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Piano House, China

This building was designed by the local Chinese government to attract more development to Huainan, Anhui. The transparent guitar acts as a staircase up to the building, where a variety of city plans and ideas for the future development of the area are on display. So basically, this is a very grand version of a city hall. As you can see from the picture, there isn't much around the building as of yet, but the government is really hoping for the best from this building!

National Grand Theater, Beijing, China

A somewhat controversally modern structure just west of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the National Grand Theater, or The Egg, is one of the most amazing theaters in the world. It is surrounded by an artificial lake, and was built with titanium accented glass. The controversy with this building comes in its moderistic architecture. Because of the great respect for ancient Chinese architecture throughout the country, many critics voiced their opinion that The Egg took away from that feel in Beijing. Although, the elegance of this modern marvel cannot be denied.

Crooked House, Poland

This is a shopping complex in Sopot, Poland. Its arcitecture gives the illusion of a fun house mirror at a carnival, making it a very interesting attraction to visitors. The strange angles and colored glass make it a pretty amazing piece of architectual artwork. Definitely worth a visit if you are ever in Poland!

Bult in 2004, this crazy looking building is situated in Sopot, at Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street. The architecture of the  building is based on drawings by Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg. It’s a popular tourist destination and inside are a number of pubs and restaurants, and it  is the most photographed building in Poland (no wonder).

The Upside-Down House, Poland

This interesting house was created upside-down as a statement about the state of the world and the Communist era by a philanthropist and businessman, Daniel Czapiewski. It has attracted thousands of tourists, who commonly complain of nausea once inside. It took the workers extra time to complete, as they were disoriented by the direction of the corners and wall countours. Definitely a sight you wouldn't expect to see

Picnic Basket Building, Ohio

This picnic basket-shaped corporate headquarters embodies the lifelong dream of Dave Longaberger, owner and CEO of his family basket weaving company. The outside is made up of clay-stucco, with 80-foot high clay handles affixed to the top. The building is similar to one of Longaberger's signature baskets, in that it gets bigger as you go up. Even though it wasn't easy to build, the giant picnic basket is definitely a sight to see!

Cubic Houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands

The original idea of these cubic houses came about in the 1970s. Piet Blom developed a couple of these cubic houses that were built in Helmond. The city of Rotterdam asked him to design housing on top of a pedestrian bridge and he decided to use the cubic houses idea. Blom’s vision was to create a kind of village. Now you can still see the shops on the ground floor, while upstairs families live in strange-shaped little homes.

Forest Spiral – Hundertwasser Building, Darmstadt, Germany

This building is called “Forest Spiral” and it’s located in Darmstadt, Germany. Its designer is Friedensreich Hundertwasser , and was built in  between 1998 and 2000.  The architect is renowned for his colorful designs which incorporate irregular, organic forms in an incomparable individualism. The structure of the altogether 12 floors has 105 apartments’. The roof is formed by a garden of beech, maple, and lime trees.

Dancing Building, Prague, Czech Republic)

This interesting building was constructed between 1992-1996, and is somewhat of a rarity in Prague: a modern, glass building surrounded by historic architecture. Dancing House has daring, curvy outlines, which led its architects, Vlado Milunc and the American Frank O Gehry, to initially name it the “Astaire & Rogers Building”, after the legendary dance duo. Like-minded Czechs tend to call it The Dancing Building, while less appreciative viewers have names for it like: “terrible“ and “looks like a crushed can of Coke“ to name but a few. Ouch!

Kansas City Public Library, Missouri, United States

The  impressive bookshelf covering the Kansas City Public Library parking garage is definitely our pick for number 7. The 480-car garage, at 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue, was completed in 2004. Its south façade looks like a giant’s book shelf, with 22 nearly 30-foot tall book spines sandwiched between glass-surrounded stairwells made to look like bookends. Designed for the people, for a real library experience. Nice!

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