{"id":51659,"date":"2013-08-03T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.buzzbuzzhome.com\/?p=51659"},"modified":"2014-11-25T20:57:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T01:57:14","slug":"top-7-surreal-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/top-7-surreal-buildings","title":{"rendered":"7 surreal buildings that look like they belong in an MC Escher painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>MC Escher, for those of you who don\u2019t know, was a Dutch graphic artist famous for creating surreal pieces that often featured bizarre or impossible architecture. And, as the seven strange structures below suggest, it seems Mr. Escher has more than a few fans in the world of building design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-buildings.html\/institute-of-sound-and-vision-netherlands\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51664\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Institute-of-Sound-and-Vision-Netherlands.jpg\" alt=\"Institute of Sound and Vision Netherlands\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\" \/><!--more--><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-buildings.html\/institute-of-sound-and-vision\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Institute-of-Sound-and-Vision.jpg\" alt=\"Institute of Sound and Vision\" width=\"701\" height=\"526\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dreamy open spaces at the Institute of Sound and Vision in the Netherlands are encased in a facade comprised of a series of television images. The result is a colorful, media-inspired mosaic.<em>\u00a0Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/7KDmbME.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[51659]\" class=\"external\">imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-places.html\/the-stone-house\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51735\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Stone-House-Portugal.jpg\" alt=\"The Stone House\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Portugal&#8217;s Stone House, while as surreal as any MC Escher work, is perhaps more easily equated with the Flintstone&#8217;s suburban Bedrock home.\u00a0<em>Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/andregoncalves.photoshelter.com\/image\/I0000CYujftd61Rs\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Andre Goncalves<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-buildings.html\/salk-institute-san-diego\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Salk-institute-San-Diego-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"Salk institute San Diego\" width=\"980\" height=\"626\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The concrete that was used to build San Diego&#8217;s Salk Institute for Biological Studies was made with volcanic ash, giving the grounds a warm, pinkish glow. The facility also sort of looks like belongs on the set of The Fifth Element. <em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/Bf4f4t8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-places.html\/snail-house-bulgaria\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Snail-House-Bulgaria.jpg\" alt=\"Snail House Bulgaria\" width=\"920\" height=\"708\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because a regular snail house wouldn&#8217;t be strange enough, this particular mollusc manor in Bulgaria is rainbow colored. <em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/inthralld.com\/2012\/08\/whimsically-colorful-bulgarian-snail-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">inthralled<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-places.html\/dancing-house-prague\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51693\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Dancing-house-prague-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing House, Prague\" width=\"980\" height=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dancing House in Prague was once refereed to as Fred and Ginger after the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, but \u00a0the architect who designed it, \u00a0Frank Gehry, wanted the moniker dropped because he was\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radio.cz\/en\/section\/arts\/architect-recalls-genesis-of-dancing-building-as-coffee-table-book-published\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">afraid to import Hollywood kitsch to Prague<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-places.html\/upside-down-house-poland\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Upside-down-house-poland.jpg\" alt=\"Upside down house poland\" width=\"828\" height=\"591\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aptly named Upside Down House in Poland is the work of businessman and philanthropist Daniel Czapiewski, not a tornado. <em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/boredcouple.net\/upside-down-house-szymbark-poland\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">BoredCouple<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/top-7-surreal-places.html\/habitat-67-montreal\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Habitat-67-Montreal.jpg\" alt=\"Habitat 67, Montreal\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally built as a pavilion for Expo 67, Montreal&#8217;s\u00a0Habitat 67 is considered to be one of the most notable architectural landmarks in Canada. P<em>hoto: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kenkaminesky.com\/2010\/02\/10\/habitat-67-in-montreal-canada-designed-by-moshe-safdie\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Ken Kaminesky<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collection of buildings with architecture that&#8217;s so surreal, you&#8217;ll wonder if they are actually 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