This Week’s Crazy Building: The New Sarawak

Sarawak New Parliament Building by Nicky Tay is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 / Cropped from original
Resembling something from a Star Wars movie, the New Sarawak or New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building is located on the island of Borneo and is part of Malaysia. With its distinctive “payung” or umbrella roof, it is easy to spot from a distance. Its many arches and 9 pillars are symbolic of their sovereignty
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Dancing House

Case danzanti by Dino Quinzani is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Dancing House is located in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. It was designed by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunić and completed in 1996. Dancing House was a radical addition at the time. Its unusual design makes a stark contrast compared to the neighboring buildings which were done in Art Nouveau, Baroque, and
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This Week’s Crazy Building: El Capricho

El Capricho 2 by Jim Anzalone is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
El Capricho, located in Comillas, Spain is another creation by architect Antoni Gaudí. He is known for his modernist style and unusual designs. He preferred not to create plans for his designs but rather made three-dimensional scale models and added details as he designed the work. Design Inspiration Commissioned by Máximo Díaz de Quijano, El
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Montaña Mágica Lodge

Montaña Mágica by Christian Córdova is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Montaña Mágica Lodge or Magic Mountain Lodge is located in the heart of the Patagonian rainforest in the Huilo Hulio Biological Reserve. The Reserve includes 232 square miles of forest. Formerly a logging community, Hulio Hulio was started to promote sustainable tourism and preserve the natural plants, animals, and culture of the region. Made
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This Week’s Crazy Building: The Antwerp Port House

Antwerpen Havenhuis 5 by Torsade de Pointes is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
The city of Antwerp, Belgium wanted to repurpose this protected historical firehouse to create a place for some of the port’s many employees to work. Prior to the renovation, the Port House’s employees worked in buildings scattered across the city. Design Challenges The Antwerp Port House’s main design challenges were sustainably repurposing a protected historic
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Futuro House

NYC & Delaware | July 2013 by Nan Palmero is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Futuro House, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen looks like something from an old sci-fi movie. You enter through a drop down hatch into the 13-foot high by 26-foot diameter structure. You can relax on one of the 6 “bed chairs” and warm up in front of the fireplace. There is also a small
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This Week’s Crazy Building: The Buried Robot

Photo by Volkov Vitaly is used under CC BY 1.0 / Cropped and enhanced from original
The House of Soviets or “Buried Robot” as it is referred to by locals was built on the former site of Königsberg Castle and some believe it contains buried treasure! Located in Kaliningrad, an exclave of Russia, Königsberg Castle originated around 1257. Between 1700 – 1900 the castle was vastly enlarged and reconstructed. Encyclopedia Britannica
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Bierpinsel

B-Steglitz Okt12 Bierpinsel by A.Savin is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Located in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin, Germany, the Bierpinsel or “beer brush” got its name due to the fact that it resembles a shaving brush and that beer was sold in its restaurants. Original Concept Its original name was Turmrestaurant Steglitz or Tower Restaurant Steglitz. Architects Ursula and Ralph Schuler conceptualized it as a
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This Week’s Crazy Building: The Broad

Broad Museum, Los Angeles by Sharon VanderKaay is licensed under CC BY 2.0
You may already know this building, The Broad is a new contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles. It was founded philanthropists Eli and Edyth Broad and built in 2015. Some of their goals are to enrich, educate, inspire, and foster appreciation of today’s art. One way they do that is by offering free admission.
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This Week’s Crazy Building: The Gasometers

Gasometer Vienna by Bwag is used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / Enhanced slightly from original
What do you do with four 100-year-old, 295,000 cubic foot capacity gas tanks that you are no longer using? Well, if you are the city of Vienna, you convert them into apartment buildings and shops! The Gasometers in Vienna were originally constructed in 1899 and used for nearly 100 years. The gas containers housed inside
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