We may still be a long way from putting a human colony on Mars, but that doesn't mean we can't live like spacemen here on Earth. These 18 trippy buildings — all built since 2000 — look like they're from another world entirely.
The City Hall of Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, 2002. Architect: Erick Van Egeraat.
Photo: Christian Richters
The Selfridges store, Birmingham, UK, 2003. Architects: Future Systems.
Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2003. Architect: Frank Gehry.
Photo: David McNew/Getty Images
Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2005. Architect: Zaha Hadid.
Photo: Joe Nadin
The National Theatre, Beijing, China, 2007. Architect: Paul Andreu.
Photo: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
The Worrell, Weekes and Walcott stand at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, 2007.
Photo: Jenni Konrad/Tom Hodgkinson
The "Mobile Art" exhibition pavilion in Hong Kong, 2008. Architect: Zaha Hadid.
Photo: Kin Cheung/AP
The Beijing National Stadium known as the "Bird's Nest", Beijing, China, 2008. Architects: Herzog & de Meuron.
Photo: Bullit Marquez/AP
The Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009. Architects: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects
Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AP
The Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China, 2010. Architect: Zaha Hadid.
Photo: Lian Chang
The Flame Towers in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012. Architects: Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum.
Photo: Nigel Treblin/dapd
The new Festival Hall in Erl , Austria, 2012. Architects: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects.
Photo: Kerstin Joensson/dapd/AP
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid
Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP
Galaxy Soho, Beijing, China, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid.
Photo: Ningbo Ningbo
The EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012. Architect: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects.
Photo: Joe Nadin
Pierres Vives government department, Montpellier, France, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid.
Photo: Jean-Baptiste Maurice
The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid.
Photo: Wikipedia
The Peoples Meeting Dome, Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark, 2012. Architects: Kristoffer Tejlgaard & Benny Jepsen.
Photo: Kristoffer Tejlgaard & Benny Jepsen
Comments
Would have thought the Opera house would get a mention here..?
21st Century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century
The Sydney Opera House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House) was started in 1959 and finished in 1973 (the 20th Century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century).
Simple mistake, though - I had thoughts along the same lines for other structures I thought would be included until I looked at the time frame / article title.
Last edited 20/02/13 3:45 pmNot built in the 21st century I'm guessing? The Walt Dinsney concert hall reminds me a bit of it though.
@amused @shep Dohh... :) Should've gotten an honourable mention maybe..?
Last edited 20/02/13 4:36 pmWe need more of these. I like this far out, futuristic design shit.
Azerbaijan has certainly stepped up architecturally
makes me want to go there and see all these crazy buildings...
Awesome stuff
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