extreme-weird & wonderful things

Drunk Builders and Mad Architects,

We all know that we shouldn't "drink and drive", but these guys definitely should not "drink and build"!



Somebody designed it and approved it:



Witness the architectural richness of one Russian general's "dacha" (cottage):
note his car parked nearby




Something old, something new -


A building in Romania, Bucharest, Revolutiei Plaza

A zipper -



No earthquake is responsible for this (the bridge is brand new) -



This billboard is better avoided in windy weather (note the securing bolts, looks pretty flimsy) -



That's great - almost your own "Ripley's Believe It or Not"-styled cottage:


(original unknown)

You must've seen similarly topsy-turvied "WonderWorks" building in Orlando:


(image credit: Oscar Ferrer)




(images credit: Avi Abrams)

Some mad architecture can only be considered as irony. Here is, for example, an interesting Church Metamorphosis:

This is not a church any more - turned into a water tower:
(seen in Curon Venosta, Northern Italy, near Stelvio Pass)


(left photo by Raymond)

In an opposite way, this water tower masquerades as a church:



This church is pretty much out of options:



In the meantime people witness the arrival of Electric Spaghetti Monster:



Plumbing gets complicated:



Nobody can tell me what this is:
(maybe an altar to the gods of construction? They need all the forgiveness they can get)


Update: it seems to be a brick oven, turned mobile

Police somewhere in Ukraine do not seem to mind squeezing into extremely small booths:



...or being crammed into the even smaller containers (the sign says "Police open from 8am to midnight" - I hope they don't stay for sleep in there)



Another way to solve your bank's financial woes:



Somebody needed logs for his fireplace? -


(image via)



Must be from planet Photoshop... -


(image via)

The Great Lenin Sphynx:



Somebody's been stealing the manhole covers... Well, there is always a fix:



"Double-deckers" are getting more and more popular:





Minimalist drain pipe:



Stairways in the Wilderness:







A hybrid:


(sent in Homer Seywerd)

Something always happens to the balconies... they have a special karma, I think:







Windows and Doors:







Just build OVER your problems, and they'll disappear:





Bad, bad FAIL:



Need more square footage? Hire extreme and fearless contractors:


An old warehouse in Bath, England, with a wooden winch housing sticking out, photo by Javier Carcamo

Need more square footage for pigeons? Just keep adding to the existing structure:



Interior Decor recycling and re-use in Chelyabinsk, Russia -



The Throne Room:




Should there be some kind of the "Architectural Horrors" theme park, with all sorts of crazy construction going on there - at the safe distance from general public? It will have rare periods of quiet -