These are 18 of the World's Strangest Buildings

While there are many ways to stand out from the crowd in the field of architecture, some buildings challenge your expectations so greatly that they can only be described as "bizarre." This list of 18 buildings, compiled by Fly Abu Dhabi, takes a look at some of those exceptionally strange buildings. While several of these examples appear to be "ducks" lifted straight from the pages of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's seminal Learning from Las Vegas, others find their originality in unorthodox curves, flipped orientations and sharp geometries. But all share one thing in common – they're nothing like your everyday buildings.

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Cite: Patrick Lynch. "These are 18 of the World's Strangest Buildings" 23 Aug 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/793925/these-are-18-of-the-worlds-strangest-buildings> ISSN 0719-8884

Waldspirale, Darmstadt, Germany / Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Image © Flickr user dalbera. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.

18座世界最奇怪建筑

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