AMAZING ARCHITECTUAL DESIGN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

  The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan)otland for John Murray (fourth Earl of Dunmore) in 1978 by an unknown architect.
Long a curiosity for people driving along the north coast between Tamsui and Keelung, the “UFO” houses as they are known locally — a group of freakish looking, brightly colored, run-down buildings that were once supposed to become a holiday village — made the headlines recently following the Taipei County Government's decision to demolish them.
                   

The BUBBLE HOUSE is one of unique houses in the world. It is located in Tourrettes-sur-Loup, France.Designed in the 70s by Hungarian architect Antti Lovag for fashion designer Pierre Cardin, the bubble house is amazing with lots of built-in

furniture and oval, convex windows. It has yet to be finished, but that hasn’t stopped the French ministry of culture from listing it as a historic monument..

This real-life Flintstones house stands in Nas Montanhas de Fafe, Portugal. It was built in 1974.
Located in the Fafe mountains of northern Portugal, A Casa do Penedo, or "the House of Stone," was built between four large boulders found on the site. Although the house may seem rustic, it is not lacking in amenities, which include a fireplace and a swimming pool--carved out of one of the large rocks.

The Hobbit House stands in Switzerland, near the famed Vals thermal baths. The building was supposedly built this way -- sunk into the mountain -- so as not to disturb the natural environment ...

The Earth Houses are located in Dietikon, Switzerland and is deeply focused on being energy-efficient. Because the homes are built into the mounds of earth, they have natural insulation that "allows them to use only a third of the energy a normal home would consume." The goal in creating these homes was "not putting a box on top of nature but making the architecture subordinate to nature, integrated."

                                    Takasugi-an (Tree House) by Terunobu Fujimori
Designed by architect Terunobu Fujimori, Takasugi-an is located in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan and built atop two chestnut trees, cut from a nearby mountain and transported to the site. Takasugi-an literally means “a teahouse too high.” Guests must climb a freestanding ladder, which leans against one of the trees in order to reach the little house. Midway up the ladder, guests must remove their shoes and leave them on the platform.

    The “Toilet House” marked the launch of The World Toilet Association for Korean, Sim Jae-duck.
The Toilet-Shaped house is located in Suwon, 40km south of Seoul and was named Haewoojae, which signifies in Korean "a place of sanctuary where one can solve one's worries". The steel, white concrete and glass house, with a symbolic bowl-like opening in the roof, involves two bedrooms, two guestrooms, and three deluxe lavatories.

Mr. Sim Jae-duck was born in a toilet (because his mother believed that people born in restroom will enjoy long lives), and die in this one in 2009. According to his will, the house was transferred to the possession of municipal government of Suwon and was turned into a museum.

The Upside-Down House, in Szymbark (Poland). The house was created by Daniel Czapiewski to describe the former communist era and the present times in which we live.

A unique house that stands on its roof, where visitors walk on the ceilings and which is decorated in the socialist style of the 1970’s.

In the Centre of Education and Regional Promotion in Szymbark at the foot of the highest mountain in the Kaszubian Province – Mount Wiezyca (329m above sea level), a house, the only one in Poland, was built on its roof. The “Upside Down House” evokes a strange feeling – entry is through a roof window and visitors walk around on the ceilings. The interior is furnished in the style of socialist realism – there is a TV room and a dresser with crystal objects, a toilet from the 1970’s and propaganda of the time coming from the television. The building of this house took longer and was a lot more expensive than a normal house of this size. The foundations alone required 200m³of concrete. The house is not the only attraction of the Centre – the worlds longest plank can also be found here (it is 36.83m long, weighs 1.1 tons and is registered in the Guinness Book of Records). The Nobel Laureate Lech Walesa’s table is also here. The Centre of Education and Regional Promotion is not just a place of fun but is also of historical education.

                                        The Errante's Guest House, in Chile.
There’s not much info about this bizarre Errante Guest House built in Chile but it looks absolutely amazing and unusual.

The Dunmore Pineapple House was built in Scotland for John Murray (fourth Earl of Dunmore) in 1761 by an unknown architect.

One of the most architectural wonders of Scotland is the beautifully built Pineapple in the garden of Dunmore House, near Falkirk. It was built as a folly in 1761 by an unknown Architect. It is part of the walled garden of Dunmore Park and was originally used as a garden retreat. Pineapples were known to have been grown in Scotland in the early 18th century and were probably grown in hot-houses on the south side of the garden wall at Dunmore. It is now in the custody of the National Trust for Scotland.

Artist and architect Robert Bruno has been at work on his steel home since 1974. Bruno has said that he wants the shape of the structure to be somewhere between animal and machine. Most homes have an initial skeleton that is built upon throughout the construction process, but Bruno has approached this home like a sculpture, building it on the fly and making constant modifications. Architect Peter Koliopoulos points out that the four legs and cantilevered design minimize the structure’s impact by not disrupting the earth as much as a typical home design would have. Estimated weight of the structure is 110 tons.