Top 10 Bizarre Feats of Architecture


	Top 10 Bizarre Feats of Architecture
mmlee
7-27-2009 2:58 AM
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Photos. The good, the bad and the ugly buildings in the world.
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7-27-2009 5:36 AM
Aribeth
#8 (the Stone House) looks great.
7-27-2009 10:50 AM
mmlee
Hi, Aribeth, #8 is some feat, I wonder what it looks like inside.
7-27-2009 12:23 PM
tanyamm
Some of these are really different. The stone house is unique, habitat 67 built for expo 67 in Montreal is ugly and the Winchester House is strange and just really different.
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Manchester Civil Justice Centre, England</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/6177623F-36C2-4E27-8966-300654F3263D" alt="2117805351_acaec20e8a" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php">boasts the largest suspended glass wall in Europe, at 11,000m2.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>8. The Stone House, Portugal</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/31213405-6A6B-4D1D-867F-010BCA56D31B" alt="Stone House" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php">This domestic home was meticulously carved out of a large piece of stone</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>7. Beijing National Stadium, China</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/79AE6F22-7008-4271-8E40-8CB898515DA8" alt="Beijing National Stadium, China" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php">This stadium – used in the 2008 Summer Olympics</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>6. Kansas City Public Library</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/E514CB55-4A3C-418A-AEFA-5F0A537408E5" alt="Kansas City Public Library" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/8BF086C0-0772-4BF8-965F-B49BEF96CF85" alt="Kansas City Public Library" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>5. The Crooked House, Himley, England</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/7904DAF2-CA1F-4ED5-9075-3B831B57BCFB" alt="Crooked House" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>4. Upside-Down House in Szymbark, Poland</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/D798ED40-2ACE-4300-8F28-9B30D1872BE7" alt="Upside-down House" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>3. Habitat 67, Canada</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/54B97504-D05E-4F60-A21B-C27FB29B6FCD" alt="2924281131_6a234b1141" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/8A14E8D4-16B1-4278-81FA-9B771BC60516" alt="Habitat 67" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>2. The Winchester Mystery House, California</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/B2D3D40D-20DC-4750-AF0D-311EE1004EFE" alt="33560737_73d4baf5f0" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/4C74C369-970B-462D-9330-453F4E39F1A0" alt="The Winchester Mystery House, California" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H2>1. Atomium, Brussels</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/D6FCB3D0-49EB-46F1-8320-DA06037FBD29" alt="Atomium" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php">The Atomium is a monument built for Expo ‘58, the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><H3>Honorary Mention – The Ice Hotel, Sweden</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/B9AA6A6F-4048-473A-BDD4-72701C760FE4" alt="The Ice Hotel" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-feats-of-architecture.php">The hotel is rebuilt each year, between December and April, using over 5,000 tones of ice for the church, Absolut Icebar, reception, main hall and suites</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2388E037-2169-4A24-956A-A1F418D84CF3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>