Behold The Remarkable Variety Of Buildings That Stand On Legs

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Behold The Remarkable Variety Of Buildings That Stand On Legs


1/21/15

By Vincze Miklós

Read More: http://io9.com/behold-the-remarkable...d-o-1680851461

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The Sculptured House, became famous as the home where Woody Allen took a nostalgic look at the future in Sleeper (1973), designed by Charles Deaton in 1963, stands on Genesee Mountain, Colorado.












The Steel House, designed and built by architect and sculptor Robert Bruno in Lubbock, Texas between 1973 and 1996












The Edo-Tokyo Museum, established in 1993, designed by Kiyonori Kikutake, modelled after an old kurazukuri storehouse







ING House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, designed by Meyer & Van Schooten, 2002







The Sharp Centre for Design, at OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) University, designed by Robbie/Young + Wright Architects and Alsop Architects, completed in 2004.







The piano part of the Piano and Violin Building in Huainan City, China, designed by some students of Hefey University of Technology and Huainan Fangkai Decoration Project Co., opened in 2007







Halley VI, a British Antarctic station with eight cars, standing on legs, mounted on skis, so it could be towed to another place. It took four years to build it, and opened in 2012.












Toda House, Hiroshima, Japan, designed by Kimihiko Okada, 2012












The Villa Kogelhof in Noord-Beveland, The Netherlands, designed by Paul de Ruiter Architects, built in 2013












The 32-story Elephant (or Chang) Building in Bangkok, Thailand, a collaboation between Dr. Arun Chaisaree and Ong-ard Satrabhandhu, competed in 1997.




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The Elephant building still stands as one of the worst in the world.

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