There is something inherently striking about a geometry-inspired building. And I’m not talking about rectangular buildings, which are seeing the end of their days as architectural forms. I’m talking about triangular structures, the kind of structures that need only three points—the kind of structures that make any city skyline look breathtakingly beautiful if only because they resemble the greatness that was the Eyptian pyramids.
From modern Ziggurat architecture to landmark toilets, here are some of the most awe-inspiring triangular structures in the world.
25 Triangular Structures
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First Skyscraper in Paris
The Delanoe Tower
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7 Star Dubai Hotel
Luxury Living In A Funnel
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Droplet Architecture
Hi-Tech Resort Design Especially for Humid Coastlines
22
Awesome Architecture in Iran
Incredible Buildings You Never Knew About
21
Hotel of Doom
'Worst Building in the History of Mankind' to Resume Construction
20
3D Triangle Architecture
DIY Reykjavik Pavilion by Shift Architects Questions Iceland's Futu
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Angular Austrian Architecture
The YUG House by X Architekten is an Especially Agreeable Abode
18
Flaked Light Architecture
Hongbo Lu Proposes Flying Color Building for Dubai
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Triangular Jungle Shelters
V-Houses by Heinz Legler Offer Stunning Views Without Damaging the Land
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Modern Ziggurat Architecture
Tiago Viegas' Crea Building Challenge Channels Ancient Cultures
15
Faux Pixelated Architecture
The Bodegas Ysios Winery Has a Mario Land-Like Roof
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Awe-Inspiring Church Architecture
Incredible Places of Worship
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Eco-Friendly Paris Pyramids
Le Projet Triangle
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Floating Pyramids
New Dimensions In Luxury Living
11
Voyeuristic Dwellings
The Glass Pyramid House by Yukihide Mizuno
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Picnic Table Pyramids
The 'Rest' Air Restaurant in the Netherlands
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Latticed Architecture
The Eco Triangle Garden House by Tham & Videgard Hansson
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World's Largest Structure
The "Great" Great Pyramid
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Landmark Toilets
Plastik Architects Design in Kent
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Offshore Megacity
The Great Pyramid of Tokyo
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Urinal Shaped Towers
Swedish Swan Skyscraper Proves City Overflows With Pride
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Futuristic Energy Plants
Green Power Generators
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Triangular Architecture
Branislav Kropilak Captures Geometic Shapes in Latest Photography
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Multi-Cultural Projects in Dubai
Museum of Middle East Modern Art
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Laced-Up Architecture
See the Athletic Aesthetics of the Administrative Adidas 'Laces' Building
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This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
3D-Printed Ceramic Designs
Rameshwari Jonnalagedda Designs the Terramound Series
Cat-Centric Compact Homes
This Japanese Dwelling Embraces Feline-Friendly Design Choices
Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Origami-Inspired Sleek Cabins
A.L.P.S. Designs the Infinity Mobile Architecture System
Discreet Architectural Polish Homes
Mobius Architekci Designs the Loop House in Rural Poland
Serenely Stilted Houses
This Sustainable Tiny Home is Situated On An Elevated Platform
Garden-Centering Urban Townhouses
This Vietnamese Home's Layout is Arranged Around an Inner Garden
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Eco-Friendly Offices
Office@27 by Sanjay Puri Architects is Enhanced by Ancient Indian Principles
Shapeshifting Outer Space Hotels
The Acromnia Orbital Hotel Imagines Life in Space
Gabled Split Trapezoidal Homes
Studio KUNZ Designs the Casa Trapézios in Rio Grande do Sul
Traditional Tower-Inspired Lamps
The 'Pagoda Lamp' Takes After Pagodas for a Thoughtful Form
Charred-Wood Tranquil Pavilions
Temp Designs the 3-to-1 Pavilion in a Rocky Shanghai Garden
Tranquil Elevated Tiny Homes
Jan Tyrpekl Designs the Cozy Zen House in Austria
Nature-Inspired Pet Toys
A Team of Designers Create the Unique Triangle Toy for Pets
Eco-Friendly Luxury Villas
Kengo Kuma Designs the Land Villas for Red Sea Global
Floral Field-Inspired Townhomes
Tariq Khayyat Design Partners Designs the Fold in Dubai
Trapezoidal Concrete Forest Homes
Ksa Studený Designs a New Home Looking Over a Forest
Geometric Structural Forest Homes
The C House by GetAway Projects has a Half-Hexagonal Shape
Beautifully Sculptural Concrete Museums
Qatar Museums Unveils Official Images of the Lusail Museum
Architectural Vase Collections
The DREIECK Vase Collection is Sustainable and Chic
Abstract Triangular Side Tables
The Triangle Side Table from SouleWork Holds Books and More
Curvaceous Luxury Condominiums
This Miami Condo Building Will Feature a Glass-Bottom Rooftop Pool
Artful Wooden Pavilions
Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónia Designs the Orchid Pavilion
Stunningly Whimsical Playgrounds
XISUI Design Draws Inspiration from Natural Forms Such as Caves
Aluminum Cladded Mountain Refuge
EX Creates the Pinwheel Shelter with Prefabricatef CLT Panels
Glossy Panelled Pentagonal Buildings
JM Architecture Designs the Pinwheel Building in Italy
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Compact Pink Residences
PHTAA Designs House R3 as a Blocky Structure with Curving Glass
Town-Like Classroom Designs
Atelier Apeiron Designs the Kindergarten of Museum Forest Building
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
White 3D-Printed Tower Buildings
The Tor Alva in Switzerland is the Tallest 3D-Printed Building
Sand Dune-Inspired Airport Roofs
Kohn Pedersen Fox Completes a Terminal Design
Mountaintop Viewpoint Ski Resorts
Zaha Hadid Architects Adds a Viewpoint to the Trojena
Traditionally Formed Gabled Homes
Studio Circle Growth Designs the Casa De Mi Luna
Chic Modern-Industrial Buildings
YN Studio Designs a Slick Facade in Gillett Square
Geometry-Inspired Vase Collections
Lorenz Noelle Designs the Triangle Vase Collection
High Concrete Walled Homes
Cesar Mancillas Creates a Linear Home with Tranquil Elements
Enclosed Japanese Park Toilets
Tono Mirai Architects Designs the Curved Toiletowa Structure
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Eco-Conscious Slim Skyscrapers
Muraba and RCR Arquitectes Join to Design the Muraba Veil
Monolithic Housing Blocks
Coyote Arquitectura's Red Housing Block is Visually Interesting
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Nature Hyperboloid Observation Towers
White Arkitekter Completes the Observation Tower Kärven
Bamboo-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Cultural Center Seamlessly Blends Into its Surroundings
Ski Resort Crystalline Skyscrapers
A Skyscraper is Designed at the Trojena Ski Report
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
Subterranean Courtyard Galleries
Buzz Designs the Hermit Space Yards in Beijing Park
Terraced Garden-Surrounded Homes
Arkitito Arquitetura Designed the Lechuza House in Brazil
Sleek Contemporary Brazilian Homes
Tetro Arquictectura Designs the Laguna House in Nova Lima
Community-Centric Office Spaces
Shubin Donaldson Architects Designs the Tricon Residential Office
Greenery-Packed Museum Buildings
This Science Museum is Designed Around a Central Park
Y-Shaped Community Pavilions
Sam Crawford Architects Creates a Red-Roof Pavilion in Sydney
Geometric Leadership Centers
BE-Design Designs the Stunning Komera Leadership Center
Geometric Cone-Shaped Mosques
Altwadum Designs the Bab Al Salam Mosque in Muscat, Oman
Irregular Pyramid-Shaped Retailers
Various Associates Designs a DJI Store in Shenzhen
Multifunctional Circular Housing Blocks
Gensler's EVE Park Design has Integrated EV Parking Towers
Californian Canyon-Inspired Edifices
This Waterfront Building Pays Tribute to Rock Formations
Charming Angular Contemporary Homes
Studio KUNZ Presents the Trapezium House in Brazil
Indian Design Principal-Based Homes
Matra Designs the New Prism House with Four Concrete Volumes
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
Architecture-Inspired Home Sculptures
Origin Made Spotlights the Spiral and Flight Sculptures
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Simplistic Timber Warehouses
Aretz Dürr Architektur Designs the Structures of Halle S 46
Compact Geometric Portable Lamps
&Tradition Designs the Portable Pivot Lamp
Temple-Inspired Sculptural Lighthouses
Gonzalo Lebrija Designs the Dynamic El Faro Lighthouse
Figure 8-Structured House
Silvia Fiarman and Alexis Dornier Design the Loop House in Bali
Tea-Honoring Angular Libraries
Atelier Xi Designs the Interconnected Library and Tea Rooms
Cloister-Style Sculptural Galleries
Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki Design the Meridiano
Origami-Inspired Playful Magnetic Blocks
Artur Tikhonenko Designs the Trido Building Blocks
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Sustainable Tall Japanese Skyscrapers
Pelli Clarke & Partners Designs the Mori JP Tower
Rocky Garden-Nestled Serene Pavilions
Temp Designs the 3-to-1 Pavilion in a Rocky Garden
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Wooden Roof Japanese Museums
Shigeru Ban Designs the Toyota City Museum in Japan
Altered Pyramid Concrete Monuments
MCRDV Unveils a New Bright Pyramid of Tirana with IRI
Monolithic Sleek Summer Homes
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter Creates the Vollerup Atrium Home
White Concrete Boxy Museums
Thomas Phifer Designs the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Modular Beam-Themed Furniture
The Beam Collection by Adam Weir has a Harmonious Structure
Bridge-Defining Tranquil Cities
BIG Studio Showcases the Plans for Mindfulness City
Perforated Brickwork Office Buildings
Tropical Space Designs the Premier Office in Vietnam
Tree-Centered Cubic Home Designs
Moises Sánchez Designs the Tonalli House in Jocotepec
Modern Concrete Community Residences
AOA Architects Designs the Hoji Gangneung Dwellings
Stunning Emirati Skyscrapers
This New Skyscraper in Dubai Could Become the World's Second-Tallest
Futuristic Bridge Designs
Zaha Hadid Architects' Bridge in China is Futuristic & Stunning
Textured Local Stone Residences
Point27 Architects Designed the Atrium House in Greece
Angled Concrete Forest Homes
Nendo Designs the Block Wall House in a Japanese Forest
Minimalist Circular Churches
ARQBR Completes a Circular Church in Braslia, Brazil
Historically Rooted Elevated Hotels
The Trilogy Montgomery Hotel Restores a Trio of Buildings
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Staggered Tower Texan Skyscrapers
BIG Introduces the 1550 on the Green Building in Texas
Monumental Concrete Hotel Suites
Malek Alqadi Designs the Folly Mojave Series in the Desert
Geometric African Homes
Gregory Katz Architecture Designs the Great Primary Shapes Home
Stunning Ecuadorean Skyscrapers
This New Skyscraper is Inspired By Local Architecture & Culture
Halo-Like Skylight Homes
Tamara Wibowo Architects Designs the Halo House in Indonesia
Poetic Habourfront Nature Centers
3XN Created the Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing
Subway-Lined Waved Panels
Ateneo Used 3D Tech to Form Sculptural Walls Around Wuyuanwan Station
Traditional Sustainable School Designs
Heatherwick Studio Showcases Plans for Universidad Ean
U-Shaped Atrium Hotels
JSa Designs the Hotel Volga in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Triangular Concrete Apartment Blocks
HGR Arquitectos Creates the MO288 to Combat Earthquakes
Industrial Spacious Beach Houses
Matthew Royce Designs the Oxford Triangle Home for Himself
Natural Landscape-Surrounding Homes
All(zone) Designs the Under the Rain Trees Holiday Home
Spine-Based Central Design Buildings
Foster + Partners Designs the Hangzhou Center
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Aegean Architecture-Inspired Home Designs
Studio Kali Designs the Arkhe Collection of Furniture
Bright Three-Story Apartment Buildings
Yu2e Finishes the Axolotl Apartment Building in Los Angeles
Pyramidal Roof Steel-Framed Homes
Niall McLaughlin Architects Designs the Saltmarsh House
Shaded Modern Outdoor Furniture
mmcité street furniture Designs the UFO Shelter for Outdoors
Caribbean-Inspired Retro Home Extentions
Artefact Designs the Triangle House in London's Epsom
Optimal Energy Research Centers
Zara Hadid Architects Designs the Alisher Navoi Research Center
Glass-Lined Towering Libraries
Snøhetta Designs the Beijing City Library Located in China
Roman Architecture-Themed Pavilions
Pratique and Fanum Design the Forum des Vestiges Pavilion
Climate-Friendly Waterfront Homes
From 4 to 1 Creates Three Pavilions in Copenhagen
Turtle-Shaped Bamboo Restaurants
Thilina Liyanage Designs the Turtle Restaurant on the Coast
Architectural Pottery Museums
1+1>2 Architects Designs the Bat Trang Pottery Museum
Dynamic Military Archive Buildings
Jahn Completes the Pritzker Military Archives Center Design
Mirrored Steel Solar Farms
Bilgin Architects Designs the Central Control Building in Turkey
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Ice Block-Formed Pavilions
BIAD Creates the Ceremonial Falling Hours Pavilion for Visitors
Trapezoidal Coastal Beach Houses
Emergentes Architectures Sàrl Designed the Dreal House in Chile
X-Shaped Nature-Interacting Gabled Cabins
Tall Architects Designs the Fowl River Cabin in Alabama
Plaza-Surrounding Housing Complexes
Tariq Khayyat Design Partners Designs the H Residence
Steel Structural Dynamic Workspaces
Skylab Architecture Builds a New Skylab Office in Oregon
Square Structural Canadian Homes
PARTISANS Designs the Canvas House in Toronto, Canada
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Minsuk Cho Designs the Archipelagic Void Shelter in London
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Classically Designed Geometric Mosques
Babnimnim Design Studio Creates the Mamluki Lancet Mosque
Multifunctional Angled Apartments
Snøhetta Designs the Vertikal Nydalen Building in Oslo
Geometric Red-Brick Suburban Homes
OFIS Arhitekti Designs the Frame House in Ljubljana
Dynamic Living Towered Residences
Triptyque Completes a Residential Tower in Onze22
Red Brick Geometric Mosques
Cubeinside Creates the Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque by a Riverside
Distinctive Airlifted Structures
Arête Architects and Makers Fabrication Design the Karka Tower
Geometric Three-Story Museum Expansions
The Álvaro Siza Wing is a New Extension in Serralves
Archaeological Timber Visitor Sites
Teğet Designs the Çatalhöyük Visitor Center in Turkey
Translucent Mesh-Wrapped Art Center
Wutopia Lab Designed the Flickering Peak in Hainan, China
Asia-Based Wooden Buildings
Toyo Ito Designs the Gaia Building at the NTU in Singapore
Staggered Cubic Skyscrapers
OODA Works on a Rising Geometric Skyscraper in Tirana