The ten strangest houses in the world

A house is a form of identity. The colors of the walls, the decoration and even the arrangement of the furniture. However, there are those who go further and want the exterior to be as special as the interior. That prints a personality and draws attention. These are the ten strangest houses in the world.

This ‘flying saucer’ shaped house sits on the side of Signal Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It has several levels. Its exterior is shaped like an alien ship. It is white, it is raised from the ground, from which it is supported by four legs, on which is the rest of the round structure. The interior has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. To access the house it is necessary to deploy an entrance ladder, which is achieved by pressing a button.

The Bubble Palace is a mansion located on a hill in Théocule sur Mer, on the French Riviera. Its appearance is futuristic, and it is difficult to associate with any specific element. It has a brown facade, with small round structures that appear from it, which could be the suction cups of the tentacles of an octopus, most of them are made of glass so that the light can pass through and enjoy the landscape and the Mediterranean Sea. It was designed by Pierre Cardin, who is a fashion designer, and the architect Antti Lovag, in the 1980s.

In Zillah, Washington is the gas station in the shape of a teapot. It was built in 1922 and has a history, as it was built to commemorate the “Teapot Dome scandal”, in which the US president himself was involved with the federal oil reserve in Wyoming. One of the biggest political escalations in the history of the country. The station is an authentic large white and red teapot, the roof is the lid of the teapot. A perfect imitation.

The Wigwam Motel is probably one of the most curious hotels that exist. It is in California, USA and its rooms are small structures in the form of old white cabins, with two small windows. Only two are preserved and they are located on Route 66 in the states of Arizona and California.

It seems impossible but Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastion Mikiciuk created the house backwards, in Trassenheide, Germany. The roof, black in color, is on the ground, and the roof is a smooth and flat structure, which would be the ground in a conventional house. The idea came from Daniel Czapiewski, a Polish businessman who made it as a symbol of life during the communist era.

Mila house. If we talk about spectacular houses, we cannot leave out one of the most emblematic architectural elements of our country. La Pedrera, as this building is called, was built by Antoni Gaudí in 1906 and 1910 and is located at number 92 Paseo de Gracia, in the center of the city. It is a six-storey modernist building with two interior patios, one circular and the other oval. It has three facades, which overlook three different streets, but it gives a sense of continuity provided by the undulating shapes that look like rocks modeled by the waves of the sea. The decoration motifs also simulate marine elements such as octopuses, shells and other marine flora.

Also in Spain, there is the Torre Galatea, in Figueres, Gerona. It was designed by Salvador Dalí, and now the artist’s museum. His design is extravagant and risky: a giant tower, with small golden elements embedded and crowned by several eggs, which represent an identity key impossible for anyone to imitate. It was the author’s home, a theater and now a museum.

The Central Library of Kansas City, in Missouri, USA, is a special building in substance and form. It is full of books, but not only inside, but its façade is also contracted as if they were giant books that support the structure of the building. Its interior is marble. The children’s reading room is entirely set in books, the stairs are books, and the walls are also written book pages, which send messages to those who read it.

The Dancing Building, in Prague, Czech Republic, is a deconstructivist building that collides with the rest of the baroque and gothic structures that prevail in the center of the city. The structure of the building simulates the silhouettes of two dancers, which is why this building was initially called ‘Fred and Ginger’ by the dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although shortly after it was discarded due to the creator’s fear of American kitch forms .

The Basket Building in Ohio, United States, is a mustard-colored building that perfectly simulates a basket. Its owner was the creator of handmade maple wood baskets, as well as other products for the home such as ceramics or fabric accessories. Actually the structure of the building is simple, rectangular with windows on the main façade. From the roof emerge the structures that form what would be the handles of the basket, and on the ‘roof’ there are offices.