Unique Architecture from Classical to Gothic Style Building

Unique architectural style turned out to be the highlight of the world’s architecture nowadays. When you open this, you must be wondering what the craziest buildings are on the planet. So here we go. We’re travelling this planet on our site.

1. The Dancing House, Prague

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Dancing House is the building with deconstructive style which is signed by the architects Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry. On the top of the Dancing House, there is a dome, called “Medusa” for its shape. The building has 9 floors and the rooms in it are asymmetrical. The general concept of the building is the contrast between a dynamic figure (the ying) and a static one (the yang), each one represented by one of the buildings. Frank Gehry named them Ginger and Fred, in honor of the film couple formed by Ginger Rogers, the dynamic figure, and Fred Astaire, the static one.

2. Lou Ruvo Center, Los Angeles

This building can categorized in deconstructive architecture. Frank Gehry’s another deconstructive approach towards architecture, is the very renowned Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. The building’s design reflects the two sides of the brain. The free-form south side depicts creativity and imagination, while the stacked cubes on the north represent logic and reason. To the north, a stack of splayed rectangular boxes, clad in white stucco render with glazed recesses, forms the ‘logical’ four-storey medical clinic, containing patient facilities, neuroimaging suites and research space. To the south, an undulating stainless steel and glass structure – reflecting creative thought – houses a large atrium, allowing the centre to double as a revenue-generating events facility.

3. Kansas City Public Library, Missouri

This unique architectural designs building is called, Kansas City Publc Library. This striking façade, which runs along the south wall of the Central Library, features book spines measuring 25 feet by 9 feet, and showcases 22 titles reflecting a wide variety of reading interests suggested by readers.

Kansas City Public Library is a library museum for people who want to deepen their knowledge and information obtained from community activities such as exchanging ideas. This library houses have many different special collections such as the local history of Kansas City with lots of original and published materials that date back to the community’s earliest history.

4. WonderWorks, Orlando

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WonderWorks Museum of Fine Arts, is building that can categorized in unique building but this include with neoclassical architecture. Which is one of the most important examples of marvelous buildings, has an appearance reminiscent of a house falling into another. This building, which has an inverted architecture, is opposite inside and outside. You can also see the old magical materials in this free museum. Inside the Wonderworks building there are various kinds of entertainment, there are several entertainments such as movie theater. This building stands with the concept of an upside down building and the reason of the unique design is still unknown.

5. Crazy House, Vietnam

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People describe it as a “fairy tale house” (Hằng Nga, is the Chinese goddess of the Moon). The building’s overall design resembles a giant tree. It incorporates sculptured design elements representing natural forms such as animals, mushrooms, spider webs and caves. Nga has acknowledged the inspiration of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí in the building’s design. Visitors have variously drawn parallels between it and the works of artists such as Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney.

The style can called gothic architecture. The construction style is just crazy, chaotic, kittenish and intertwined but, everything is merging together and adjusting to anything. The ways and paths are looped and wrapped in countless labyrinths around and through the weird houses. The inside of the buildings are caves, mysterious gardens, intricate stairs, strange furniture and life-sized animal statues. Straight textures and right angles are non subsistent. Inside the Crazy House there is as well a café, an art gallery, a museum and a guesthouse.

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