This Week’s Crazy Building: MahaNakhon

MahaNakhon Tower unfinished (Bangkok Thailand) by tongeron91 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
MahaNakhon or “great metropolis” is located in Bangkok, Thailand. It is 1,030 feet tall and contains 77 stories. The unusual design, by internationally renowned architect Ole Scheeren was created to blend the inner life of the building with the rest of the city. Another goal was to portray an irregular mountain landscape in a modern
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa by Colin Capelle is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Located in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest free-standing building in the world. It recently set another world record on New Year’s Eve 2017 for the largest laser light and sound show on a single structure. Standing at 2,716.5 feet tall (imagine 7.5 football fields placed end to end!) it contains 31,400 metric
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Paläon Research and Experience Center

Paläon Schöningen by Helena is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The scene is an open-cut coal mine in Schöningen, Germany, the time is 1994. A discovery is made that totally changes the way scientists view our ancestors. Three spears were found. Radiocarbon dating confirmed them to be approximately 300,000 years old, making them the oldest hunting tools in the world. Before this discovery, it was
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Zaandam

Zaandam Zaanse groene huisjes hotel Inntel by David van der Mark is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
The Zaandam, located in the Netherlands, is a combination of about 70 different buildings — all in one. The 11-story hotel contains 160 rooms and is in the city center of Zaandam. Designed by Wilfried van Winden, he drew inspiration from the traditional green wooden houses in the area. The style is one original to
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Hobbiton

Hobbiton Movie Set by Brian is licensed under CC BY 2.0
If you have seen the Lord of The Rings movies or read the books you are no doubt familiar with Hobbiton. Originally built in 1999 and later rebuilt in 2009, the Hobbit village is now a permanent attraction in Matamata, New Zealand. Visitors can tour the grounds, Hobbit holes, and even relax at the Green
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Plastic Bottle Village

Photo courtesy of plasticbottlevillage.com
Would you live in a house made from plastic bottles? Plastic Bottle Village on Colón Island in Panama would like to see more and more people doing so. Robert Bezeau, owner / creator, developed a new method of utilizing plastic bottles to create the walls of residences. He reasons that if a person consumes 15
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Centre Pompidou-Metz

Centre Pompidou-Metz by manuelsvay is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Located in Metz, France, the Centre Pompidou-Metz seems even more unusual in the context of the surrounding historical structures. Designed by architect Shigeru Ban, the inspiration actually came from a Chinese hat! Ban wanted to create a space that would seamlessly integrate into the city as well as being effective for displaying works of art.
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Sun Cruise Hotel

Cruise Ship Hotel by parhessiastes is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Yes, this is a real picture, no Photoshopping here! The Sun Cruise Hotel, located in Jeongdongjin, South Korea is built to resemble a cruise ship. It measures 148 feet tall, 541 feet long, and weighs in at 30,000 tons. It is said to have been the first of its kind in the world. This unusual
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Glass Igloos

Our Glass Igloo! by Christopher Chapman is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Brightened from original.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the aurora borealis in person? At the Kakslauttanen vacation resort in Finland, you can actually spend the night in a glass igloo where you can gaze in comfort. The glass igloos were the first of their kind when they were built in 1999. Resort
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This Week’s Crazy Building: MAS

Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) in Antwerp by Bobo Boom is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Museum aan de Stroom or MAS is located in Antwerp, Belgium. An impressive sight, the building resembles an exploded view and you can catch some glimpses through the large undulating glass windows of the spiral staircase inside. Each one of its ten floors has a slight twist, which creates the spiral. After journeying up
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