3.

The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain)

The first things you notice are the giant egg sculptures along the roofline. Then it hits you
that the Salvador Dali Theater Museum in Figueras, Spain, is no ordinary building. The
museum’s tower, Torre Galatea, was named for the surrealist artist’s deceased wife, and Dali
himself lived there until his death in 1989. Interestingly, the museum sits next to the parish
church where Dali was baptized in 1904; he is buried in an unmarked crypt in the museum’s
main exhibition hall.
 6. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal
Palace (France)
Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was
inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones.

For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery
rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he carried the
stones in his pockets, then a basket and eventually a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night,
by the light of an oil lamp.
7. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, United
States)
 8. Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)
Architect: Moshe Safdie

 Habitat 67 is a one-of-a-kind housing complex located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

 The building was realized as the main pavilion and thematic emblem for the
International World Exposition and its theme, Man and His World, held in Montreal
in 1967.
 It is built as a part of Expo-67.
 It was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with
the economics and density of a modern apartment building.
 The project was designed to create affordable housing with close but private quarters,
each equipped with a garden.
 The building was believed to illustrate the new lifestyle people would live in
increasingly crowded cities around the world.
 9. Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Architect: Piet Blom

This is a housing designed on top of a pedestrian bridge. The main idea behind this is to
create a forest of cubes (abstract trees) as each cube represents an abstract tree.
The cubes are tilted and sit on hexagon-shaped pole structures. The cubes contain the living
areas, which are split into three levels. The triangle-shaped lower level contains the living
area.
10. Hang Nga Guesthouse (Crazy House),
Vietnam
 This fantastical place is like a journey into the world of Alice and Wonderland.
Designed by a woman artist who hangs around the grounds, it is one of wonder.
 The house is owned by the daughter of the ex-president of Vietnam, who studied
architecture in Moscow.
 It does not comply with any convention about house building, has unexpected twists
and turns, roofs and rooms. It looks like a fairy tale castle, it has enormous “animals”
like a giraffe and a spider, no window is rectangular or round, and it can be visited
like a museum.
 12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech
Republic)
Designed by: Architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Canadian architect Frank
Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot.

 The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.

 A modern, glass building surrounded by historic architecture.
 The top floor of Dancing House is home to one of the city's leading restaurants,
Celeste Restaurant.
 Diners can enjoy delightful cuisine and magnificent views over the river and up to
Prague Castle.
13. Calakmul Building Or La Lavadora
(The Washing Machine), Mexico
 14. Kettle House, Texas, United States
UNIQUE BUILDING IN MALAYSIA

1. Kellie's Castle, Perak

 Kellie's Castle was meant to be a home away from home for Scottish Planter, William
Kellie Smith in the 20th century. Construction of this unique castle began in 1915.
However, it came to an abrupt halt with Kellie's sudden death in 1926. The solitary
castle, looks almost surreal in these wild plantations of Perak, it projects a strong
personality and an aura of mystery.
2. The City Hall, Penang
 The Penang Island City Hall was constructed in 1903, and opened in 1906, a few
decades after the Town Hall, and was originally called the Municipal Offices
building. It holds the distinction as being one of the first buildings in George Town,
Penang, to be completely fitted with electric lights and fans. Today it is one of the
buildings housing the Municipal Council of Penang Island or Majlis Perbandaran
Pulau Pinang (MPPP) and the whitewashed building forms an elegant backdrop to the
Esplanade.
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4. Kuala Lumpur Railway Station
 The station was completed in 1910 and designed by that most prolific and talented of
British colonial architects, Arthur Benison Hubback. The KL Railway Station was
built with Mughal features such as the elegant chhatris (dome-capped pavilions of
Indian origin) along its roof line. The old station is still used for KTM Komuter
services. Some of its platforms were too low for KTM Komuter trains and a more
modern extension with a separate entrance was built in the 1980's.

7. St. John's Institution This school was founded by De La Salle Christian

Brothers Order on 18 January 1904. It was named after St John Baptist de La Salle, better
known as the Patron Saint of Teachers.