Top 6 Silly Structures

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In the USA, April 1 is "April Fools' Day," when pranksters have a field day playing tricks and telling jokes. In keeping with the tradition, I've been thinking about foolishness in architecture. Even the most famous architects have designed some bloopers - buildings that are impractical, absurd, or just plain silly-looking. For Richard Rogers, who won the Pritzker this year, it was the Millennium Dome.
And then, too, there are those building that look wonderful, but just aren't practical. Not many people could live comfortably in the glass-walled house Mies van de Rohe designed for long-suffering Edith Farnsworth. Out of all the buildings that get attention in newspapers, magazines, and books, which are the silliest? Click on the comments link below. Want to post a photo? Join our Silly Structures discussion on the Architecture Forum.

OK, architects aren't perfect. Even the greatest architects design buildings that are impractical, absurd, or just plain funny looking. Which buildings are the silliest? That's open for debate. Here's a short list of famous structures that have stirred controversy, outrage, and - sometimes - laughter.
1) Celebration, Florida Town Hall

Philip Johnson was probably spoofing classical architecture when he designed the many-pillared Town Hall for the Disney planned community at Celebration, Florida. You just have to chuckle.

2) The Millennium Dome in Greenwich, England

Designed as a one-year, temporary structure, the Millennium Dome was doomed to be associated with the crazy panic that surrounded the changing of the centuries. Now no one seems to know what to do with it, and it's pretty silly looking.

3) The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University

I.M. Pei placed massive concrete slabs in the midst of a scenic mountain view. Some critics call the museum bold and transparent. Others just shake their heads.

4) The Louvre Pyramid

I. M. Pei strikes again. His glass pyramid would look great somewhere else, but seems odd next to a Renaissance palace.

5) The Farnsworth House

The glass house that Mies van der Rohe designed for Edith Farnsworth is beautiful, sure. But could she actually live in it? Could you?

6) The Singapore Esplanade

I dunno. I just can't help thinking of a porcupine.

Silly Structures

What buildings and structures do you find silly, dumb, or pointless? Tell us! Want to show us? Here's how to post a photo of your dumb building.

Fonte: AboutArchitecture

[JAG]

A The Farnsworth House, ficou em 5!?
É pena... mas as outras construções tambem tem bastante qualidade.