看到跌眼鏡——世界上千奇百怪的建築

The Hanoi Museum, designed by GMP Architekten of Germany, incorporates some common themes of museum construction with a new twist.

It resembles an inverted pyramid with four levels of squares, the bottom level significantly smaller than even the first floor. This significantly smaller bottom level means that the surrounding gardens and water features almost appear to begin beneath the building leading visitors from the outside in. Confused yet? We are.

越南河內博物館是德國建築公司GMP的作品，它的建築風格分融合了博物館建築的理念和全新的現代建築的元素。

河內博物館如同一座倒置的金字塔，四個正方形的建築體的大小從上到下層層遞減，最底層的方形建築體最小。來訪者從博物館外面遠遠望去，彷彿博物館漂浮於山水之間，讓人迷惑不已

We can't tell if the CCTV tower wants to be a skyscraper or a block, but it sure is one of Beijing's tallest building, standing at a spectacular 230 meters. The building is considered to be a structural challenge because of its hollow centre. The building attracted controversy when its design was unveiled 11 years ago, but it has given the city's landscape a more futuristic and urban feel.
遠遠望去，我們真不知道北京中央電視總部大樓底是一個摩天大樓還是一個大磚頭，然而大樓高達230米的高度讓它榮登北京第一高樓的寶座。這個建築的中空設計在建築學裏算是高難度設計。十一年以前，當這座大樓的建築圖紙公諸於世的時候引起了極大的爭議。今天人們不得不說這座建築讓北京看起來更具後現代感和城市感。

This modernist building was designed by architect Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunić. 99 concrete panels, each a different shape and dimension, support its 'dancing' façade. The Dancing House initially copped flak for standing out amongst the more Baroque or buildings in the area, but it is now seen as a work of art in Prague.
位於布拉格的“跳舞的房子”是建築設計師弗蘭克•蓋裏和米盧.尼奇共同合作的作品，這座極具現代主義的房子由99個混凝土面支撐，這些不同形狀和立體面的支撐讓這座房子呈現出“跳舞”的姿態。屹立在傳統的巴洛克風格和當時流行的新式建築羣裏，這座“跳舞的房子”的格格不入受到過極大抨擊，然而，時過境遷，這座房子現在是最具代表的布拉格藝術建築之一。

This basket building is owned by The Longaberger Company, a manufacturer of wood baskets and other lifestyle products. The company's corporate headquarters takes the shape of their best seller, the 'Medium Market Basket'. It stands seven stories tall, with its handles weighing almost 150 tons. The basket handles can be heated during cold weather to protect against ice damage.
這座藍子形狀建築是隆加伯格公司所屬的建築，隆加伯格公司是一家生產木質籃子和類似生活用品的公司。這座建築的公司管理層將公司最暢銷的“中號菜籃子”作爲建築的圖樣，修建爲7層建築。其中，“籃子”的手柄部分就耗掉了150噸的建築材料。這個“籃子”的手柄部分可以在冷天氣時加熱，也可以保護整幢建築不受風雪破壞。

This museum is one of North America's largest. The juxtaposition of its glass and aluminium frame was designed by architect Daniel Libeskind and added to the museum's existing heritage-listed building. Of course, any bold redesign is sure to attract a fair number of detractors, but that hasn't stopped more than a million people visiting the museum every year.
坐落在北美洲的皇家安大略博物館是北美洲最大的博物館，這座博物館那些比鄰交錯的玻璃牆以及鋁製的框架都是出自建築設計師丹尼爾•李伯斯金之手，這樣奇妙的設計也讓這座博物館列入了現有文化遺產的名單。當然，任何大膽的設計都會引來反對者的批評和抨擊，然而這並沒有影響每一年上百萬人慕名參觀這座神奇的建築的客流量。

One sure way to Pique people's curiosity is to completely flip a house upside-down, which is what Polish architects Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozhanski have done. The house serves as a tourist attraction in the western Austrian village of Terfens, where visitors can experience a head-spin - even the interiors are done the wrong way!
頭朝地，底朝天的房子？這樣的建築絕對這是讓人好奇到不行。波蘭建築師格沃瓦茨基和羅然斯基就創作了這麼一個倒栽蔥房子，現在這座房子成爲了西奧地利特分士的一個著名旅遊景點，不僅房子外結構倒置，就連裏面的裝飾也是倒置的，在這裏，遊客們有機會親身體驗一下被倒置的感覺。

The Atomium may not look out of place today, but it was groundbreaking back in 1958. The building, which is a replica of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, was designed by engineer André Waterkeyn.
Escalators and a lift allow access between the spheres. CNN may have named it Europe's most bizarre building, but we think it's pretty cool that such a building exists.
原子結構似的建築在今天看來沒什麼稀奇，然而在1958年。這樣奇怪的建築絕對拉風。這個建築是建築師安德魯.瓦肯特的作品，其設計靈感源自鐵原子結構，相當於將它放大1650億倍。
電梯幫助人們穿梭於不同的球體之間， CNN曾經將本建築報道爲歐洲最奇怪的建築，而人們認爲這是個很酷的建築。

The Grand Lisboa is as auspicious as one can get. The pineapple is associated with money luck and good fortune, so we guess it makes sense to build a casino in the shape of one (or at least try to!). The 58-floor hotel and casino was designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man, and stands at 261 metres.
能入住澳門新葡京酒店絕對是有好說法的。人們將好財運和菠蘿聯繫起來，所以這座菠蘿外觀的俱樂部式酒店就應運而生。58層，高261米的俱樂部酒店是香港著名建築設計師丹尼和樑志天的經典作品。

This structure looks great as a bigger-than-life art installation, but it is actually a visual arts, design and architecture museum. It has also been nicknamed the 'Museum of the Eye', as the annex resembles an all-seeing beady, black eye.

這個建築看起來就是人類眼睛的放大版，然而，它確實一座展現視覺藝術的博物館。它有個親切的暱稱“大眼博物館”。作爲博物館的一部分，它就像個能洞察一切的大黑眼睛。

The Kubuswoningen, or cube houses, was designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of 'living as an urban roof'. We're not sure what that means, but the cubes are tilted at a 45 degree angle and set upon a hexagonal column. Furthermore, each house is meant to represent a tree, and together in a cluster, resemble a forest. It basically looks like a very abstract tree in Blom's imagination. We'll take the conventional tree house, thanks!
荷蘭的立體方塊屋，是建築設計師皮特.布羅姆的經典作品。這棟房子的建築理念是“生活在城市的屋頂”雖然我們很難理解這個理念的真諦，但是建築45度角的傾斜和六方形的柱狀設計讓人稱奇。據說這個建築的每個房子代表了一棵樹，所有房子聚合在一起代表着深林。但是這個理念讓人覺得很抽象。相信人們更願意住在真正的樹屋裏吧。