20 of The Strangest Sculpture Art Spots and Buildings Worldwide

This beagle-shaped property, located along highway 95 in Cottonwood, Idaho, is a bed-and-breakfast hotel. Guests enter the room through a private walkway on the second floor that connects to the pup’s body. When inside, a staircase leads to the dog’s head, which also has extra sleeping quarters and a muzzle alcove.

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3) National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad, India:

This enormous fish-shaped building, built in 2012, is close to Hyderabad and serves as the regional office of the National Fisheries Development Board. Inspired by Frank Gehry’s “Fish” in Barcelona, this four-story building, also known as “Fish Building,” is a perfect illustration of hideous cookie-cutter structures in architecture. The structure’s facade is covered in stainless steel panels, making it even more spectacular at night; when blue spotlights shine on the building, it appears like a fish is swimming through the city.

4) Piano Building Huainan, China:

Hefei University of Technology architecture students created this glass violin-shaped structure in 2007, leaning on a piano and acting as an exhibition showroom. The violin has a staircase and escalators, and the piano, supported by three concrete legs, has space for two concert halls. It is referred to as the “Most Romantic Building in China,” making it one of the top art tourism destinations.

5) Niimi Building Tokyo, Japan:

Who said you could only dive into human-sized teacups at amusement parks? Japanese kitchenware distributor Niimi’s Tokyo building has enormous teacup balconies in Asakusa, which also happens to be the location of the well-known Buddhist temple “Sensō-ji.”

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6) Big Duck / Long Island, New York, USA:

The one who initiated everything. Yes, we know you’ve been waiting long to understand the story behind this infamous hideous cookie-cutter structure. Martin Mauer, a duck farmer, pitched the building in 1931 to sell ducks and eggs. The building attracted a lot of folks due to its distinctive style and convenient location. The duck, initially constructed along a major roadway in Riverhead, New York, lived a troubled life moving around a lot until settling 6 kilometers away in the little village of Flanders.

The building’s design, intended to resemble a Pekin duck, was constructed almost entirely out of steel wire and cement to allow a place for a gift shop. Along with being memorialized in the united states, the Big Duck also contributed to architectural history in 2008 when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States.

7) Haines Shoe House | Hallam Pennsylvania, USA:

According to records, shoe salesman Mahlon Haines handed the structure’s architect a boot and requested, “Build me a house like this.” In 1948, Haines created The Shoe House as a means of business marketing. The five-story building, which is 25 feet tall, features an unconventional layout with the living room at the toe, the kitchen at the heel, and the bedrooms up the boot’s ankle. In the shoe’s instep, there’s also an ice cream store.

8) Prague Dancing House, Prague, Czech Republic:

The Nationale Nederlanden Building, popularly referred to as the “Dancing House,” is the most impressive sight in Prague. Designed by Vlado Milunic in collaboration with Frank Gehry in 1992 and finished in 1996, it symbolizes the immortally famous dancing team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Due to its uniqueness, its contemporary style is universally acclaimed today in contrast to how contentious it was when built back then.

9) Kindergarten Wolfartsweier, Karlsluhe, Germany:

Honestly, if I were a kid, I’d be blown away to attend this school every day, learn, and play in a structure with that compact design. Every morning as kids enter through its mouth, the metal and concrete structure, covered by a green fur-like roof, stands there, acting as though it were going to eat them. Its two levels are well-lit by the sun through the large, spherical windows that serve as its eyes.

10) Big Dog and Sheep, Tirau, New Zealand:

Tirau, a small town in New Zealand, is home to some monstrous animals. The highway through the city, which has a population of just around 800, is lovingly patrolled by a giant dog and a big ram, followed by an oversized sheep.

This one-of-a-kind sculpture stands in London’s Trafalgar Square and welcomes guests as they pass around the persistently busy square. “Really Good,” a 23-foot-tall bronze thumbs-up hand sculpture by Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley, is meant to take a little step toward improving the world. A ridiculous but worthwhile proposition, according to the artist.

16) The Mustangs of Las Colinas, Texas, USA:

One of the world’s largest collections of sculptured horses is this one. Despite frequently appearing smaller in pictures, these bronze statues are 1.5 times larger than actual horses. They have unique water jets fitted into their feet that project water in a manner that creates an illusion that they are running through a river.

17) The Unknown Bureaucrat, Reykjavik, Iceland:

Constructed in 1994 by the sculptor Magnus Tomasson. The Unknown Official is a vast stone sculpture that depicts a guy wearing a suit and a suitcase but lacking a torso and having his upper half encircled by a huge rock. It is still one of Iceland’s most popular attractions.

18) De Vaartkapoen, Brussels, Belgium: