5 Most Unusual

See the five most unusual buildings in the world here. 

Ontario College of Art and Design

 The steel-framed building weighs more than four million pounds and appears to float in the air. The building is supported by12 angled poles. The entire building has been propped up on these, toothpick like poles. The sight makes people gasp.This building has a prominent residential area in its neighborhood. The architect of the building Will Alsop, consulted the people in the neighborhood before making the building. They did not want their view to be affected by the building. Therefore the building starts above the sightline of the neighborhood. The steel poles of the building are supported by eight-foot-diameter concrete caissons, which have been dug into the bedrock as a foundation. Normally caissons support vertical load. But the caissons in this building are tilted and withstand a lateral load which make it unique.

Crooked House

Ever heard of a Crooked House. Located in Sopot, at Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street is the Crooked House. Earlier there was a little music & coffee house called “Kawiaret” in the same place. The construction of the  “Crooked House” started in January 2003 and was completed in a record time of one year.  The Exterior elevation is of Monciak’s promenade style. There are two entries from the “Bohaterów Monte Cassino” Street and  the second one from the Haffnera Street.The building gives is inspired from the drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg. Its has lovely stained glass windows at the entrance. The roof is an unusual enamel with blue and green shades. It is a three storied building and gives the illusion of a huge dragon. It houses lovely shops and boutiques and is a great place to visit in Europe. The aura of the building draws you towards it.

WonderWorks - Orlando

Did you ever see a building upside down? It appears as if the building has crashed down from the sky.  The upside down building is really unusual and gives you a feeling of the laws of physics having turned upside down. The building houses a museum where science is supposed to have gone crazy. It has a great entertainment center for children. You can feel the power of 250,000 watts of electricity, see water flowing up against gravity and have the experience of an Earthquake. The building has three levels, each specializing in a different experience. You can test your reflexes, fly in a space shuttle or a fighter jet. You can even design your own roller coaster ride. Yet the upside turned building makes it a most unusual place. The idea of an upturned building goes well with the crazy games and rides on offer at the center. The place becomes unusual right from the moment you see it.

Turning Torso

Imagine a skyscraper like a turning torso. Located in in Malmö, Sweden HSB Turning Torso is an amazing building. The history behind this building is fascinating. The skyline of Malmo had the recognizable Kockums Crane which was removed in in 2002. The locals wanted Malmo’s skyline to have a very prominent Landmark.Johnny Örbäck, the former CEO of the co-operative housing association HSB saw the sculpture “The Twisting Torso”. He wanted a building to be made like it. It is a marble sculpture of a human twisting form. Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava was asked to conceptualise and design the building. The construction of the building was started in 2001. It was opened on 27 August 2005. At 190 metres it is the tallest building in Scandinavia. It is located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait and the second tallest building in Europe.It has nine segments of five-story pentagons  which twist as the building rises. Each floor has an unequal pentangular shape rotating around a vertical core. It is home to luxury apartments and premium office space in Malmo.

The Dancing House

  Yes, the building appears as if it is dancing. The Dancing House also called the “Drunk House”.It is the name of a building in Prague in the Republic of Czecoslovakia. The building has been designed by an architect of Czech origin called Vlado Miluni?.This great landmark of Prague stands on a riverfront plot where the previous building had been destroyed in bombing of Prague. The building has been named after dancers after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, two famous dancers. The building resemblers two dancers and was earlier called Fred and Ginger. Its construction started in 1994 and was completed in 1996. The unorthodox design was initially under controversy. The then Czech president Václav Havel who used to live next to the site strongly supported the building. He wanted it to become a center of cultural activity.Today it is a landmark in Prague. It has a French Restaurent on the roof which provides a magnificient view of the city.