7 Strange And Most Unusual Buildings On Earth

2. Twisting Torso

Twisting Torso is located in Sweden and it stands at an astonding height of 623 feet, 190 metres.  An inspired architect named Santiago Calatrava designed the building in such a way that it is made to look like a rope.  There are nine segments of pentagons across five stories each placed on top of each other to create a twisting effect.  In total there are 54 storey buildings in all and 147 apartments.  The segment on the top is set ninety degrees clockwise in affiliation to the one on the very bottom.

3. Atomium

Atomium was originally built for the 1958 Brussels World Fair. It was designed by Andre Waterkeyn, an engineer, and Andre and Jean Polak, architects.  The stainless steel building is 335 feet tall and has almost nine spheres connected together in the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal.

All the nine spheres are connected by tubes along the dozen edges of the cube, as well as all eight vertices to the center.  Escalators and elevators in the tubes connect five usable tubes, which are often occupied for public events. The four highest spheres of the builiding are not safe and are therefore off limits to people.