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Puzzling World Lake Wanaka (Otago, New Zealand)
Puzzling World Lake Wanaka (Otago, New Zealand)Stuart Landsborough’s Puzzling World is a tourist attraction near Wanaka, New Zealand. It started out as just a maze in 1973, but over the years expanded to accommodate a “puzzling café” where guests could try out several puzzles, rooms with optical illusions, the and other things.
One of the biggest attractions is the leaning tower. The Leaning Tower of Wanaka is, as the name implies, a tower that is seemingly impossibly balanced on one corner, making the whole structure lean at an angle of 53 degrees to the ground. Exactly how this is achieved is yet to be unveiled, but it can be assumed that some kind of counterbalance or anchoring device has been used.
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto(Canada)
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto(Canada)Royal Ontario Museum redesign and Frank Gehry’s absolutely stunning (stunning!) Art Gallery of Ontario redux. Before all that came an addition to the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD). Will Alsop’s towering structure turned OCAD into one of the most unique buldings in the world. A cow-evoking black and white box sits four-stories above the ground, set on a number of different colour pillars. At night, the box is a similarly colourful and bright. Given the building’s use, it is a fittingly strange and creative look.
Academy of Sciences (California)
Academy of Sciences (California)Late period architecture has broadly fallen into two distinct categories: buildings that slide seamlessly into the already existing landscape and those that stand out entirely from it. Renzo Piano’s California Academy of Sciences redesign falls into the latter. With a verdant roof, replete with its own foliage, the Golden Gate Park building hides out like a ninja, though skylights and copious large windows on the exposed façade give it light.
Guggenheim, Bilbao(Spain)
Guggenheim, Bilbao (Spain)Frank Gehry’s world-renowned museum along the Nervion River is a deconstructionist marvel that employs a random collection of lines and metal to create a shockingly cohesive yet no-less sumptuous feast. It toys with perception relentlessly. Viewable from infinite angles and in countless lights, it never, ever looks the same. Strange and malleable it holds a unique place as one of the world’s most original, recognizable, and bizarre buildings.
Narrow Houses
This is a one-meter wide by ten-meter tall house in Madre de Deus, Brazil, the designer & the owner is 'Helenita'. It has three floors; 3 bedrooms with washrooms, 2 rooms, kitchen, & a veranda.
And this one is in Tokyo (an area of 71.4 meters). 
This is from Italy.Under the ground Hotel
Coober Pedy is a town located in northern South Australia which houses a unique way of life. Many may think that living under the ground does not make much sense, but one needs to rethink once the summer temperatures of these deserts of South Australia are brought into the picture, many residents preferred to live in caves in the hillsides. The surface living needs air-conditioning, especially during the summer months, when temperatures often exceed 104 degrees Fahrenheit, but it can get quite cool in the winter. Miners first moved in around about 1916. For a similar price to a house on the surface a standard three-bedroom cave home with lounge, kitchen, & bathroom can be excavated out of the rock in the hillside.
On arrival into Coober Pedy
Under the ground houses
The pipes sticking out of the ground in the foreground are openings & light wells for under the ground houses.
The Desert Cave Hotel allows you to experience dug-out style living, under the ground shops, bar & opal display areas. The visitors can stay under the ground, while above the ground rooms are also available. Sleeping under the ground can be a unique experience, its quiet, cool, dark & airy - the rooms are spacious with high ceilings.
On arrival into Coober PedyUnder the ground housesThe pipes sticking out of the ground in the foreground are openings & light wells for under the ground houses.Coober Pedy Hotel
Under the ground Hotel - The Desert Cave Hotel
The Desert Cave Hotel allows you to experience dug-out style living, under the ground shops, bar & opal display areas. The visitors can stay under the ground, while above the ground rooms are also available. Sleeping under the ground can be a unique experience, its quiet, cool, dark & airy - the rooms are spacious with high ceilings.Solaleya, The Green Rotating Home
Solaleya, The Green Rotating HomeSolaleya is 90% made of wood, round shaped house with huge windows allowing sun daylong for natural lighting. You can rotate the house following the sun and 'the energy used for a 360 deg rotation equals a vacuum cleaner round in the entire house.
Unique Houses Sintinx Palace
Unique Houses Sintinx Palace The house is located in East Jakarta is owned by paranormal Ki Joko Bodo. Ki Joko Bodo give the title prominently displayed on the front wall of his house with the headline “Palace of Wong Sintinx” (Palace of The Crazy). This house is a symbol unique to the presence of an owl and serpent at the top.
Tree house
Tree house In Papua, the Korowai tribe build their homes in trees. Some of the houses they could even reach a height of up to 50 meters from the ground. Indigenous peoples Korowai nicknamed the “tree man” because it always makes a house perched above the trees
Domes Houses
Domes HousesAnti earthquakes houses located on Nglepen village, Jogjakarta. in this village there are white house with half ball shaping. the resident calling this as teletubbies house.
The Dancing House
The Dancing HouseAn office building in Prague, the Dancing House was designed by architects Vlado Milunic and Frenk Gehry. Inspired by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the building resembles a pair of dancers.
The Thin House
The Thin HouseThe aptly named Thin House is located in Sorbonne, Paris. You must be “en forme” to live in there.
The Spaceship House
The Spaceship HouseLocated in Urbandale, Iowa, the Spaceship House is a sight for sore eyes. It belongs to an eccentric man with a thing for science fiction.
Dar Al Hajar Unique Houses
Dar Al Hajar Unique HousesBuilt by Imam Yahya of Yemen, the Dar Al Hajar, or Rock Palace, represents unique Yemeni architecture
The Storybook House
The Storybook HouseThe aptly named Storybook House looks like it was ripped right out of the pages of Lord of the Rings. Built over 20 years by Richey and Karen Morgan, the house is a handbuilt homage to Grimm’s fairy tales.
The Astra House – Hamburg, Germany
The Astra House – Hamburg, GermanyThe strange building is actually a brewery in Hamburg, Germany. The floors can move up or down on it’s skinny column core. As of now, the unique building has been destroyed. One of it’s more famous beer brands was recently bought by a big refreshment corporation. And that beer brand was called Astra.
The Robot Building – Bangkok, Thailand
The Robot Building – Bangkok, ThailandThe Robot Building, located in the Sathorn business district of Bangkok, Thailand, houses United Overseas Bank’s Bangkok headquarters. It was designed for the Bank of Asia by Sumet Jumsai to reflect the computerization of banking; its architecture is a reaction against neoclassical and high-tech postmodern architecture.The building’s features, such as progressively receding walls, antennae, and eyes, contribute to its robotic appearance and to its practical function. Completed in 1986, the building is one of the last examples of modern architecture in Bangkok and has garnered international critical acclaim.
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