Table of contents:
- "Greek" house near the "normal" house
- "Modernist monster" instead of a bungalow
- Roof house
- "Evil" house with daring cacti
- "Crazy" house attributed to Salvador Dali
- The boot house surprises architecture lovers
- The toilet house, fortunately, is not a residential one
Video: Shame of architecture: Social media users share examples of the most ridiculous and ugly buildings
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Some modern buildings fascinate us with ingenious architectural solutions, but not everything that is unusual is ingenious. Facebook has an English-speaking community called "That's right, I'm a shame on architecture." In it, users from all over the world publish photos of the most ridiculous and tasteless, from their point of view, houses. It seems that this is just a prank, but all the buildings represented in the group really exist.
There are already 83 thousand members in the community and this number is growing so rapidly that there is no doubt that there will be many more soon. Over the past month, the members of the group left about one and a half thousand messages. By the way, the administration of the group filters out overly aggressive statements, urging users to criticize architectural projects in an amicable way. We present several buildings that, in the opinion of community members, disgrace architecture. Whether these houses are so terrible - everyone can determine for himself.
"Greek" house near the "normal" house
“I have been living in several houses from this place for several months and still can not get used to how tasteless it is,” writes the author of the photo, Bree Riegert.
The building is located in Toronto and is called the "Greek House". The family who built it also owns the neighboring house on the left. Normal.
"Modernist monster" instead of a bungalow
“In Milwaukee, a local alderman bought a cozy bungalow in a scenic area by Lake Michigan and then demolished it to build this modernist monster. - explains the author of the photo Jared Kellis Stay, - Usually I like this style of architecture, but the building should still decorate the area. Poor neighbors!"
Roof house
It seems that something extraordinary happened to this building, which left one roof of it. “It looks like this house was designed by a roofer,” joked the author of the post.
"Evil" house with daring cacti
Someone, when looking at such a miracle of architecture, it seems that this is a house that has been put upside down, someone sees an angry face on the facade that is annoying, someone thinks that a cactus growing in the courtyard is showing the middle finger to passers-by. And some, on the contrary, like this architectural idea.
"Crazy" house attributed to Salvador Dali
This house, despite its absolutely insane appearance, did not cause unequivocal rejection among the members of the group. Someone jokes that it was designed by Salvador Dali, but seriously, the building is called "Crooked House", it is located in Sopot (Poland) and is a local landmark. They say the architect was inspired by abstract painting.
The boot house surprises architecture lovers
“Let me introduce you to Haynes Shoe House. Located between York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I had to be near him many times, but I never managed to see him from the inside, - writes the author of the photo - I don't think that any old woman lives there, but children are never seen there either”…
The toilet house, fortunately, is not a residential one
And this is the building of the World Toilet Association. Therefore, it is built in the shape of a toilet bowl. Internet users have suggested that it looks less unpleasant from below than from above. In any case, this building is not residential, so no one will be ashamed of living in a giant toilet.
Architectural experts point out that all elements of the built environment must be in harmony with each other and with the surrounding space. However, sometimes something more daring and non-standard has a right to exist if it creates an effective and attractive contrast. Architecture, of course, should make a person feel calm and safe, but in some cases it provokes us and makes us think. But, of course, this does not mean that you need to erect tasteless and ugly buildings that are unpleasant or scary to look at. However, everyone has their own taste.
By the way, for some reason I got among the projects that dishonor architecture tallest round skyscraper., which we have already talked about.
Recommended:
From a social media star to one of the most extraordinary and discussed contemporary actresses: Irina Gorbacheva
This actress, who celebrated her 33rd birthday on April 10, has recently made people talk about herself more and more often: first, she conquered the Internet community with her humorous videos on social networks, and then won the recognition of film critics and hundreds of thousands of viewers. A few years ago, her name did not mean anything to the general public, but today films with her participation receive prizes at the "Kinotavr" and the IFF. Today Irina Gorbacheva is called one of the most promising, gifted and extraordinary modern
The oldest residential buildings still inhabited: Where are these buildings and what they look like?
Many ancient cities and houses are known in the world, but the overwhelming majority of them have survived to this day either in the form of ruins or in a greatly altered form. And very few of these buildings and settlements were able to retain their original appearance and remain inhabited. It is very difficult to identify the most ancient of them, but nevertheless such attempts are constantly being made. The oldest residential buildings in the world are very attractive, because they are silent witnesses of a century or even a thousand years of history
What the Soviet Chukchi and American Eskimos did not share in 1947 and how they almost fanned the conflict between the USSR and the USA
Most anthropological scientists agree that the inhabitants of the North, the Eskimos and the Chukchi, belong to the same race - the so-called Arctic. Those who hold a different opinion cannot but agree that over the long history of the northern peoples there has been such a close interpenetration of ethnic groups that they have actually become relatives. And yet, despite such close ties, the indigenous population of Soviet Chukotka and American Alaska was constantly at odds with
The most unusual examples of edible architecture
Of course, people need food primarily to maintain the vital functions of the body. For some, for pleasure. And some - for creativity. The heroes of our today's article combined food and construction, thus creating amazing examples of edible architecture
Social Media Propaganda Poster: A series of concise and inventive social media posters
Like the tentacles of a giant Octopus, social networks embrace, envelop the entire Internet, penetrating deeper and deeper into it, and more and more densely sitting in the mind of a person, eating a fair chunk of his time (mainly a worker), and sometimes occupying an important position in his life. Social networks are friends and enemies, they have fun, love, sell and buy … In light of this popularity, it is not surprising that the American artist Justonescarf depicted social networks in a series of his posters called Soc