The genius of a person can be expressed in the most unusual manifestation, for example, architecture. On our planet, there is a sufficient amount of evidence of the exuberant fantasy of architects, surprising by their appearance thousands of people. We present to you the 10 most unusual houses: and suddenly something will come to your liking, and a new brilliant architect will wake up among us.
1. Dancing house in Prague , Czech Republic
This building, one of the most elegant in the ten most unusual houses in the world, was built in 1996 by the architects V. Milunich and F. Gary in the so-called deconstructivist style. The structure consists of two houses, one of which stretches to the other, thus representing the metaphor of a dancing couple. Now the restaurant and offices of international companies are located here.
2. A stone house in Fafe, Portugal
A truly mythical view of one of the most unusual private houses in the world. Located in the north of Portugal in the mountains of Fafe, it was built among three huge boulders. The architect of this strange building is V. Rodriguez, who built it in 1974. He was impressed by the funny cartoon "Flintstones" about a family that lived in a similar dwelling in the Stone Age. There is no electricity, but there is a fireplace carved in the boulder, as well as a carved stone staircase.
3. Inverted house in Szymbark, Poland
Among the most original houses in the world, you can not fail to mention the Inverted House, which is located near the Polish city of Gdansk. It was created on the plan of architect D. Chapevsky, thus conveying the coming of the era of communism, which turned people's lives upside down.
4. Gingerbread houses in Barcelona, Spain
A special comfort is the so-called Gingerbread Houses in Barcelona. They are part of the Park Güell , founded by the famous architect A. Gaudi. Like descended from the pages of fairy tales, Gingerbread houses are considered a symbol of Barcelona.
5. Shell house on the island of Mujeres, Mexico
Among the most amazing houses in the world, there is also a shell house built according to the project of the supporter of surrealism, Octavio Ocampo. In fact, this building is a hotel on the Mexican island of Mujeres in the Caribbean. Despite its unusual appearance, the structure was erected from ordinary materials - concrete and a huge number of shells. By the way, he has absolutely no corners. Sea theme is also observed in the interior decoration of the shell house.
6. Humpback (or curve) house in Sopot, Poland
In the Polish town of Sopot you can see one of the most unusual interesting houses - the so-called Humpbacked House. In it you will not find straight corners and straight lines, which is so similar to nature, which was the plan of the Polish architect Jacek Karnowski. Now there is a shopping center and a cafe.
7. A teapot in Texas, USA
Not far from the Texas town of Galveston, in 1950, an unusual building appeared in the form of a teapot. No one lives there, but, according to local residents, some young man periodically visits here.
8. Cubic houses in Rotterdam, Holland
The unique residential complex-bridge was created in 1984 by the architect Pete Blom. In its upper part are located 38 cubes, which are residential apartments. In the concrete footsteps there is an entrance and a staircase to the wooden cube, divided into three levels: a kitchen, a bedroom and a garden room.
9. Earth house in Wales, UK
To the amazing houses of the world can be attributed and the realization of the childhood dream of Simon Dale - the home of the fairy-tale hero of Tolkien's books - the hobbit. A round-shaped structure was built at the base of the hill from natural materials - wood, soil and stone, turf. It is noteworthy that the construction of the house took 3 thousand pounds sterling.
10. House-shoe in Mpumalanga, South Africa
The unusual house-boot is the creation of the artist Ron Van Zila, who built it for his wife back in 1990. Now the building is considered part of the complex, which includes a museum of handicrafts of the owner of wood, a hotel, a restaurant.
