世界で最もクレイジーな見た目と奇妙な建物。
世界で最もクレイジーな見た目と奇妙な建物。
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00:00There are many different types of buildings that have unique and unusual architecture,
00:04like buildings that rotate and spin, to buildings that look like spaceships.
00:09Join me for today's video as we take a look at 15 of the most crazy-looking buildings in the world.
00:1415. Turning Torso
00:17One of the most famous towers in all of Sweden, the Turning Torso in Malmö, has a unique story.
00:23It wasn't originally intended to be built at all.
00:27Born by accident, the Turning Torso came from the mind of famous architect and sculptor Santiago Calatrava
00:33as part of a competition for the construction of the Uresund Bridge.
00:37But on the brochure for the event was Calatrava's sculpture called the Turning Torso,
00:41which garnered him a bit more attention than he had planned,
00:44and he was invited to create a building based on his twisted idea.
00:48Construction began in 2001 and lasted until 2005, and despite being twice as expensive as originally planned,
00:55it went off without a hitch, and the Turning Torso was filled with luxury apartments that were quickly rented out.
01:01This skyscraper consists of nine oddly-shaped five-story blocks with a 90-degree clockwise rotation.
01:08It stands at about 626 feet tall, and the Turning Torso became the tallest building in Northern Europe,
01:14and it's one of the biggest attractions of the Malmö skyline.
01:17You can see it from anywhere in the city, and it's gone on to earn plenty of architectural awards over the years.
01:22The first two blocks of the building are offices,
01:24with the rest going to residents who get to wake up to the best views the city has to offer.
01:33The Lotus Temple in Delhi, India, isn't just one of the craziest buildings in the world,
01:38it's also one of the most gorgeous.
01:39Built as a house of worship in 1986, the Lotus Temple is known for its flower-like shape,
01:45which has made it one of the most prominent attractions in the city,
01:48as it's open to all regardless of any religious beliefs.
01:52This wild building is made of 27 free-standing marble-clad petals
01:56arranged in clusters of three to form the nine sides,
01:59with nine doors opening onto a central hall with a height of just over 110 feet,
02:04and a capacity of about 1,300 people.
02:06As you might expect with a building of this scope and scale,
02:09the Lotus Temple has won multiple architectural awards,
02:12and it's been featured in articles, books, and magazines.
02:15The Lotus Temple is dedicated to the relatively new Baha'i faith,
02:19and when the temple first opened its nine doors,
02:218,000 Baha'is came from 107 different countries,
02:25with about half of that number coming from 22 provinces in India,
02:28and another 10,000 visitors came the next day to see the marble.
02:31By late 2001, the Lotus Temple had attracted over 70 million visitors,
02:36and by 2014, that number increased to 100 million.
02:4113. Ksiewidomek – The Crooked House
02:45Alright, don't worry, there's nothing wrong with your computer screen or your eyes here.
02:49The Ksiewidomek, or the Crooked House,
02:51was built to look like your mind is melting, coming out of your nose.
02:55This multi-purpose mind trip lives in Poland,
02:58and it's known by many around the world for its very obvious distorted look.
03:03It's kind of hard to think that something like this could actually exist in the world,
03:06but lo and behold, it's totally real,
03:08and it sort of looks like it's a cartoon.
03:10Built in 2004, the entire building takes up 4,000 wacky square feet,
03:15and believe it or not, has many tourists afraid to enter.
03:18But it is safe to enter, and you'll find the wavy designs continue on the inside,
03:23although maybe not as vertigo-inducing.
03:25But unfortunately, I get cross-eyed just looking at this weird crooked house.
03:3112. Luma Arl Tower
03:34Leave it to the award-winning architect Frank Gehry
03:37to create one of the craziest-looking buildings in the world.
03:40A relatively young entry to this list, the Luma Arl Tower is an interesting one,
03:45with Gehry taking his visual and artistic cues from Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.
03:50This building is an arts center in Arles, France,
03:52and encompasses 15,000 square meters of space,
03:56and the exterior's skin is made up of 1,000 angled reflective stainless steel panels.
04:01The beautiful yet crazy building included exhibition spaces,
04:05workshops, a library, a 150-seat auditorium, and of course, a cafe on the ground floor.
04:11The Luma Arl sits on the site of an SNCF rail yard that's been abandoned since 1986,
04:16and was originally set for a 2020 opening,
04:19but certain world events caused that date to be pushed back.
04:22But the most interesting and eye-catching aspect of this building
04:25is that it quite literally sticks out like a sore thumb.
04:29It's the only building that looks anything like it for miles,
04:32reflecting the likes of the sun and moon and towers above the rest of the buildings in the neighborhood.
04:41China's got no shortage of wild and amazing buildings,
04:44and much of its infrastructure can be built in an incredibly short period of time.
04:49But that doesn't mean they're always going to be a hit.
04:51The Ren Building in Shanghai was designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group,
04:55also known as BIG from Copenhagen.
04:57The Ren Building is part of Better City, Better Life,
05:012010's World Expo, and its design is meant to look like the Chinese character for person.
05:06It certainly is a nice idea, but there's no denying that it's a very oddly-shaped building.
05:12The project was originally proposed for a hotel, sports, and conference center,
05:16and it would be two buildings coming together and blending into one structure.
05:20The first of the buildings would emerge from the water,
05:22with the first being dedicated to the sports and water culture center,
05:26with the second building emerging from land,
05:28dedicated to the spirit of enlightenment and home to the conference center and offices.
05:33Perhaps the designers' hearts were in the right place,
05:35attempting to capture the so-called spirit of the building,
05:38but in the end created something that looks more like a theme park ride
05:41than it does an aquatic center and office building.
05:44Plus, the thought of sitting through a boring business meeting while someone swims laps
05:47just on the other side of the wall is an odd one indeed.
05:5110. Basket Building
05:54Not all building concepts need to have a fatal flaw to be ridiculous,
05:59and such is the case with the Basket Building.
06:01The name of this building says it all.
06:03The Basket Building is just one giant picnic basket, handles and all.
06:08The visual and architectural oddity sits in Ohio,
06:11and if you can believe it, is the headquarters of the Longaberger Basket Company.
06:15The Basket Building is also an exact replica of the normal shopping basket,
06:19and is 160 times larger than a Longaberger's medium basket.
06:23It's certainly a strange building concept,
06:25although there's no denying that it makes for a great conversation piece.
06:29But because of its odd and one-of-a-kind shape,
06:31the Basket Building has become a popular Ohio tourist destination over the years.
06:36Does a giant picnic basket-shaped building need to exist? Of course not.
06:40But at least the silly design is safe for everyone inside.
06:449. Brisbane Airport
06:47Nine out of ten times, going to the airport is an absolute miserable experience.
06:52The line, the screaming children, the overpriced food, and the hassles of security.
06:56But how about that one time then?
06:59When can going to the airport be anything but drab?
07:02Well, that's if you go to Brisbane Airport in Australia.
07:04That's because it's working with an awesome and futuristic kinetic parking garage facade.
07:09It's an eight-story endeavor that, when viewed from the outside,
07:12looks like the entire structure is rippling in one gorgeous fluid motion.
07:16In total, this effect is made possible by the whopping 118,000 suspended aluminum panels that move in the wind.
07:23And so as the wind patterns change, so do these panels.
07:26It's a really cool effect that will have you forgetting about all the headaches surrounding air travel.
07:31But the best part about the kinetic parking structure at Brisbane Airport
07:34is that at night, the facade is fully illuminated.
07:37So couple that with the movements from the wind,
07:39and you're looking at one of the coolest kinetic facades around.
07:438. United Tower
07:46Standing 656 feet tall with 50 stories is the United Tower in the city of Manama.
07:52Another building with a drill shape, the United Tower looks like it's trying to mine the sky for gold.
07:57But perhaps the design really pays homage to the oil-rich region where much of the wealth comes from.
08:02Built through a joint effort between two major architectural companies,
08:06Ahmed Al-Qaed Construction and Cooperation Investment House,
08:10United Tower cost about $2.5 billion U.S. to build
08:13and was built on a specially created man-made island in the Bay of Bahrain.
08:17There aren't many towers in the world so extravagant that they call for their own island to be made.
08:23But the tower is also known to both locals and out-of-towners alike
08:26as the home to the Wyndham Hotel Group, a luxury hotel that takes up 14 floors of the building.
08:32And one of the best ways to experience the United Tower is from within one of those rooms,
08:36all of which come with panoramic windows.
08:38The top floors of the hotel are home to bars and restaurants,
08:41making it the perfect place to unwind after a long day away from the people below.
08:50Easily one of the most unique structures, not just in the Czech Republic,
08:54but of all Europe, is the Dancing House.
08:56Found in the capital city of Prague,
08:58the Dancing Houses were designed by Vlada Milunic and Frank Gehry and were completed in 1996.
09:04The pair wanted to create something not only aesthetically beautiful but gravity-defying as well.
09:10And that's clearly what they did with this building.
09:12The structure is also more commonly referred to as Fred and Ginger,
09:16referencing the two iconic dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
09:19That's because the structure really kind of does look like two masculine and feminine structures
09:24dancing together in the skyline.
09:26The Dancing House is full of bends, twists, and turns that illustrate the type of sensual movements
09:31you may witness on the dance floor between two seasoned professionals.
09:34But despite the name and super fun look, the Dancing House is full of office buildings.
09:39You would think that a place like this would be home to some of the most creative minds in Prague,
09:43but alas, the Dancing House is just full of a bunch of squares.
09:50We can all use some peace and quiet sometimes, but how about a little peace and quilt?
09:55Well, that's exactly what Catalonian designer Enric Ruiz Geli of Cloud9 had in mind
10:00when he designed the Quilted Cube.
10:02Found in Barcelona, Spain, the Quilted Cube is a building with a two-layered facade
10:07that can inflate or deflate according to the sun.
10:11The Quilted Cube is actually pretty cool to see in person
10:13because the south facade has 104 cushions with an ETFE membrane connecting them all.
10:19The center of the building is penetrated by an L-shaped hole from the roof down to the center of the structure
10:24and then reaches out towards the southwest facade to create the appearance of raining light.
10:29But the membranes only allow for the desired amount of sunlight to enter,
10:32so the building never gets too crazy hot.
10:34The Quilted Cube is also a mixed-use office building for technology companies
10:38with lots of public galleries and facilities.
10:41And it even is one of the most energy-efficient of its kind in Spain,
10:44reducing the need for air conditioning and keeping energy costs down.
10:49The Quilted Cube is the Goldilocks of kinetic buildings,
10:52neither too hot nor too cold, always just right.
11:00The Cathedral of Brasilia is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the capital of Brazil
11:04and serves as the seat of the Archdiocese.
11:06Designed by local architect Oscar Niemeyer,
11:09the cathedral was completed and dedicated on May 31st, 1970.
11:13And while it may have a rich history, it's the look of the building that we're more interested in.
11:17The Cathedral of Brasilia is a hyperboloid structure made from 16 concrete columns, each weighing 90 tons.
11:24In the square access to the cathedral, there are four 10-foot tall bronze structures
11:28to represent the four evangelists created by sculptors Alfredo Chihati and Dante Croce back in 1968.
11:35A 66-foot tall bell tower containing another four large bells
11:39donated by the Spanish residents of Brazil all stand outside of the cathedral,
11:43which visitors can see from the exterior.
11:45But then right at the entrance of the cathedral is a pillar with passages from the Life of Mary, painted by Athos.
11:52There's then the 39-foot wide, 16-inch deep reflecting pool surrounding the cathedral's roof,
11:57which is used to help keep the building nice and cool on those hot Brazilian days.
12:01This cathedral has a capacity for 4,000 people,
12:04and visitors enter the building through a dark tunnel and emerge into a bright space with a glass roof.
12:09The outer roof of the building is made from 16 pieces of 33-foot wide and 98-foot long fiberglass
12:15inserted between the concrete pillars.
12:18It's an incredibly stellar building that sees about one million people a year,
12:22and it's not hard to see why.
12:28Designed by the Israeli-Canadian architectural student Moshe Safdie,
12:32the goober of a building that is Habitat 67 was built for the World's Fair Expo in 1967.
12:38And yet, probably another classic case of what people thought the future would be like.
12:43Too bad they were very, very wrong,
12:45because this blocky building looks anything but futuristic.
12:48And yeah, it is impressive that someone could come up with such a design
12:51and then see it through to a successful completion,
12:54but it does look a bit like a giant toddler dropped their giant blocks
12:57and someone decided to put windows and doors on them.
13:00Habitat 67 is 12 stories high and comprises 354 prefabricated concrete units
13:06arranged in all sorts of wild and ambitious combinations in different sizes.
13:10And on the bright side, each unit has access to at least one private terrace,
13:14and despite the frantic design, every unit has total privacy.
13:18So there's a bit of a method to the madness here.
13:20After all, it's just sometimes you have to peel back that many layers
13:23to get to the core idea.
13:25But the complex did launch Safdie's career to the moon
13:28and went on to design about 80 more buildings around the world.
13:31But the odds of anyone designing something like Habitat 67 again
13:35are pretty much slim to none, thankfully.
13:38Number 3. The Ray and Maria Stata Center
13:42The Ray and Maria Stata Center were designed by the award-winning architect Frank Gehry.
13:46And with such a decorated and prestigious architect at the helm of this project,
13:50what could possibly go wrong?
13:52The Ray and Maria Stata Center opened up in 2004
13:55and houses MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence labs,
13:59the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy,
14:01and the Laboratory of Information and Decision Systems.
14:04The building is home to some of the school's best and brightest,
14:07but too bad the building concept didn't manage to reflect that.
14:11The building was at first celebrated for its interesting and bold angular design
14:16that Frank Gehry said would challenge the laws of physics.
14:19And challenge them they did,
14:21but Gehry quickly learned that you can't fight physics
14:24and the building lost the battle, badly.
14:26In 2007, just three years after the Stata Center's completion,
14:30MIT sued Gehry for negligence after identifying
14:33some pretty major design flaws and structural issues.
14:36An inefficient drainage system caused the walls to crack,
14:39giant icicles hung over the walls during the wintertime,
14:42and mold was quickly overtaking the building's exterior.
14:45So many repairs and alterations were made
14:47that it ran the school a bill upwards of $1.5 million.
14:51The construction company behind the building said
14:53they warned Gehry about his ridiculous design more than once,
14:57but he simply did not care.
14:59Yowch.
15:01Number 2. First World Hotel and Plaza.
15:05Here we go, the granddaddy of them all,
15:07the largest hotel in the world,
15:09with a whopping 8,584 rooms across three massive towers,
15:13is the First World Hotel and Plaza.
15:16This massive three-star hotel is in Malaysia
15:19and looks like more of an amusement park than it does a hotel.
15:22And that's partly because it is.
15:24The First World Hotel and Plaza is incredibly vibrant on the outside,
15:28encompassing just about every color of the rainbow.
15:31But the fun doesn't stop once the guests walk inside.
15:33There are plenty of outdoor and indoor theme parks for thrill-seekers,
15:37movie theaters for the cinephiles,
15:39virtual reality experiences for the dreamers of tomorrow,
15:42and about 20 bowling alleys for everyone else.
15:44This place is obviously perfect for not just families,
15:47but solo travelers as well who don't want to veer too far from the resort.
15:51There's an endless amount of possibilities here,
15:53and that includes the on-site restaurants and shopping areas.
15:57And while three stars may be a little low,
15:59you can't go wrong with staying at a record-breaking hotel like this one.
16:05Number 1. Le Palais Agnel.
16:08Not only is this one of the craziest-looking buildings in the world,
16:11but it's got one of the craziest stories behind it too.
16:14If you were to see it from far away,
16:16the Le Palais Agnel looks like the Temple of Angkor in Cambodia.
16:20But this wild structure has been calling France its home for more than a century.
16:24It incorporates some spectacular flying buttresses and grottoes,
16:28all carefully crafted from found stones
16:30that make up the 85-foot-long, 33-foot-tall structure.
16:33It is truly one of the most spectacular buildings in the world,
16:36but it wasn't made by construction crews or world-class architects
16:40with PhDs hanging on their walls.
16:43It all began with one man, Ferdinand Cheval.
16:46Cheval was a simple postman who would pick up stones while making rounds each day,
16:50stones that would be used to create this building.
16:53He spent the first 20 years building the outer walls,
16:55at first carrying the stones around in his pockets before switching to a basket,
16:59and then eventually graduating to using a wheelbarrow all on his own.
17:03Often working at night, much of Cheval's work was done by the light of an oil lamp.
17:08It consists of river-washed stones, porous taga, fossils, and even tiny pebbles.
17:13It really is that simple.
17:15When a visitor first approaches the stone palace,
17:17they'll first see the southern façade,
17:19with decorations that resemble aspects of the Brighton Pavilion and Gaudi Sagrada Familia.
17:24But despite these facts, Cheval never traveled and even considered himself a peasant,
17:28having never seen these comparable works of art.
17:31Three giant stones stand over 10 feet high to serve as not only decoration,
17:35but the support system for the palace's Barbary Tower as well,
17:39with a spiral staircase lined with swans made of cement leading up to it.
17:43The north faces show off a long path dotted with large openings
17:46that provide plenty of light leading into the heart of the palace itself.
17:50Much of the palace looks like a forest with walls coated in moss
17:53and massive seaweed that's accumulated over the years.
17:56The ceiling incorporates swirling patterns all made of pebbles and shells that outline the chandeliers,
18:02while the upper walls are lined with horizontal bands
18:04with animals carved into them in an Egyptian style,
18:07which again, Cheval had never seen before.
18:10But it doesn't stop there, because there are three ostriches, a camel, flamingos,
18:15octopus, lions, dragons, and even a polar bear standing guard over the stone building.
18:20But it was the eastern façade that took the longest to build,
18:23with Cheval devoting 20 years of his life to that section alone.
18:27But the most iconic aspect is the phrase he inscribed on the walls,
18:31which reads,
18:311879 to 1913,
18:3410,000 days,
18:3593,000 hours,
18:3733 years of struggle.
18:39Let those who think they can do better try.
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