Inspired by the music of Jimi Hendrix, this psychedelic building is a music and pop culture museum.
Experience Music Project from the rear.
Lotus Temple – Delhi, India
This non-denominational religious building is particularly spectacular from above.
Milwaukee Art Museum
Built in the early 2000s, the large, winglike structures on either side of the main building actually extend and retract depending on the weather.
Graz Art Museum – Graz, Austria
Built in a style known as "blob architecture", it is affectionately called the "Friendly Alien" by its creators. Personally I see hints of Gaudi's architecture in this style.
Kansas City Public Library
This concept more or less speaks for itself.
Cathedral of Brasilia
Eschewing almost every convention of historical cathedral construction, this building is definitely memorable.
Cathedral interior.
Alexandria Library, Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria's Great Library was one of the most important academic sites in Antiquity, and lasted for hudreds of years before it was burned. This library was built in its spirit.
La Tete au Carre Library – Nice, France
Yes, the three floors inside its head really do contain books. Someone ought to tell him he has something on his face.
National Library – Minsk, Belarus
In addition to its unique shape (a "rhombicuboctahedron"), this building can put on quite the light show at night.
Church of Hallgrimur – Reykjavik, Iceland
It may not be the largest church in the world, but it certainly does an excellent job of drawing the eye upwards.