Strange Houses, Weird Houses, Unusual Houses & Homes from Around the World

Weird Houses! As a spin off of this entry, Strange, Weird Houses from Around the World , we’ve started an ongoing thread with a ton of fun, and sometimes insanely odd, homes.

Location: Suweon, Korea

The “Toilet House” marked the launch of The World Toilet Association for Korean, Sim Jae-duck.

via http://freshome.com/2007/10/11/toilet-shaped-house/
and http://equitygreen.typepad.com/blog/2007/10/toilet-shaped-h.html

read more about it here: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=459_1192267845

This house is just ridiculous:

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Airplane House Keeps Marriage Grounded, if Not Wife
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR2006111701676.html

“A slideshow of some of the world’s wierdest architecture.”

http://tinyurl.com/5qcbqu

This one is not as bizarre as most of the others, but I think it should still make the list:

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




http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/airth/thepineapple/index.html

Prefab dome homes on inhabitat – http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/12/sustainable-homes-from-easy-domes/

"The World Stands on its Head" ("Die Welt Steht Kopf") House on the Baltic Sea Island of Usedom in Trassenheide, Germany.

Isabelle de Beaufort and Bernard Ramus created a maze in Cordes-sur-Ciel, France with a house hiding inside.

http://www.designrelated.com/inspiration/view/mattmatt/entry/2707

Photographs By Filip Dujardin

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bldgblog/3003507918/

Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal)

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan)

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

Dome House (Florida, United States)

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

Geodesic Dome House, Ojai, California

http://www.designrelated.com/inspiration/view/mattmatt/entry/2786

http://walkingincircles.tumblr.com/post/63057053

‘shell house’ by kotaro ide

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/4736/shell-house-by-kotaro-ide.html

Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakagin_Capsule_Tower

Magic Mushroom Vacation House in Aspen

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/country-house/magic-mushroom-vacation-house-the-new-york-times-11609-074156

The Letterbox House by McBride Charles Ryan, a unique Australian residence

http://freshome.com/2010/10/01/house-with-an-unexpected-shape-design-the-letterbox-house/

Bird Island: Zero Energy Home in Kuala Lumpur

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/29/bird-island-by-graft-lab/

The Sliding House by dRMM – http://www.drmm.co.uk/

http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/video-the-sliding-house-by-drmm/3129

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/20/residence-sliding-house-drmm/

Takasugi-an (Tree House) by Terunobu Fujimori

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/12/takasugi-an-by-terunobu-fujimori/

Not sure where this upside down house is from in Japan.

http://juliasegal.tumblr.com/post/108091916