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#2

Bombastic Side Eye

Final score:

140points

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Susan Teter 10 months ago

🎵 I always feel like somebody's watching me🎵

7points

'Ugly Belgian Houses' has been growing non-stop and at the moment of this publication, 'Ugly Belgian Houses' has 174K followers on Instagram.

For our earlier publication on the account, Hannes told Bored Panda that there, in fact, is a problem with becoming too big, too fast, which resulted in some drama on his social media.

People have been clashing there because they have different opinions about experimental architecture and classical Belgian farm-style buildings. "I never wanted to shame experimental [buildings]," Hannes said.

#3

What Kind Of Shape Do You Like: Circle, Rectangle, Triangle, Trapezium, .. Yes!

Final score:

128points

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PandaJon 10 months ago

That's where Pacman lives

30points

#4

Slugly Belgian Houses

Final score:

114points

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PandaJon 10 months ago

Sorry boss, someone must have knocked the blueprint halfway through

34points

#5

One Of Moses’ Less Famous Miracles

Final score:

111points

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PandaJon 10 months ago

LET MY PEEPHOLE GO

143points

Nenya 10 months ago

@PandaJon: Comment of the day!

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Tabitha 10 months ago

The Parting of the Red Ce-dars?

10points

Kaa 10 months ago

The trees could have formed such a nice arc entryway, but well.

7points

Shiny Pants 10 months ago

I second that, it could have been really lovely!

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Will Cable 10 months ago

Thank goodness it was a tree, imagine telling people they can come straight in through your bush!

7points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

The parting of the green tree.

5points

Emma B B 10 months ago

I'm sure Moses parted the bush from time to time...

2points

Lester the Space Duck 10 months ago

Someone went crazy with the pole saw.

0points

Greg Baughman 10 months ago

The parting of the red trees?

0points

Brian Droste 10 months ago

Cut the trees down and see what the house actually looks like.

0points

Glen Ellyn 10 months ago

Why? And how?

0points

Fenchurch 10 months ago

Wondering that too. The number of years they’ve been cutting them weird instead of just removing them…

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MagicalUnicorn 10 months ago

i lowkey love it

0points

René Sauer 10 months ago

so ugly...

0points

Troy Parr 10 months ago

How to remove trees in easy stages.

0points

Jeff White 10 months ago

But just as miraculous ... ly ugly

0points

However, actively repeating the phrase and even putting it in his account's bio isn't stopping everyone from getting angry.

Coudenys said that some people have been trying to get in touch with him.

In another interview we had with him (yes, we love 'Ugly Belgian Houses' and we don't see ourselves stopping writing about it), the creator of the project also pointed out that his feed represents only a portion of the country's architectural scene.

He highlighted that there are also plenty of good examples. "I like the work of Gijs van Vaerenbergh, Vens-Vanbelle, De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Vincent van Duysen," Coudenys explained.

#6

Some People Have Gingerbread Houses, I Have A Pizza Hut

Final score:

106points

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Karma Black 10 months ago

I think I built this in The Sims once.

40points

#7

Final score:

103points

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Javelina Poppers 10 months ago

Always wondered what happened to Cecil B DeMille's Ten Commandment movie props.

58points

#8

When You Send The Architect Back To The Drawing Board, But He Sends The Drawing Board Back

Final score:

99points

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Jake B 10 months ago

Drive on movie time!

66points

#9

Total Eclipse Of The House

Final score:

86points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

Turn around, Bright Eyes.

52points

According to Coudenys, the variety is so colorful "because [local] regulations are quite liberal" and the citizens "love to design [their own] quirky dreamhouse."

#10

In Belgium We Don’t Build Our Dreams. We Build Our Nightmares

Final score:

80points

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Tucker Cahooter 10 months ago

That house looks drunk

38points

#11

When You Are A Home Alone And Scared

Final score:

80points

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sbj 10 months ago

The house has witnesses some s**t happening through the neighbours windows

29points

#12

That’s Me In The Corner, Choosing My Transmission

That’s me in the corner, choosing my transmission

Final score:

77points

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sbj 10 months ago

That's a lot of roof

36points

#13

You Had One Job

Final score:

76points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

When you and your friend marry identical twins.

24points

However, it's not like Coudenys is the first one who started questioning his country's construction tastes and habits. It's been going on for decades.

In the 1961 book 'The New Architecture of Europe,' American architect, author, educator, photographer, and prolific "builder" G.E. Kidder Smith wrote: "Of all European countries, Belgium is least to be excused for not contributing more to contemporary architecture."

#14

I Think They Blocked Me

Final score:

70points

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Lotekguy 10 months ago

Perfect for shooting porn films without upsetting the neighbors.

30points

#15

When Your House Is Low On Storage Space You Can Always Delete Windows

Final score:

66points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

Deleting Windows frees up a lot of RAM, I'm sure. The only problem is if the RAM wants a room with a view.

32points

#16

When Your Contractor Watches A How To Video Halfway Through

Final score:

65points

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Janet Bergstrom 10 months ago

Anyone else see the ghost in the window of house closest to us?!

22points

#17

The House Has Left The Building

Final score:

64points

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BigCityLady 10 months ago

The house seems to be still downloading as it is still at 87%.

24points

"Having a thoroughly literate and capable population and an extremely high living standard, the mediocrity of its architecture can be explained only by the indifference of its officials, the inadequacy of its educational system, and a flabby materialism," Kidder Smith said.

So hopefully people will cut 'Ugly Belgian Houses' some slack. After all, the account is approaching the topic from a positive perspective.

#18

You Can Say What You Want, But The Facade Is A Huge Plus

Final score:

62points

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Janet Bergstrom 10 months ago

Squidward??

32points

#19

So Is This Where Blackboxrevelation Lives?

Final score:

60points

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️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 10 months ago

put a stick and a carrot and bam! you have a new bunny!

34points

#20

The Ugly Belgian Houses Virus Is Spreading

Final score:

57points

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GoldfishCrackers 10 months ago

Many times I feel brick should be left unpainted, however this right here seems like a perfect candidate for a fresh coat of paint.

41points

#21

In Belgium We Use The Metricsytem And Also Sometimes The Tetricsystem

Final score:

56points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

Turn it around before it lands!

11points

#22

This Doesn’t Add Up

Final score:

51points

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Zaphod 10 months ago

The three little pigs bought a triplex.

66points

#23

When You Accidentally Break A Formula In Excel

When you accidentally break a formula in Excel

Final score:

49points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

Someone could at least file it so it's even.

13points

#24

Alles Kan. Koffie Kan. Water Kan. Maar Balkon Niet

Final score:

45points

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still tired 10 months ago

Direct translation: Everything is possible. Coffee can. Water can. But not balcony.

31points

#25

They Call It House Arrest

Final score:

45points

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sbj 10 months ago

Bottom floor must have been a shop

15points

#26

(Ver)bauhaus

Final score:

43points

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Jay Son 10 months ago

For those wondering about the captions "ver", in this it would be translated as "re" as in "rebuild house"

14points

#27

Never Fool Around With Superglue

Final score:

41points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

It can stick two completely different buildings together, with just one drop!

19points

#28

Think Outside The Parallelogram

Final score:

40points

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Captain Kyra 10 months ago

This looks like drawings in first grade

30points

#29

Now With 10% Extra Roof!

Final score:

37points

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Lotekguy 10 months ago

When replacing their roof, they discovered the leaks were coming from the neighbors home.

17points

#30

Ready For Take-Off

Final score:

37points

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Daycare Attendant Sun 10 months ago

If Ultra Magnus was a house

5points

#31

If Italians Were [mad] Because We Broke Pasta In Two, They Gonna Be Real Angry At This Pizza

Final score:

36points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

That building is staring at me.

8points

#32

When Your House Runs Out Of Battery

Final score:

34points

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Kobe (she) 10 months ago

That looks like a barn. Like; open in the backside to house tractors/machinery and so. It could have used some tiling or paint in the front to make it look less depressing. But, my guess - it is not a house.

14points