From never-ending staircases to giant butthole-resembling concert halls, we’ve found some truly bizarre ‘buildings’ and a few bold concepts to share with you!
Japan’s 18-Meter High Inflatable Concert Hall
image: sneakhype.com
image: sneakhype.com
The areas still recovering from the 2011 Japanese tsunami will play host to the Ark Nova in November when the Swiss Lucerne Festival launches a 3-week musical tour. Designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and British sculptor Anish Kapoor in 2011, Ark Nova is an 18-meter high PVC-coated polyester inflatable concert hall that seats up to 500 guests.
More info: SneakHype & Lucernefestival
The real-life M.C. Escher’s never ending staircase
image: gizmodo.com
image: gizmodo.com
Dutch artist M.C. Escher’s famous impossible stairs — which cross infinitely — has now been reconstructed in real life by architecture firm dRMM on the grounds of London’s Tate Modern. Forming part of the London Design Festival – that took place in September 2013 – the art installation combines 15 wooden stairways and is perfectly designed to bewilder visitors.
Source: Lostateminor
Images: Gizmodo
Encasing a Cloud
image: urdesign.it
Japanese studio Tetsuo Kondo Architects teamed up with environmental engineering firm Transsolar to encase a cloud inside this transparent two-storey cube. Tetsuo Kondo and Transsolar previously collaborated to produce an indoor cloud at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 and this second Cloudscapes installation recreated the experience in the sunken courtyard of theMuseum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT). Cloudscapes is, in effect, an experiment in creating a new type of architectural space, one that achieves integration in engagement with its environment.
Photos: Urdesign.it
source: Dezeen
Kitty Kinder!
image: lostateminor.com
image: lostateminor.com
In Karlsruhe, Germany, the kids who attend Kindergarten Wolfartsweier must contend with the serious business of walking straight into the mouth of a cat everyday. Artist Tomi Ungerer and architect d’Ayla-Suzan Yöndel are behind the brilliant kindergarten building design of a kitty in a sphinx-like pose.
Source: Lostateminor
50 000 Cans of Beer on the Wall…
image: lostateminor.com
image: lostateminor.com
Well, not quite on the wall, but rather an entire house! Let’s rewind a bit. In 1968, the late John Milkovisch started using the old beer cans he saved from his afternoon drinking sessions with his wife to make the shiny metallic exterior of the Beer Can House located in Houston, Texas. He ended up using 50,000 beer cans. Cheers to that!
source: LostatEMinor
more info: Inhabitat
Neon Rainbow Underground
image: lostateminor.com
image: lostateminor.com
In downtown Birmingham, Alabama, an otherwise drab underpass at 18th street is equipped with thousands of LEDs that sees it light up like a rainbow every night. Artist Bill FitzGibbons is behind this fab work funded by the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham’s Community Catalyst Fund in partnership with REV Birmingham.
Source: Lostateminor
