Reykjavik
Iceland
Brusse
Belgium
Bilbao
Spain
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Poland
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Netherlands
Prague
Czech Republic
Graz
Austria Cannes
France
At 74.5 metres, this unique Lutheran Church is the tallest church in Iceland. It is in an expressionist architecture style. The unusual shape of Hallimgur Church was inspired by the shape of basalt rocks (similar to those in Giant’s Causeway). It was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson.
GUGGENHEIM BILBAO, SPAIN
Guggenheim Museum was built in 1997 and it was projected by Canadian architect Frank Gehry and it represents one of the best examples of modern architecture in the 20th century.
PALAIS BULLES CANNES, FRANCE
Palais Bulles is a large house in ThĂŠoule-sur-Mer, near Cannes, France, that was designed by the Hungarian architect Antti Lovag, and built between 1975 and 1989. It was built for a French industrialist, and was later bought by the fashion designer Pierre Cardin as a holiday home.
ATOMIUM
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
This famous landmark in Brussels was originally built for the World’s Expo Fair in 1958. The construction consists of nine stainless steel clad spheres connected in way that they together make a form of a “cell”. CNN travel has even listed it as Europe’s most bizarre building in 2013.
INNTEL HOTEL ZAANDAM, NETHERLANDS
The iconic green wooden houses of the Zaan region were the fount of inspiration for the hotel’s designer, Wilfried van Winden. The structure is a lively stacking of various examples of these traditional houses, ranging from a notary’s residence to a worker’s cottage.
MARKTHAL
ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Its facade is covered completely in glass while the interior is covered with artwork done by Arno Coenen. The artwork consists of vivid juncture of flora and fauna and it was done via 3D digital technology.
CUBIC HOUSES
ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Another interesting construction in Rotterdam are the Cubic Houses. These innovative houses actually have people living inside these cubes.
KUNSTHAUS GRAZ, AUSTRIA
Also known as the Graz Art Museum, the building was built in 2003 for the European Capital of Culture programme. The surface of the museum has almost 1000 fluorescent rings which create different patterns at night, and what’s best, most of the power
DANCING HOUSE PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
This unusual building in the centre of Prague was designed by Czech architect Vlado Milunic in cooperation with Frank Gehry.The windows have convex frames similar to those of paintings because the intention of the designer was to make them have a 3D effect.
KRZYWY DOMEK SOPOT, POLAND
Krzywy Domek is probably the most iconic building in Sopot, Poland. It was built in 2004 as a part of the shopping center in Sopot. Its “wavy” shape was inspired by fairytale illustrators Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg and also by Antoni Gaudi’s houses in Barcelona.