42 Extreme Exteriors
Unique Architectural Facades, from Fishnet to Cracked Glass:
Katherinev123 — Nov 23, 2009 — Art & Design
Architects today face tremendous pressure. Not only do they have to create functional spaces that merge fantastic architectural design, these concepts have to be applied to both the interior of the structure as well as the exterior (or facade). This is the reason why we’ve seen so many extreme exteriors—exteriors that are, in addition to being architecturally amazing, also artistically beautiful. Massive media facades, cobweb architecture, and lace-patterned concrete are just some of the extreme exteriors you’ll find in this cluster.
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Psychedelic Home Exteriors
Graffiti Artists Channel Bad Acid Trips to Attack Scottish Castle
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Honeycomb Architecture
The Acme UN Memorial Building Metaphorically Unites Nations
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Window-Dripping Structures
The Steckelhorn 11 Strives to Update Historic Hamburg Area
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Thunderstorm Architecture
Tornado-Like 'Helix' Building Blows Them Away in Abu Dhabi
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Grass Buildings
Kadawittfeldarchitektur Austrian Kindergarten Makes Education Green
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Cheese Grater Architecture
The Arching Rotterdam Market Hall by MVRDV
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Accordian Architecture
The Condesa DF Hotel Has a Courtyard of Folding Facades
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Extreme Halloween Exteriors
10 Pumpkin Houses
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Papercut Architecture
Polish Pavilion at Expo 2010 Channels Cultural Tradition
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Living Skin Building Facades
The FLARE
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Cobweb Architecture
The Villamoda Galleries Frame Hotel Weaves into the WAN Awards 2009
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Faux Pixelated Architecture
The Bodegas Ysios Winery Has a Mario Land-Like Roof
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Metal Mesh Architecture
Marcelo Alvarenga Creates Metallic Knit Storefront for Coven
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Glimmering Architecture
The Swarovski Store in Japan
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Beehive Architecture
Honeycomb Housing Complex
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Massive Media Facades
The Taipei Pop Music Center Will Feature Eco LED Technology
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Cracked Glassitecture
The South Korea Gimpo Art Hall by Gansam Partners
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Food Inspired Architecture
Cafe Shaped Like Toast
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Mediarchitecture
Mediafacades Festival Berlin + Urabanscreens Melbourne 2008
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Braille-Inspired Buildings
The Chrome Hotel Facade is Punctuated With Many Holes
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Avian Architecture
Animal Wall by Gitta Gschwendtner Gets Mixed Reviews
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Colorful Architectural Facades
Apartment Buildings Get an Earth-Inspired Makeover
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3D Hairstyle Facades
The Hair Couture Salon Exterior Design by X Architekten
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Latticed Architecture
The Eco Triangle Garden House by Tham & Videgard Hansson
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Cheese Grater Architecture
The 'O House' by Philippe Stubbei is a Celebration of Circles
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Snakeskin Stadiums
Hyundai-Samsung Consortium Features Reptilian Architecture
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Architectural Collages
Axis Mundi's Facade is a Confusing Wonder
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Animated Buildings
The Rundle Lantern Entertains With Moving Designs and Music
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Glitter Ball-Inspired Buildings
The Basque Health Department HQ
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Vinyl Record Cratechitecture
Raphael Vinoly's Atlas Building Channels Retro Music
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Masked Eco-Buildings
Elithis Tower is the World's First Energy Positive Workplace
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Branded Exterior Paint
The Norway House Has a Burberry Paint Job
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Lace-Patterned Concrete
The 'Nottingham Contemporary' is a Modernized Warehouse for Art
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Art Wrapped Architecture
'Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation' on Side of Hong Kong Museum
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'Scalable' Student Housing
Apartment Building With Rock-Wall Facade
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Pixel Building
Project Blinken Lights
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Bookish Buildings
De Batavier is a Facade of Books in Lootstraat, Amsterdam
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Camouflaging City Blocks
Blue Buildings by Florentijn Hofman Attract Tourists
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Phantasmagorical Building Facades
The Star Palace
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Mosaic-Encrusted Architecture
Watts Towers in LA
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Fishnet Structures
The Mobile Performance Venue Wins at the World Architecture Festival
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Puzzling Public Buildings
The Crossword Mural is Solved with Clues Hidden in the City
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Venetian-Inspired Museum Designs
The Conceptual Floating Glass Museum is AI-Generated
Futuristic Capsule House Concepts
The ONCO Capsule House Concept is Sleek and Minimal
Nest-Inspired Urban Houses
This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Discreet Architectural Polish Homes
Mobius Architekci Designs the Loop House in Rural Poland
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Modern Office Buildings
Kinzo Designs Das Max for the Insurance Company Münchner Verein
Gabled Split Trapezoidal Homes
Studio KUNZ Designs the Casa Trapézios in Rio Grande do Sul
Modern Office Space Designs
Studio Alexander Fehre Creates a Chic Interior for VdK Cooperative
Brutalist Architecture-Inspired Eyewear Lines
Linda Farrow Debuts the Autumn/Winter '24 Collection
Aluminum Cladded Mountain Refuge
EX Creates the Pinwheel Shelter with Prefabricatef CLT Panels
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Atlanta Heritage Contemporary Hotels
The New FORTH Hotel Takes Pride in its Atlanta Roots
Modern Minimalism Apartments
Between the Walls Designs the Old&New Apartment in Kyiv
Curved Translucent Experimental Apartments
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL Designs the Sculptor's Apartment
Silver Curtain Concrete Homes
Local Studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture Designs the House K
Lush Surroundings Glass Homes
Room 11 Designs the Glass House in Koonya Overlooking the Bay
Interior Courtyard Mexican Homes
RA! Creates the Casa LL with Panels and Concrete in Mexico
Sculptural Geometric Formed ADUs
Cover Architecture Has Unveiled its New Moongate ADU
Eco-Conscious Slim Skyscrapers
Muraba and RCR Arquitectes Join to Design the Muraba Veil
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
3D-Printed Ceramic Home Facades
The Ceramic House in Amsterdam Gets a Ceramic Feature
Spanish Concrete Replica Residences
Architecture Office Claudia Raurell Designs the Villain House
Sand Dune-Inspired Airport Roofs
Kohn Pedersen Fox Completes a Terminal Design
Off-Grid Oceanside Homes
Campos Studio Designs a Sculptural Cliffside Home in Mexico
Gallery-Like Elevated Retail Designs
Format Architecture Office Designs the Leica Store & Gallery
Math Equation-Inspired Houses
Fala Atelier Designed the House of Countless Windows
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Wavy Metal Facades
SO-IL's 9 Chapel Residential Tower Offers a Istinctive Architectural Vision
Highway-Side Narrow Skyscrapers
RCR Arquitectes has Designed the Muraba Veil Skyscraper
Highland Building-Converted Studios
Moxon Architects Renovates a Cluster of Farm Buildings
Upward-Pitched Roof Homes
O'Neill McVoy Architects Designs a New Z-Shaped Home in Houston
Dynamic Y-Shaped Glazed Houses
Saunders Architecture Designs the Y House in Alberta
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Fiji Ocean-Front Estate Homes
A Tesm of Designers Join Forrces to Create the Reef House
Revamped London Home Extensions
VATRAA Adds an Extension to a House in Stoke Newington
Curved Vintage Home Extensions
Vatn Architecture and Groma Create the Dråpa Extension
Sandy Landscape-Reflective Homes
SIA Arquitectura Designs the Casa da Encosta n Grândola
Contemporary Artful Bright Apartments
Butterfly Studios Designs a Bright Krakow Apartment
Charming Angular Contemporary Homes
Studio KUNZ Presents the Trapezium House in Brazil
Recycling-Centric Waterfront Homes
Measured Architecture Designs the Shor House Project
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
House-Layered Structural Designs
DCA Architects of Transformation Designs the Chodge
Rustic Ruin-Inspired Aquariums
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio Designs The Sea of Cortez Research Center
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Contrasting Facade Clad Apartments
Messner Architets Designs the RVTK Apartments in Italy
Warehouse-Transformed Homes
Fala Atelier Designs the House of Many Faces in Porto
Cut-Out Structural Narrow Hotels
Kooo Architects Designs the Hotel Rakuragu in Central Tokyo
Concrete Boxes-Overlapping Homes
FujiwaraMuro Architects Designs the House in Tsurumi-ku
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Renovated Maximalist Apartments
David/Nicolas Renovates the Casa di Fantasia in Milan
Brutalist Concrete Tower Apartments
Archmongers Renovates the Trellick Tower in London
Self-Cooling Exterior Buildings
Modu Creates the Promenade Building to Control Air Temperature
Textured Concrete Panelled Gyms
MD41 Completes a Gymnasium Design for a School in Italy
Exposed Concrete Stealthy Homes
OFIS Aritekti Designs the Villa Eternal Way in Slovenia
Contrasting Facade Panoramic Residences
SO? Completes the Two Face House in Turkey
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Progressive Interior Design Materials
FENIX Innovative Materials are Optimal for Design Projects
Steel-Cladded Social Housing
Christ & Gantenbein Creates a Block of Social Housing in Paris
Woven Upholstery Textile Capsules
The Elemental Wright Collection Highlights Organic Architecture
Artfully Inspired Home Renovations
Reflect Architecture Designs the North Drive House in Toronto
Tranquil Functional Home Designs
Atelier Varun Goyal Designs the Modern Courtyard House
Monolithic Sleek Summer Homes
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter Creates the Vollerup Atrium Home
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Raw Concrete Industrial Homes
Studio Cochi Architects Designs the House in Nishizaki
Graphic-Accented Brutalist Apartments
Jean Verville Designs a Creative Laboratory in Quebec City
Compact Calming Homes
Batay-Csorba Architects Masterfully Designed a Modern Brick Home in Toronto
Bright Colorful Converted Apartments
Alarquitectos Presents the São Sebastião 123 Apartment
Thick-Walled Coastal Buildings
KLG Architects Designs the Hytte Riverview in South Africa
Functionally Elegant Modern Homes
Monica Fried Design and Mojo Stumer Create the Old Westbury Home
Exposed Concrete Framed Academies
EFFEKT and CF Møller Architects Creates the SIMAC in Svendborg
Geometric African Homes
Gregory Katz Architecture Designs the Great Primary Shapes Home
Ice Factory-Transformed Galleries
Malik Architecture Designs the IF.BE Gallery and Event Space
Perforated Light-Passing Art Installations
The Volvo Circle Pavilion Uses Tyvek Facades
Cutout Roof Cement-Clad Homes
Edition Office Designs a Home with a Focus on Tree Views
Green Zinc Paneling Homes
Westerdahl Designs the Folded House Located in Cambridge
Dynamically Patterned Portuguese Homes
Fala Atelier Designs the 087 House in Lisbon
Poetic Habourfront Nature Centers
3XN Created the Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing
Red Concrete Exhibition Centers
Mix Architecture Designs the Red Box Exhibition Center
Sunset-Inspired Polish Apartments
wiercinski-studio Reimagines the 18TH Apartment
Renovated Asymmetric Building Projects
Formation Association Designs the Atwater Canyon Building
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Decorative Ceramic Office Interiors
Iosa Ghini Associati Designs the Fiandre Office Space
Aegean Architecture-Inspired Home Designs
Studio Kali Designs the Arkhe Collection of Furniture
Office Building Rainbow Facades
SAKO Architects Designs the Vertical Rainbow Office Building
Rippled Facade Luxe Retailers
Aranda\Lasch Designs the New Dior Store Interior Facade in Qatar
Textured Local Stone Residences
Point27 Architects Designed the Atrium House in Greece
Adjustable Japanese Studio Apartments
IGArchitects Designs the Building Frame of the House
Pale Tonal Brick Homes
Fletcher Crane Architects Designs the Kingston Villa in Richmond
Tranquil Subdued House Extensions
Heliotrope Architects Adds a New Extension to a Historic Home
Porcelain-Clad Skyscrapers
Selldorf Architevts Completes Another New York Skyscraper
Caribbean-Inspired Retro Home Extentions
Artefact Designs the Triangle House in London's Epsom
Family-Oriented Apartment Renovations
Atelier L'Abri Takes on the Triplex Fabre Renovation Project
Copper-Accented Apartment Blocks
Edition Office Designs the Fenwick St Project in Australia
Gabled Forest-Side Homes
Théque Atelier Designs the Frame House in Hungary
Mirrored Panel Tropical Gardens
Research Artistic Design + Architecture Designs the Frame Garden
Sand Terrazzo Floor Apartments
Modektura Adds New Flooring to an Apartment in Kyiv
Roman Architecture-Themed Pavilions
Pratique and Fanum Design the Forum des Vestiges Pavilion
Clear Glazing Compact Residences
IGArchitects Designs the Check Patterned House in Japan
Basketry-Informed University Facades
Heatherwick Studio Designs a Building for Universidad Ean
Interconnected Brick-Clad Buildings
David Chipperfield Architects Blends Three Housing Typologies
Personality-Reflecting Brick Homes
Omar Vegara Taller and Renata de Miguel Design Casa Cantellano
Curved Surface Portuguese Homes
Fala Atelier Designs a House Within a Few Lines
Dynamic Military Archive Buildings
Jahn Completes the Pritzker Military Archives Center Design
Captivating Facade Residential Buildings
MAD Architects Designed the One River North Building
Contemporary Stacked Residences
StudioAC Designs the Everden Residence with Minimal Details
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Textural Red Concrete Clinics
Steiner Architecture Designs the Clinic in Anif
Brutalist Minimal Apartment Designs
Zalc Arquitetura Reimagines the JF Apartment in Brazil
Preserved Townhome Concrete Facades
Rieder Joins Faerber on Preserving an Original Structure
Expressive Unique Furniture Designs
ÆTHER/MASS Continues to Grow Experimental Design Products
Terracotta-Clad University Faculties
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Completes New Art Faculty
Fried Egg-Inspired Canopy Designs
THISS Studio Creates the Sunny Side Up Extensions
Timber-Framed Angular Libraries
Atelier WOA Designs the Escapade Library in France
Duality-Exploring Art Exhibitions
Federeica Sala Presents the Design Duo Double Feature
X-Shaped Nature-Interacting Gabled Cabins
Tall Architects Designs the Fowl River Cabin in Alabama
Expansive Roofs Concrete Homes
Studio MOB Creates a House in the Farm in Coimbatore
Dual Level Concrete Galleries
Morphosis Designs the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas
Trapezoidal Coastal Beach Houses
Emergentes Architectures Sàrl Designed the Dreal House in Chile
Square Structural Canadian Homes
PARTISANS Designs the Canvas House in Toronto, Canada
Metal Mesh Residential Buildings
Ædifica Designs the Cité Angus II Structure Outside Montreal
Sawtooth Roof Apartment Blocks
Six Degrees Architects and Hip V Hype Design Ferrars & York
Immersive Artful Apartments
Tereza Porybná and Objektor Architekti Design the Ovenecká 33
Sloped Concrete Roofed Restaurants
RAD+ar Completes the Aruma Restaurant Design in Jakarta
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Housing Block Defensive Facades
Bureau des Mésarchitecture Creates Gold Aluminum Shutters
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Metal Sheet-Facade Book Stores
Wutopia Labs Designs the Shanghai Book City with a Dynamic Facade
Glass Facade Premium Skyscrapers
Zaha Hadid Architects Near Completes the Henderson Office
Multifunctional Angled Apartments
Snøhetta Designs the Vertikal Nydalen Building in Oslo
Geometric Red-Brick Suburban Homes
OFIS Arhitekti Designs the Frame House in Ljubljana
Stone Ruin-Transformed Spanish Homes
H Arquitectes Designs the Casa 1627 in Spain
Dynamic Living Towered Residences
Triptyque Completes a Residential Tower in Onze22
Blocky Courtyard Home Designs
Studio VDGA Designs the House of Courtyards in Dubai
Gridded Screen Apartment Blocks
Neri&Hu Design a Grid Facade Residential Building in Taiwan
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Asymmetrical Sculptural Apartment Blocks
LOHA Designs the South E8 Housing Block in Raleigh
Mid-Century Home Modern Extensions
AR Design Studio Extends the Seventies House in Winchester
Futuristic Factory Rooftop Extensions
MAD Transforms a Factory with the Ark Extension in China