IanWeirdest Apartments in the World
March 5th 2010 01:48
Many apartment buildings around the world are plain looking and lacking in imagination. Fortunately there are architects who think outside the square and some builders brave enough to bring these ideas to reality!
Thanks to koldcast.tv, here are some the best and most imaginative apartment buildings from across the globe. If you like these, read the full article here.
Rotterdam asked renowned architect, Piet Blom to design housing on top of a bridge back in 1982. The result? The Cubic Houses. Blom’s concept is that each cube represents a tree, making the entire development a forest. A forest with very sharp-angled, block-like trees, but a forest nonetheless.
With this building, the name says it all. It truly does look like a person contorting his/her body. The Turning Torso is also a record-breaking structure; when it was completed in 2005, it was the tallest building in Scandinavia and the second tallest residential building in Europe.
Habitat 67 was built for the 1967 world fair (Expo 67). It is what would happen if an architect who loved Legos as a kid built apartments with them as an adult. Its unique design is the product of 354 solid cubes constructed on top of each other and coalesced into 146 “square” residences.
It’s fascinating how architects can flex their creativity when designing these extraordinary buildings, yet at the same time, fail to devise an equally ingenious name. I guess this building does vaguely resemble a cactus.
The MVRDV Stackable High Rise looks a lot like a castle spire built out of digital bricks as seen in some sort of video game. Its design was inspired by the concept of individuality… and perhaps ballsiness, as well.
Thanks to koldcast.tv, here are some the best and most imaginative apartment buildings from across the globe. If you like these, read the full article here.
Cubic Houses – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Turning Torso Building – Malmö, Sweden
Habitat 67 - Montreal Quebec, Canada
Urban Cactus High Rise – Amsterdam, Netherlands
MVRDV Stackable High Rise – Rødovre, Copenhagen
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