Niteroi Art Museum by Marcio Sette licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
While its retro-futuristic design looks like something out of the ’60s, this museum, nicknamed the MAC, was actually completed in 1996.
This strange-looking museum looks like an upside-down flying saucer. The main section of the building, the “cupola”, is three stories tall and 50 meters in diameter.
The swirling elevated walkways make visitors feel like they’re in a truly special place. Below the museum is a massive reflecting pool that adds to the surreal effect.
Suffice to say, if life forms from another planet landed next door, they’d wonder who beat them to it!
