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byMaggieSerota/21Jun2011
Whensomearchitectssetouttodesignanewbuilding,theyrelessconcernedwithfunctionalityandmoreinterestedincreatingamassivepieceofart.
Sometimes,thosedeveloperswontletapeskythinglikegravitygetinthewayoftheirconceptualvision.Ifthelawsofphysicshadanysayinthe
matter,thesebuildingsprobablywouldntexist.Butwhyletphysicsgetintheway?

ThisoldfloatingfarmhouseseemsmoreathomeonthesetofDunethanintheUkraine.

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ThebizarreshapeoftheAmsterdamsWoZoCoApartmentsistheresultofaclientsdesiretocreateabuildingthathoused100unitswhileproviding
goodlightingandaspaciousgreencommonarea.Inordertosavelandinanalreadytightlypackedcity,thirteenunitsjutoutofthefrontofthe
building.

TheGermancouplethatbuiltthishousetitledTheWorldStandsonitsHeadonanislandintheBalticSeadiditonawhim.Theydidnthaveany
kindofgrandstatementinmindwhentheybuiltthehouseandfurnisheditwithupsidedownfurniture,renderingitalmostentirelyuninhabitable.

MerelylookingatRotterdamsKubuswoningen,orcubehousesisenoughtocausevertigo.
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TheBalancingBarninSuffolk,England,lookslikeitcouldtipoveratanyminute.Standingunderthesevereoverhangmustcauseaprofoundsenseof
unease,butthatdidntstoptheownerfromhangingaswingoffofit.

ItsunknownifanyUniversityofCincinnatiarchitecturestudentsdecidedtoswitchoutofthelateprofessorTerryBrownsclassesafterseeingthat
oneofthehomeshedesignedforhimselfwasamassivemushroomsupportedbyjustasmallstem.Ormaybethisfeatwaswhystudentswantedto
studyunderhiminthefirstplace.

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TheFreeSpiritHousesfoundinBritishColumbia,Canada,areperfectforadultswhospenttheirchildhoodswishingtheycouldpermanentlymove
intotheirtreehouses.Thesespheresaredesignedtobehungoffofatreeortheedgeofthecliffandtendtoswayandrockwitheachheavywind.
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