Poland's "Crooked House"

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The Krzywy Domek (Crooked House) is part of a shopping center in Sopot, Poland. The 2004 structure looks like a set from Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, but according to Wikipedia, it was "designed by Szotyńscy & Zaleski who were inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg." Krzywy Domek

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boingaddict

saw that this year when i was in poland in august, at first i thought i had a flashback hehe, quite interesting, after wards i went to the concentration camp trip….so it was a bizzare day…..sad as well…
erg79

I wouldn’t want to visit that with a hangover.

I’ll admit that I’m not familiar with Jan Marcin Szancer or Per Dahlberg, so the first thing I thought of when I saw this was Frank Gehry.
murrayhenson

As far as I recall there is a rather gaudy bar inside so most people just take a picture and continue on down the street. The rest of the tri-cities area is a great place to visit though.
Anonymous

Wanna piss of James Howard Kunstler? Show him this picture and tell him it’s a tattoo parlor.
efergus3

Great shrooms dudes.
Elle_Face

Much like the Dancing House restaurant in Prague…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House
- David Pescovitz
  
  Wow, I hadn’t seen that Dancing House. Very trippy. Thanks!
Anonymous

There’s a good bar inside, first floor… “ZÅ‚a Kobieta” (“Bad Girl”).
Anonymous

Reminiscent of the crazy webs are poor polluted spiders make now.
Anonymous

Looks like a Mike Maydak painting.
seyo

‘shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels.
- Anonymous
  
  People have been saying they have been there. And you say ‘shopped?
  Slap your forehead. Face palm it. Now. And hard.
- Anonymous
  
  It’s not ‘shopped. Here is an entire set of pictures: http://oursurprisingworld.com/krzyvy-domek-sopot-poland/
Robert

My eyes actually hurt when I view that image.
CuttingOgres

I can’t imagine getting an order for cutting those windows.
- S2
  
  Had the same thought about fixing the roof.
Anonymous

Ever heard of Gaudi?
snakedart

I’d like to see a building inspired by the paintings of ZdzisÅ‚aw BeksiÅ„ski. Now that would be trippy.