Think Your House Is Odd?
By Christa TerryI’ve often commented on how strange my house is – mostly because someone in the past did a lot of shoddy DIY – but it’s not strange at all compared to these strange buildings:

Erwin Wurm’s House Attack in Vienna, Austria – located at the Museum Moderner Kunst
The Basket Building in Ohio – which houses the corporate offices of The Longaberger Company
Cubic Houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands – designed by Piet Blom in 1984
Torre Galatea in Figueres, Spain – an annex of the Salvador Dalí Theater/Museum
The Kansas City Public Library in Missouri – the permanent installation conceals the library’s car park
Very cool! My favorite is House Attack, mostly because I like the idea of my little house deciding to go up against a great big building!
June 15th, 2010 at 6:15 am
Don’t forget MIT’s Stata Center!
June 15th, 2010 at 6:23 am
How could I have forgotten that? As odd buildings go, it’s probably the one closest to me!
June 17th, 2010 at 9:53 am
These are amazing! I love the library – so appropriate.
June 17th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
I wonder why the library chose those titles…
June 30th, 2010 at 9:49 am
I had my wedding reception at the KC Public Library a couple of years ago, and the library building itself was, until pretty recently, a bank, so the art on the parking structure helps identify the new purpose of the building. Practical as well as attractive!
June 30th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Oh, also, the books were nominated by library readers and then chosen by the library board. I think they’re supposed to represent the wide tastes of KC readers and its called, “The Community Bookshelf”
December 3rd, 2010 at 6:30 am
The public library for me is the best among them, very appropriate. The Cubic Houses are probably the most difficult and challenging to build. But these are awesome buildings anyway.