21 Futuristic Looking Buildings That Belong On a Distant Planet
Andrew Cunningham
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Yesterday
Prepare for a journey to the edge of architectural imagination! These futuristic buildings that look like they belong on a distant planet, as if plucked straight from a sci-fi blockbuster.
From spires reaching toward the heavens to low, sprawling complexes, these buildings seem ready to welcome extraterrestrial visitors or host interplanetary summits.
So get ready for a tour of designs that challenge the boundaries between art and engineering, where the future of architecture meets science fiction. This journey through the surreal and sublime will leave you wondering, “Are we still on Earth?”
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This building is a hotel in London known as the Shoreditch Hotel, and it almost looks like a chess board folded into a 3 structure. -
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This furry looking structure is actually a hotel called Duinhotel Tien Torens, located in the Netherlands. -
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This molecular looking structure is called the Atomium and is in Brussels, Belgium. -
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This Dinosaur fossil-looking building is actually the Museum of Tomorrow, located in rio de Janeiro, Brazil. -
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This building looks like some sort of cyborg military station or similar. This is the Mi’costa Hotel Residences, located in Cesme, the Izmir Peninsula Of Turkey -
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The Port Authority building in Antwerp Belgium looks like a glass ship that might take off into the sky. -
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The Central Mosque located in Cologne, Germany, sort of resembles a piece of Mandalorian armor / the helmet. -
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This building (Luma Arles) located in Arles, France, has a pixelated look to it, while locals refer to it as a "crushed soda can". -
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The Geisel Library (University of San Diego) looks like a young concrete tree sprouting up from the landscape. -
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This giant spikey pickle looking building is actually the Graz Art Museum in Graz, Austria. -
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This grass covered rooftop belongs to the CopenHill a waste to energy plant loacted in Copenhagen, Denmark and offers hiking trails, playgrounds, fitness trails, climbing walls, and a ski-slope. -
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In this residential building located in Vejle, Denmark is known as 'the wave' for obvious reasons. -
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This Little Debbie Swiss Roll looking building is actually the National Carpet Museum, located in Baku, Azerbaijan -
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This building is the Grand Shopping Center in Malmo, Sweden, looks like a giant NASA solar panel that got hit by a meteor, or giant space bullet. -
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The US Embassy building in London, the United Kingdom definitely has a sci-fi futuristic feel to it, or maybe its just a pile of bones. -
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The Ribbon Wedding Chapel, located In Hiroshima, Japan is aptly named. -
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Imagine life amongst the Ewoks with these little pods. I wish we could see inside. -
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The Greek Orthodox Church in Lower Manhattan almost looks like one of those inflatable instant-buildings, or a bounce house! -
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This bubbly looking building is actually the Les Choux de Créteil a group of 15 story tall residential buildings outside Paris, France. -
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The Museum of Science and Technology located in Wuhan, China. -
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This church "The Halgrims Church in Reykjavík, Iceland.) looks like the old Nasa space shuttles getting ready for lift-off.
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