Sometimes a building is like an architectural alien. The bizarrely-shaped museums in these photographs are so different from the city around them that it's as if they erupted out of a dimensional doorway from another universe.
The NiterĂ³i Contemporary Art Museum, NiterĂ³i, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, completed in 1996.
(via Gary Dee, Phx de, Nicolas Nova, doc 1.0 and howvin)
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, Bilbao, Spain, 1997.
(via Magnus Manske, Kamahele, Georges Jansoone 1 – 2)
Experience Music Project Museum, designed by Frank O. Gehry Seattle, Washington, 2000
(via Cacophony, EMPISFM, SunOfErat 1 – 2, Joe Mabel and Robert Karma)
The Quadrucci Pavilion of Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Santiago Calatrava, opened in 2001
(via Michael Hicks, Dsv, Jonathunder, Dori 1 – 2)
Kunsthaus Graz (also known as the Graz Art Museum or the Friendly Alien), designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, opened in Graz, Austria, 2003.
(via Kari Neuhold, Marion Schneider & Christopher Aistleitner and Eddie Codel)
Dalian Shell Museum, designed by DUT, Dalian, China, 2003
(via ArchDaily)
Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, Los Angeles, California, opened in 2003
(via PDPhoto, Pag293, Kwong Yee Cheng)
The Denver Art Museum Frederic C. Hamilton Building, designed by Daniel Libeskind, opened in 2006, Denver, Colorado
(via Studio Daniel Libeskind, Hustvedt and J. Miers)
Theatre Agora, Lelystad, Netherlands, designed by UNStudio, opened in 2007
(via UNStudio)
The Michael Lee-Chin Chrystal at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Daniel Libeskind, opened in 2007.
(via Skeezix1000, russavia, Alexandre Kozoubsky, Chris Lee and The City of Toronto)
The Macao Science Center, designed by Pei Partnership Architects, Macau, China, 2009.
(via Wikimedia Commons)
Centre Pompidou-Metz, designed by Shigeru Ban, Metz, France, 2010.
(via cerfon, Guido Radig and russavia)
Design Museum Holon, by Ron Arad Architects Ltd. in Holon, Israel, 2010
(via ArchDaily)
Ordos Art & City Museum in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, designed by MAD Architects, completed in 2011.
(via ArchDaily)
The Museo Soumaya (Soumaya Art Museum), designed by Fernando Romero, Mexico City, Mexico, 2011
(via eclecctica, Omar BĂ¡rcena andSam Churchill)
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