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From a house with its own skate ramp to a swimming pool in the sky, some pretty wild architecture popped up in 2021. Here’s our pick of this year’s top architectural oddities. Read more.

 

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From a house with its own skate ramp to a swimming pool in the sky, some pretty wild architecture popped up in 2021. Here’s our pick of this year’s top architectural oddities.

For this roundup, we’ve mostly focused on projects that are either already constructed, or at least seem like they might be, rather than completely blue-sky concepts or designs. We’ve chosen to highlight 10 different projects that hail from all over the world: there are four in Europe, and two in China, as well as one each in the United States, Qatar, Australia, and Argentina, respectively.

The designs themselves vary in size and budget, and some are a little more practical than others, but each one breaks the mold to offer something a little different from the normal everyday buildings that surround us all. Read on for a look at our pick of Top 10 architectural oddities of 2021.

 

Stilted off-grid House Carves Its Own Niche with Built-in Skateboard Ramp
If you're the kind of person who knows the difference between an ollie and a kickflip, the aptly named Skatehouse 2 will probably appealWalter Salcedo

Hired to design a house for a keen skateboarder, architect Macu Bulgubure decided to go all-in and created an attractive house that has an awesome-looking ramp on its exterior. Named Skatehouse 2, it also runs off-the-grid with solar power.

 

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