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Gigantic toilets. Eight-meter-tall boots. Flying saucers. What do these very different objects have in common? They have all been a source of inspiration for some of the ugliest houses in the world. Well, yes: around the planet there are buildings with decidedly questionable shapes. Come and discover them with us.
Discovering the ugliest houses in the world
On our blog we have already collected the most luxurious and expensive homes in the world. Villas and residences worthy of great Hollywood films that would make anyone's head turn. We assure you that even with today's tour you will spontaneously turn your head, but to look the other way! It is said that wealth is synonymous with beauty, in fact, and this tour of the 5 ugliest houses in the world will prove it to you.
1. Haines Shoe House, the shoe-house
In the United States, in Pennsylvania, there is a house shaped like a work boot. We are talking about the Haines Shoe House, a 1948 construction commissioned by shoe salesman Mahlon Haines. The building, divided into five rooms with a kitchen and working bathroom, was designed to advertise Haines' business. Over the years it has become a hotel and today it is a museum that, for some reason, attracts kitsch-loving tourists.
2. The Lemon-Shaped House
They know a thing or two about ugly houses in the United States, obviously. Let's leave Pennsylvania and fly to California. Somewhere outside Los Angeles there is a small yellow domed house that looks just like a lemon. Not many details are known about who designed this property, but we can tell you that the garden is adorned with elegant metal cacti and a very refined sculpture in the shape of a Tyrannosaurus skeleton.
3. Future House, the flying saucer-houses
In this case, we are not talking about a single horrifying building, but rather a series of constructions scattered throughout the world. We are talking about the Future Houses or Future Houses, flying saucer-shaped bungalows built around the 1960s. The original inspiration is an important Finnish architect and designer, Matti Suuronen, who has experimented with different types of shapes and materials throughout his career.
Today, Future Houses stand tall in various parts of the globe, from the island of Corfu to France. In the United States, for a change, it is It's even possible to rent one of these structures shaped like a spaceship on Airbnb.
4. The toilet house in South Korea
This could easily win the award for the ugliest house in the world. In Suwon, South Korea, there's the Mr. Toilet House, a gigantic building shaped like a toilet. Yes, you read that right: a 420-square-meter villa that looks just like a toilet.
You may be wondering how the idea for such a construction came about. The idea came from Mr. Sim Jae-Duck, a South Korean businessman and politician. When he served as mayor of Suwon in the 1990s, he led a campaign to improve the city's sanitation. In the early 2000s, he commissioned an architect to design his new residence and for some reason thought it right to pay homage to his political activism by designing it as a toilet. After his death, this monument to kitsch became a toilet museum, complete with sculptures and toilet-themed artwork scattered around.
A project worthy of being included among the strange and extravagant houses in the world? No, just a glaring example of bad taste.
5. Belgium, a continuous gallery of ugly houses
Located in the heart of Europe, Belgium has earned itself a leading role over the centuries as a crossroads of traditions and styles from all over the world. A mix of cultures that is not reflected in the country's architecture, however. On a trip around Flanders and Wallonia, it's very easy to come across unlikely buildings. Houses painted in different colors, strange collages of windows and large windows, hybrids of modern lines and period details. A veritable succession of ugly houses where it's difficult to choose the worst.
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