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Sometimes architects are also artists, as can be seen by the selection of weird and unusual architecture below.
Here we travel to Sopot, Poland to visit The Drunk House, we see some of the incredible work of Friedrich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser in Vienna Austria and enjoy a stay at a hotel in the Basque Country of Spain. We also visit two examples of so-called organic Metabolist Architecture.
The Drunk House - Jana Jerzego Haffnera 81, 81-736 Sopot, Poland
Also known as the Unvertical, the building was designed by Szotyńscy & Zaleski, this boldly created building is on the Baltic coast of Poland. The design was inspired by the fairytale drawings of Per Dahlberg and Jan Marcin Szancer. While it makes you feel a little dizzy looking at the outside, the interior is perfectly normal and houses shops and restaurants.
Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture, Vienna, Austria
This building is one of several, designed by Friedrich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser and located in Vienna. Hundertwasser prefers curves and spirals to straight lines and his eccentric buildings have mismatched windows, undulating floors, unexpected domes and trees growing from them. Three of the most famous structures are the Hundertwasserhaus apartment building, the KunstHaus and the local heating plant, Fernwarmewerk.
Hotel Marqués de Riscal, C/Torrea, 1 Elciego, Basque Country, Spain
Here’s a weird building that you can actually sleep in. The Hotel Marqués de Riscal was designed by the award-winning architect Frank O. Gehry and consists of curved metal flourishes and other unusual architectural effects. The architecture contrasts with the historic 19th-century wine cellars in the hotel. The rooftop lounge offers guests panoramic views over the medieval village of Elciego and the surrounding vineyards.
Nakagin Capsule Tower - Tokyo, Japan
You can live in less space in the Nakagin Capsule Tower, which was designed by Kisho Kurokawa and is said to be Metabolist Architecture. Kurokawa designed the tower as part of several social experiments. The building has two towers, containing 140 prefabricated capsules, each of which is a tiny, self-contained apartment.
Habitat 67 - 2600 Av Pierre-Dupuy Montreal, Québec, Canada
Habitat 67 was designed in the same Metabolist style, popular in Japan in the 1960s. However, this one is in Montreal in Canada. The designer was Moshe Safdie and he did the design as part of his graduate thesis at McGill University. The building was created as a temporary housing for people working at the Expo 67 of the 1967 World Fair. The design is supposed to represent organic growth and there are three apartment towers standing at the waterfront in Montreal.
