Whether you’re walking the streets of a city you know like the palm of your hand or someplace completely unfamiliar, some buildings might make you stop dead in your tracks. It’s because some architectural gems are so astonishing, they never cease to impress the passersby or catch their attention, be it for all the right or wrong reasons.
A little bit of both can be found on today’s list dedicated to unique architecture. While the majority of edifices presented here today are some of the most impressive architectural wonders there are, some might seem bizarre at best, but that just makes one appreciate the former even more. Scroll down to find the pictures of the architectural gems below and enjoy.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interviews with an Architectural Psychologist and Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Dak Kopec, and Danish Kurani, who, back in 2021, Fast Company named one of the world’s Most Innovative Architects.
#1 National Carpet Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan
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#2 Ribbon Wedding Chapel In Hiroshima, Japan
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#3 Science And Technology Museum, Wuhan
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#4 Geisel Library - 1970
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#5 No Clue What This. Wenzhou, China
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#6 I Dont Think Balcony Is The Word For These Pod Things
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#7 Port Authority, Antwerp, Belgium (2016)
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#8 Um... What Is This?
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#9 This Is The New Greek Orthodox Church In Lower Manhattan Designed By Santiago Calatrava
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#10 Shoreditch Hotel In London
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#11 The Halgrims Church Is A Fine Example Of Brutalist Expressionism
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#12 The Central Mosque - Cologne, Germany
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#13 Luma Arles. Often Called An Architectural Folly. Or A Crushed Soda Can By The Locals. I Like It. Arles, France
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#14 Kunsthaus (Art House) Graz Art Museum (Aka The "Friendly Alien"), Graz, Austria - 2003. Designed By Colin Fournier And Sir Peter Cook
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#15 "The Wave" Residential Building In Vejle, Denmark
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#16 The “Toilet Bowl Building” Was Voted Virginia’s Ugliest Building By Business Insider Readers
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#17 Us Embassy In London, UK
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#18 It’s Actually A Real House. It Was Featured On Netflix’s World’s Most Extraordinary Homes
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#19 Meanwhile In Canada
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#20 Found Elsewhere On The Interwebs
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#21 Grand Shopping Center, Facts Emporia, Malmo, Sweden
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#22 A Good Friend Of Mine Discovered This In Florida. I Wonder What Would Oscar Niemeyer Say About It?
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#23 What’s The Inside Like?
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#24 Louis Vuitton’s Flagship Ginza (Japan) Store
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#25 As Kids, Whenever We Passed This Building, We’d Laugh And Laugh, As If We Were The Only Ones Who Saw It
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#26 Baby Borg Cube. Decorative, Not Functional
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#27 Mi’costa Hotel Residences, Cesme, Izmir Peninsula Of Turkey (2013) By Uras X Dilekci Architects
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#28 The De Young Centre For Performing Arts
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#29 Not In The Western Hemisphere
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#30 The Binoculars Building In Venice Beach
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