On our vast planet there are many structures, the stay in which gives rise to the feeling that you are in the distant future, so unusual is their architecture and design. The proposed rating does not pretend to be absolute objectivity, but we assure you that after visiting these places, you will get an indelible impression!
1. Winter Gardens in Singapore
The complex of two huge domed buildings is located in the center of Gardens by the Bay on the shore of the bay. The architectural structure, despite the dimensions, seems fragile and easy due to the combination of large glass areas and metal ceilings. Unique greenhouses, provided with high-tech climate equipment, represent plants of the tropics and the Mediterranean. The complex was awarded at the World Architecture Festival in 2012 and awarded the title "Best Building in the World".
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2. Solar oven in France
The structure, created to capture sunlight and create high temperatures in Odelio, is completely covered with curved mirrors. Thanks to the enormous energy, metals are melted, and new alloys are created.
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3. Egg building in China
The National Center for Fine Arts of China is conveniently located in a domed building, partially submerged in water. Reflecting in the water's surface, the building acquires a perfect ovoid form. In the "Egg" there is a concert hall, drama and opera houses, under the water there are corridors-enfilades, there is a huge garage and an artificial lake.
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4. Krakow Radio Station RMF FM in Poland
A popular Polish radio station has chosen an alien style for its office. The metal domes are studded with portholes and unite into a single complex with the help of tubule-corridors. The structure is similar to a colony of settlers on Mars.
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5. House-Robot in Thailand
Even looking at the building of a large bank in Bangkok, you understand that in such an institution everything is highly technological and computerized. An unusual construction looks like a giant robot transformer from fantastic films.
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6. Namba Park in Japan
Over a multi-tiered complex in the city of Osaka created a cascading park with trees and fountains. Namba goes directly to the roadway, from where you easily fall into the green coolness of lawns, rocks, waterfalls and ponds.
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7. Burj Al Arab Hotel in the UAE
The famous hotel in Dubai, which has the form of a giant sail, is built on an artificially created island. The building is 321 meters high and has a luxurious interior with gold leaf and high-quality marble. Through the huge windows from the floor to the ceiling, wonderful panoramas of the coastline of Dubai open.
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8. Housing complex Waldspirale - "Forest spiral" in Germany
The unique residential complex "Forest Spiral" in Darmstadt strikes the imagination with its building in a bionic style. The 12-storey structure, which has the shape of a shell, pleases with multicolor, and on the roof rising upwards in a spiral the real garden is stretched.| | |
9. Stadium Beijing National Stadium - "Bird's Nest" in China
The National Stadium in Beijing is called the benchmark of the new generation of sports buildings. The building area of 250,000 m2 accommodates 100,000 seats. Futuristic view of the sports facility attached to the huge reinforced concrete and metal structures woven in the most unusual way.
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10. Lotus - Bahá'í House of Worship aka Lotus Temple in India.
The house of faith in New Delhi is called the Temple of the Lotus for its original design resembling a beautiful flower. The snow-white building is built of concrete and white Greek marble. The temple is located over an extensive park, the territory of which includes 9 pools. Every day in the temple are services.
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