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#2

Nope. I Am, However, Impressed That Someone Took This Photo Without Being In It

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In just a few months, the group has attracted more than 31.2K members who share some of the weirdest design fails every single day. According to the group’s description, much of the built environment in the United States is not designed by architects.

“This group is dedicated to examples of why that is a bad idea with occasional examples of why buildings designed by architects may be superior for variety.”

Bored Panda reached out to the admin, Allison Beer McKenzie, who is an architect and the director of sustainability at SHP Leading Design in Cincinnati, Ohio. She explained that there are mainly two reasons why many people choose to forgo hiring an architect.

#3

Home Of Brave

Final score:

318points

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#4

It Looks Like Someone Couldn't Stop Adding Floors

Final score:

317points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

It's like the Weasleys' moved to the city.

47points

Katerina 2 years ago

That's exactly what I thought 😂

2points

rumade 2 years ago

This is amazing, I would totally live here. Looks like the exterior spiral staircase is an add on for fire safety

21points

Izabela Wilson 2 years ago

You come safe but perfectly dizzy to the ground 😂😂😂

11points

Susan Stead 2 years ago

This one makes me think of Howl's Moving Castle.

21points

Wingo Lamo 1 year ago

Or Lemony Snicket

0points

Helen Haley 2 years ago

This is the setting for some fantastic story.

14points

Trex 2 years ago

The stories this building could tell. I'm in love.

11points

Id row 2 years ago

I'd love to see the inside.

10points

Mad_Haberdasheress 2 years ago

Again. . .weird af, but I low-key want this house!

9points

Jordan Westall 2 years ago

I high key want it

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Karin Gibson 2 years ago

Why is there a garden shed on the roof?

5points

Jordan Westall 2 years ago

The plants up there get the best sunlight?

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Cactuar Jon 2 years ago

There's a skiing human splat shape in the snow on the roof...

5points

NZCas 2 years ago

I was hoping someone else would see that.

4points

Onie McGurk 2 years ago

The lesser known Winchester Mystery Brickhouse

4points

Nijlenna Rusty 2 years ago

This house naturally grows a story every decade.

4points

digitalin 2 years ago

Sorry, but I love this one. It's amazing.

4points

Valisbourne Spiritforge 2 years ago

Ok, this house is awesome! 10 of 10 would live there! :)

4points

Paul K. Johnson 2 years ago (edited)

"Let's make a pagoda out of castles but in Pittsburgh."

4points

buttonpusher 2 years ago

And then they stuck a shed on the top.

3points

zilly zallie 2 years ago

The snow makes it look like the floors are glued together.

3points

Nimitz 2 years ago

50/50 that place has been subdivided into 12 different units

3points

Annie Bieber 2 years ago

Ah the good old days when it was okay to "Keep" elderly relatives in the attic 😶

3points

J. Normal 2 years ago

I was actually thinking of the book "flowers in the attic".

1point

SpookyPanda 2 years ago

This actually looks fun.

3points

Paddling Panda 2 years ago

I actually love this a lot

2points

Rex Van Meter 2 years ago

This is actually pretty cool

2points

FiestaBear 2 years ago

This is so Queens, NY

2points

Flash Henry 2 years ago

I kind of love this...

2points

Lady Goofball 2 years ago

Sometimes, the only way to expand is UP!

2points

Ace Girl 2 years ago

**ding dong** "Hi is Ron Weasley home?"

2points

TheOriginalPanda 2 years ago

This actually looks really cool.

2points

Stephanie Rohweder 2 years ago

Are we sure it's not coraline's house?

2points

Phil Vaive 2 years ago

This looks like the Burrow from Harry Potter

2points

Vicky Zar 2 years ago

Except the top most floor, it looks fine to me

2points

Fred the rat king 2 years ago

More floors will be coming soon

2points

RandomBeing 2 years ago

It's perfect. I'll move in immediately.

2points

Mike Morton 2 years ago

Reminds me of the Winchester mansion

2points

wyndmere 1 year ago

When there is no tree to build a treehouse in ....

1point

Family Osborne 1 year ago

I like it ;P

1point

DancingPanda 2 years ago

It’s the burrow!

1point

Phee C 2 years ago

I feel like I have seen this house some where

1point

BusLady 2 years ago

Maybe they had a growing family.

1point

Fellowbob 2 years ago

This is actually really cool

1point

John Baker 2 years ago

I don't care for the log cabin on the roof, but the rest is fine.

1point

Nazda Pokmov 2 years ago

5 story monstrosity?

1point

Seabeast 2 years ago

The Winchester Mansion: scaled down city version.

1point

Lara Verne 2 years ago

Not bad.

1point

Ringa Wesley 2 years ago

immediate Weasley family vibes

1point

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

When the Weasleys moved to the city...

1point

Emily Barnes 2 years ago

I think it looks cool

1point

Steve Reeder 2 years ago

the house of Doctor strange

1point

Db E 2 years ago

No interior staircase…..

1point

Db E 2 years ago

No interior staircase……

1point

Lovin' Life 2 years ago

I kind of like this for some weird and unknown reason

1point

シ *’-BLOODLUST-‘* シ 2 years ago

Why is there a photo of my Minecraft home?!?

1point

Porpoisepower 2 years ago

Sophie and Howl should be hanging out on a patio.

1point

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Well build me up Buttercup!

1point

MauKini 2 years ago

Thats where the weasleys live today!

1point

Beck 2 years ago

I absolutely love this!!

1point

Octavia Hansen 2 years ago

Does this actually have a view of anything? The panorama could be breathtaking at that height. Here's hoping the outdoor spiral staircase is a safety feature and not the only way to the top.

1point

Thorsten M. Weisner 2 years ago

I don't think this one is a disaster! I would like to live there! It look like it could move and talk!

1point

Natalie 2 years ago

I’d live there

1point

Albert 2 years ago

The Weaslys moved into the neighbourhood

1point

Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

At least they have a fire escape. This is Eastern Europe somewhere and they often ignore safety regs.

1point

Darrelle 2 years ago

It reminds me of a littke shed added on the top

1point

MiriPanda 2 years ago

Reminds me a bit of the StarWars sandcrawler.

1point

Samantha Kalitzki 7 months ago

Looks definitely safer than the other pic😅

0points

skyisaburrito 1 year ago

The staircase though-

0points

gilded panda 1 year ago

the outside staircase to each floor though!

0points

Wolf_spirit 1 year ago

Is a little high therr

0points

Teresa Taylor 1 year ago

I like this. It's probably one of those properties that you pay taxes on the amount of land the dwelling occupies. You can have a 10 floor bldg with each floor having 500 sq ft and pay less taxes than a 1000 sq ft 2 floor building.

0points

Wad Ofbees 1 year ago

Looks like something out of a Wes Anderson movie.

0points

chelsea 1 year ago

I need to see the inside of this

0points

Blondieybat 1 year ago

Building permits! We don’t need no stinking permits!

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* ~ l a s a n y a ~ * 1 year ago

Me in the sims

0points

Joanne F 1 year ago

Good luck finding a mover

0points

Lori Lewis 1 year ago

Mother in law suite at the top?

0points

Joyce Dalton 1 year ago

Wanted a penthouse view

0points

Stephen Watkins 1 year ago

When you Minecraft build isn't quite right and you're not sure what is missing so you just keep building

0points

Asalia GalaxyFuchs 1 year ago

Looks like a castle

0points

christie s 2 years ago

Love 🖤🦇🖤

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Janette Baker 2 years ago

Not totally horrible

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Mary 2 years ago

Wayy back sometime, a husband built his wife a castle. Except for that they couldn’t have the children they wanted so desperately to fill the house with youthful spirits. Hubby felt like such a failure (he was a General Practitioner in the community) and after years of drinking booze, feeling worthless, he jumped from the highest story of the house-not sure which one was the highest at that time but anyway, he left a sweet, faithful middle aged wife whose lived in the house until she passed away peacefully.

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ViFi 2 years ago

the weasleys!?

0points

wist_the_goblin (they/he) 2 years ago

floor after floor, we don't know what's in store, another floor, then a floor, then a floooooor

0points

Geordie Girl 2 years ago

I actually like this. And they remembered the fire escape.

0points

Regina Nox 2 years ago

It's like The Burrow, but fancier! 😂

0points

Fawminaj 2 years ago

Damn, I left my keys in the attic again...wow my calves are so toned after 1 day of living here

0points

Susie Swearingen-Kamachi 2 years ago

Family who lives together has to add on together…

0points

Jessica Julian 2 years ago

Hope those aren't the only stairs.

0points

Gillian Gray 2 years ago

I love it

0points

Madeleine 2 years ago

Gorgeous

0points

Evangeline Valhalla 2 years ago

That spiral stair!!

0points

Amanda perry 2 years ago

The only way is up

0points

Daman dan 2 years ago

Love the Dr Seuss vibes of this place!

0points

Ginny Kiser 2 years ago

Where do u find a spiral staircase like that?

0points

Steven Blake 2 years ago

Steampunks house

0points

Da lazy panda 2 years ago (edited)

Is it the burrow?

0points

Gillian Gray 2 years ago

this looks sick!

0points

Kathleen Hart 2 years ago

I hope that outside staircase isn't the only access to the top floors because trying to maneuver those outside steps in the snow & ice could be deadly.

0points

Merilyn Horton 2 years ago

Wow, ide love to explore this

0points

Fox 2 years ago

House Jenga!

0points

Sarah Brown 2 years ago

So that's where the Weasley's moved to. I always wondered...

0points

Olivia Sorenson 2 years ago

i dont see the fail??

0points

amy wiseman 2 years ago

I love this weird stuff!

0points

yourgayaunt (they/she) 2 years ago

all in all, it looks pretty cozy-

0points

Mya Lugar 2 years ago

The middle part is very nice?

0points

Sebastien Cole 2 years ago

Hello neighbor irl

0points

kaela rae 2 years ago

'don't you think this is enough, sharon?' 'no, no, we need MORE floors. where else will I put my cat's gymnasium???'

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Shelly Graham 2 years ago

We have a house here that's a double wide trailer which sure atop 3 stories, the bottom being a garage which is unusable because the structure has sunk leaving a 3 foot ledge to get in or out! They also surrounded themselves with a fence fashioned to look like giant pineapple's

0points

Shelly Graham 2 years ago

Is the top a Log Cabin?

0points

Bayla 2 years ago

This is pretty cool

0points

GramDB 2 years ago

OMG!

0points

Jb Dean 2 years ago

You’d think they’d have thought to put in an elevator. 🤦🏻‍♀️

0points

Rebecca Gichuki 2 years ago

If you've read Keys to the Kingdom, this is a great depiction of The House.

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Delvin Gallc 2 years ago

Looks like the architect also designs clickbait games

0points

Greta Schiferl 2 years ago

The spiral staircase😵‍💫😵‍💫

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Marsi Hudgens-Hicks 2 years ago

Fantastic building!

0points

Nelda Blanco 2 years ago

It UNIQUE!❤

0points

SweetsEve 2 years ago

Permit? Who needs a permit?

0points

Kt84 2 years ago

Hate see anyone climbing the stairs drunk

0points

Chris Seda 2 years ago

I like how eccentric it is.

0points

Marie Miller-Rodriguez 2 years ago

Looks like a cake from one of those baking shoes that juuuuuuust didn’t turn out the way they planned…

0points

Davonna Urso 2 years ago

The budget ran out

0points

Mari Bryant 2 years ago

I think this house is great, but the very top level looks like someone just set it down. I'm not a fan of how it overhangs. I wonder if it's even attached?? 🤔

0points

Heather Heaston 2 years ago

Let's put the stairs on the outside. It hardly ever snows here!

0points

Brandee Antonelli 2 years ago

It's a vertical Winchester

0points

Danielle Schaefer-singleton 2 years ago

Jenga..

0points

Jill Pinnt 2 years ago

I have a recurring nightmare about this house.

0points

anik arfi 2 years ago

Why does this scream dr Seuss to me? I love this!

0points

Wendy Honn 2 years ago

The turrets, though...😂😂😂

0points

KAren Jacob 2 years ago

Not bad but for the top of it. Like the fire escape

0points

Jennifer Hughes 2 years ago

When you only have a very small parcel of land, but want a large house.

0points

Crispy Toast 2 years ago

Like layers of a tree

0points

Izzabelle Mendiola 2 years ago

I would actually live here

0points

Lyndsey Shir-McDermott-Pour 2 years ago

The top two levels spoil it

0points

Wesley Lucas 2 years ago

This looks like one of those houses you see in a cartoon or kid's movie, somewhere a quirky family might live!

0points

Carolyn Penix 2 years ago

Looks great until ya turn 65 and can't climb stairs anymore!

0points

Tina Lyn 2 years ago

Who lives in the crows nest?

0points

Mickie Shea 2 years ago

The steping upstairs offers many different views.

0points

Sasha 2 years ago

Kind of like my Minecraft houses

0points

Druth Vlodovic 2 years ago

It's like you can see a story of the rise and fall of someone's fortune from bottom to top. Industrial convert, fancy, Disney fancy, home is the woods, broken down shack.

0points

kkathleen517 2 years ago

I love it!!!

0points

Susan Williams 2 years ago

Winchester winter home.

0points

Kaioz Fields 2 years ago (edited)

Willey Wonka's Boston getaway home!! (Cant spell it the correct way... It's censored)

0points

Mona Shoaib 2 years ago

I like this too I would love to see it 😍

0points

Izabela Wilson 2 years ago

One floor style per historical era 😂😂😂😂

0points

Susanne Bækvig 2 years ago

I find it quite charming, only I would not want to live there

0points

Наталья Бабкина 2 years ago

It gave me a familiar vibe. Si I checked it out. It's in Tomsk, a city in Siberia.

0points

Lina Ponce 2 years ago

The IRL Burrow, a room for every child.

0points

Beth Kuhn 2 years ago

Luv it

0points

Jessie 2 years ago

It reminds me kinda of Lemony Snicket's

0points

Luna Starien Rose 2 years ago

I love this one 😍

0points

Alisa Comeaux 2 years ago

Would definitely have to add an elevator

0points

Jane Maxwell 2 years ago

The Burrow..

0points

Weronika Kasperska 2 years ago

Very Wes Anderson

0points

Droopsnoot 2 years ago

Exvept the ugly orange-ish curtain, it looks awesome! Looks like so.ething from emily the strange

0points

Mel in Real Life 2 years ago

it is a Weasley house!

0points

Steel Magonolia 2 years ago

Winchester suites.

0points

Jeaneen Nguyen 2 years ago

Someone said "I need more passive income, let's add another level"

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Johnny Quan 2 years ago

Makes me think a bit of that video game, What Remains of Edith Finch.

0points

Laura Probst 2 years ago

I want to get my hands on the floor plans!

0points

Bobby 2 years ago

When kids expanding families, without leaving the house.

0points

Rijkærd 2 years ago

The Kremlin castle

0points

Gina Babe 2 years ago

That's a cool house!

0points

Elisabeth Breckenridge 2 years ago

Yes, but they got poorer and poorer after each addition...

0points

Sue Hazlewood 2 years ago

Growing family?

0points

Heidi Hayoo 2 years ago

Ginger bread house

0points

Sofia Gonzalez 2 years ago

It would be cool to live there

0points

MJR_007 2 years ago

I say yes to the quirky house

0points

Kira K. 2 years ago

I bags the whole thing!

0points

Jody Whitmarsh 2 years ago

At least this one looks structurally sound

0points

Hannah Kirtley 2 years ago

some places u only pay tax on the ground the house sits on (i think) so building UP is cheaper then building OUT

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“One is definitely that they are cost-conscious or think they can’t afford an architect. The other, I believe, is they don’t know about or appreciate the value that an architect can bring to their house design,” she explained.

McKenzie continued: “This value can certainly include beautiful design but can also include things like a house that fits seamlessly onto the site it is on and is ideally designed for the climate it’s being built on.”

#5

This Is So Atrocious That I Just Realized There Are Two Dogs In The Front Yard

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280points

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#6

Future Er Visit

Final score:

278points

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Whether it’s creating a poor design, going way over the budget, or not meeting the current codes and standards, there are plenty of ways people can make errors without expert guidance.

The architect thinks that many of the mistakes people make when designing homes themselves “stem from the fact that most people have trouble thinking in three dimensions without training in how to do so. This often leads to houses with weird proportions or awkward connections between materials and elements.”

#7

What Should We Do With All This Space? More Toilets!

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268points

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#8

Lack Of Alignment

Final score:

267points

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McKenzie admits that some houses that are designed without the help of architects turn out fine. “However, building a house is probably the biggest investment you ever make and is going to require you to make hundreds of decisions in a condensed amount of time,” she said.

“Having an architect at your side to guide you through decisions ranging from where the house sits on the lot, to room size and location, to what color grout you want for your bathroom floor can help ensure that you end up with a result you love and maintain your sanity!”

#9

Accident Waiting To Happen

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258points

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#10

Murder Vibes

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250points

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#11

Boob Lights

Final score:

247points

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#12

My Ocd Is Having A Breakdown

Final score:

244points

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According to architect Bill Whittaker, hiring a professional might seem like an unnecessary expense for your building project. Yet, an expert can bring quality, professional design, and project management to “help you complete a beautiful building on budget and schedule.”

He provides several reasons why you should hire an architect instead of tackling challenges all by yourself. First, when it comes to the design, they help your house to have a consistent flow and comfort.

#13

Huh. Never Seen A Commercial Toilet Partition In A Single Family Home Before

Final score:

243points

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#14

Figured You Guys Would Get A Kick Out Of It

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233points

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#15

Such A Welcoming Front Door. This Gets Worse The Longer I Look At It

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233points

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“An architect provides a professional design that takes the client’s preferences into account, along with building codes, and good design practices to create the best possible space for your project.”

Next, experts can efficiently manage a construction site and “ensure that everything is being completed according to the current codes and standards.” The same goes for the budget. It’s easy to get distracted and spend extra on things you don’t actually need or to cover up the mistakes you made.

#16

Bathroom Carpet

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221points

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#17

Eeeek! But Whyyyyy

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219points

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#18

Hope Your Guests Are Observant

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171points

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#29

This Is A Luxury Hotel In My City (São Paulo, Brazil)

When it was built, everybody was like “ooooh, what an AMAZING piece of architecture!!!!”. It’s supposed to look like a ship, but all I can see is a rotten slice of watermelon. A boyfriend at the time, who was an architect, called me crazy for saying it’s ugly. Am I? It’s called Hotel Unique in case anyone wants to look up and see how weird the rooms look. They have a window between the bed and the bathroom. As for me, I can only see pictures, because it’s insanely expensive to stay there

Mariana Marinovic Report

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168points

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#30

Universal Design At Its Finest

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168points

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#31

Silly Shutters

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168points

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#32

Glad This Is The Back

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168points

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#33

Driving Down The Street In The Very Fashionable And Pricy West Loop Of Chicago. I Literally Had To Stop Dead In My Tracks To Comprehend And Then Photograph This. So Very Much Wrong

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162points

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