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22 Crazy Wavy Buildings

These buildings will have you reaching for your glasses to make sure you’re not seeing things. From Dubai to Shanghai, these are the craziest waviest buildings of the world.

Walter Towers by Danish Architect Biarke Ingels Group (Credit)

Dancing Building Prague Czech Republic (Credit)

Dancing Building View 2 (Credit)

Chicago’s Aqua Building in Lakeshore East (Credit)

Chicago’s Aqua Building View 2 (Credit)

IAC/InterActive Corp Headquarters by Gehry Partners (Credit)

Solar Building (Credit)

Walt Disney Concert Hall by Gehry Partners LLP (Credit)

Disney Concert Hall View 2 (Credit)

Guggenheim Museet i Bilbao (Credit)

Gaudi’s Modernistic Building The Casa Mila (Credit)

National Art Center in Tokyo by Kisho Kurukawa (Credit)

National Arts Center Tokyo (Credit)

Wave Building by Henning Larsen Architecs (Credit)

Wave Building by Henning Larsen Architecs View 2 (Credit)

St. Guys Hospital (Credit)

Ecole Cantonale d’Art Lausanne (Credit)

De Beer’s Wavy Building (Credit)

De Beer’s Wavy Building View 2 (Credit)

University Hall at Albany (Credit)

Unidentified Wavy Building Part Two (Credit)

Shanghai Tower (Credit)

Shanghai Tower Interior View (Credit)

Los Angeles Trade Technological School (Credit)

U.S. Census Bureau Bethesda, Maryland (Credit)

U.S. Census Bureau Bethesda, Maryland View 2 (Credit)

Spinning Dubai Tower (Credit)

Spinning Dubai Tower View 2 (Credit)

Floating Wavy Ecocities (Credit)

Crazy Wavy Building (Credit)

15 Great Girls Rooms

When you think girl’s room, a fluffy pink confection-like decor may come to mind. These rooms have taken that premise to a whole new level with fantasy rooms created from fairy tales, modernistic rooms with an edge and everything in between.

Cinderella Carriage Room (Credit)

Gold Traditional Girls Room (Credit)

Modern Teen Girl’s Room (Credit)

Animal Print and Pink Girl’s Room (Credit)

Modern Purple Room (Credit)

Pink and Black Girl’s Room (Credit)

Dalmatian Print Room (Credit)

Minimalist Pink Girl’s Room (Credit)

Enchanted Girl’s Room (Credit)

Pink and Green Bubble Room (Credit)

Royal Princess Room (Credit)

Shabby Chic Girl’s Room (Credit)

Forest Inspired Girl’s Room (Credit)

Red and Green Girl’s Room (Credit)

Orange and Pink Girl’s Room (Credit)

10 Totally Terrific Boys Rooms

Can you imagine growing up in a room like one of these?  From bold and modernistic to themed and whimsical, more than likely the rooms pictured here look nothing like the room of your childhood.

Spaceship Room by Architect Aquiles Kilares (Credit)

Globetrotter Boy’s Room (Credit)

Patriotic Room (Credit)

Primary Colors Room (Credit)

Aviation Theme Boy’s Room (Credit)

Rock ‘n Rolla Room (Credit)

Yellow Teen’s Room (Credit)

Modern Teen’s Room (Credit)

Skull and Crossbones Room (Credit)

Modernistic Teen’s Room (Credit)

Pretty Painted Floors

Painted floors give a whimsical touch to any decor. Concrete and wood flooring make the perfect canvas to add painted stripes, diamonds, squares and motifs to.  The decorative art technique tromp l’oiel lets one material mimic another, for instance, concrete can be painted to look like beautiful individual tiles.  Paint can also be an effective and attractive way to cover up worn flooring. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Painted Concrete Floor (Credit)

Diamond Wood And White Floor (Credit)

Faux Tile Painted Floor (Credit)

White Wood Octagonal Floor (Credit)

Faux Marble Painted Floor (Credit)

Flower Power Painted Floor (Credit)

Graphical Painted Floor (Credit)

Green and White Octagon and Diamonds (Credit)

25 To Die For Home Theaters

We like movies as much as the next guy, but the owners of the following homes laid down some serious cash to watch their favorite films in the comfort of their very own theater. These seriously to die for home theaters will make you green with envy.

Rotating Living Room/Home Theater Designed by Donny Hacket (Credit)

Sports Nut Home Theater (Credit)

Safari Home Theater (Credit)

SciFi Home Theater (Credit)

Titanic Home Theater (Credit)

Titanic Home Theater View 2 (Credit)

Gilt and Velvet Classic Home Theater (Credit)

Gilt and Velvet Classic Home Theater View 2 (Credit)

The Perfect Storm Home Theater (Credit)

Mine Shaft Home Theater (Credit)

Home Theater Bar Combo (Credit)

Oceans Home Theater (Credit)

Oceans Home Theater View 2 (Credit)

European Home Theater (Credit)

Star Wars Home Theater (Credit)

Modern Home Theater View 2 (Credit)

Bat Cave Home Theater (Credit)

Bat Cave Home Theater View 2 (Credit)

Retro Glam Home Theater (Credit)

$6 Million Dollar Home Theater (Credit)

$6 Million Dollar Home Theater View 2 (Credit)

Custom Home Theater (Credit)

Star Trek Home Theater (Credit)

Star Trek Home Theater View 2 (Credit)

Outdoor Home Theater (Credit)

$150 Grand Italian Village Home Theater (Credit)

Wood Walled Home Theater (Credit)

Hollywood Glam Home Theater (Credit)

Skylight Home Theater (Credit)

Veranda Home Theater (Credit)

20 Skinny Houses

If you don’t suffer from claustrophobia and are thin enough to navigate the narrowest spaces, then one of these twenty skinny homes might be for you. From Chicago to Saigon you’ll find thin is in.

Infamous Skinny House of Boston (Credit)

Infamous Skinny House of Boston View 2 (Credit)

Super Skinny Brick Home (Credit)

Old Narrow Home (Credit)

Japanese Skinny House (Credit)

Japanese Skinny House View 2 (Credit)

Japanese Skinny House View 3 (Credit)

Japanese Skinny House View 4 & 5 (Credit)

Narrow French Houses (Credit)

Shadow House (Credit)

Shadow House View 2 & 3 (Credit)

Tall and Thin House (Credit)

Tall and Thin House (Credit)

Brazil’s Skinniest House (Credit)

Narrow Bridge House (Credit)

Narrow Bridge House View 2 (Credit)

Really Thin House (Credit)

Really Thin House View 2 (Credit)

Narrow Japanese Design (Credit)

Narrow Japanese Design View 2 (Credit)

Narrow 6ft wide House in Okazaki Japan (Credit)

Amsterdam House (Credit)

Skinny Living European Style (Credit)

Another Japanese Narrow House Design (Credit)

Super Skinny and Sleek  Home (Credit)

Super Skinny and Sleek  Home View 2 (Credit)

Minimalist Thin and White Home (Credit)

Minimalist Thin and White Home View 2 (Credit)

Minimalist Thin and White Home View 3 (Credit)

Wood and Concrete Narrow Abode by Craig Steely (Credit)

Wood and Concrete Narrow Abode by Craig Steely View 2 (Credit)

Charleston’s Pretty Pink and Petit Home (Credit)

Claredon’s Thin Mint House (Credit)

10 Ultra Wavy Furniture Designs

Nature’s waves are brought indoors with sensually wavy furniture designs. Tables, chairs and sofas are created to make us feel mood and movement in the ebb and flow of their respective designs.

Tide Cupboard by Karim Rashid (Credit)

Tide Cupboard by Karim Rashid View 2 (Credit)

Tropical Wave Bench by Alvin Tjitrowirjo (Credit)

Small Space Computer Desk/Bookshelf (Credit)

Small Space Computer Desk/Bookshelf View 2 (Credit)

Wavy Chaise (Credit)

Modern Wavy Sofa (Credit)

Karim Rashid New Age Sofa (Credit)

Plywood Wave Table (Credit)

Wavy Bookcase by Giuseppe Bavuso for Alivar (Credit)

Surf Chair (Credit)

Wavy Coffee Table (Credit)

10 Crazy Apartment Buildings

Apartment living may not be for everyone, but in some places around the world it looks anything but boring.  Can you imagine living in a building that attracts tourists on a constant basis or began its life as a shipping container?

Montreal Stacked Apartments (Credit)

Waldspiral Apartment Building Darmstadt, Germany (Credit)

Waldspiral Apartment Building Darmstadt, Germany View 2 (Credit)

Container City (Credit)

Container City London (Credit)

Container City Night View (Credit)

Japanese Apartments (Credit)

Netherlands Apartments (Credit)

Social Housing in Slovenia (Credit)

Gaudi Designed Spanish Apartment Building (Credit)

Sweden’s Turning Torso Apartments (Credit)

Denmark Apartments (Credit)