    I was at a cafe this morning and I couldn't get over how erratic the windows are on these buildings.

    Imagine the windows from the inside

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    #45

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    Don’t fall off that deck.

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    Madam Puddyfoot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm missing something here. What's wrong with the deck? IDK enough about building- it looks new and has three big posts supporting it...?

    featherytoad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It just looks like a no to me because that white building is on a hill that doesn't look very stable.

    Per-Ole Sjuve
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You should avoid falling of any deck....

    Logan Thorpe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    really reaching for these last ones huh?

    michael Chock
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BP cropped the 2 storey 2x4 DIY deck

    Stryker Tyger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that house literally leaning to the right?

    Ece Cenker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The photographer was leaning a bit to the left.

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    #46

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    8th in the top 10 ugliest buildings in the world

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    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have chosen a better pic then as it looks pretty awesome

    Laura S
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can see the dinosaur skeletons through those windows too (Royal Ontario Museum). I don't hate it whenever I'm walking under it!

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    Ava Lemar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does look a bit like an alien ship fell from the stratosphere and imbedded itself in the pavement.

    Carl Oxley III
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Royal Ontario museum, I actually really enjoy the crystalline addition, and if you get a better view of the entire building it appears crystals are growing out of the very much older original museum.

    B Jean the Jelly Bean
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like the Royal Ontario Museum was going for the Louvre Museum look!🙄

    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like it's falling into a hole in the ground.

    #47

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    I posted this in the last group, but it bears repeating. Still the worst thing I've ever seen.

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    Kalikima
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slightly larger apts on top, not a big deal..

    #48

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    Either the garage door design or the sprinklers weren't well thought out.

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    #49

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    That moment you build a really expensive house, and you don't even have heated floors for these God forsaken tile, we're in Colorado soooo gonna be cold.

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    George Costanza
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heated floors are not some normal thing. WTH?

    Nizumi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *You* build a really expensive house and *you* don't plan for heated floors in the bathroom? *You* are still at the beginning of this remodel, so *you* could suck up the cost of redoing the bathroom floor. And now you can brag that your house is really *really* expensive, instead of just really expensive. Idiot.

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