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21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships

February 18th, 2013Top Story

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships

By Attila Nagy

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien SpaceshipsWe may still be a long way from putting a human colony on Mars, but that doesn't mean we can't live like spacemen here on Earth. These 18 trippy buildings—all built since 2000—look like they're from another world entirely.

The City Hall of Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, 2002. Architect: Erick Van Egeraat.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Christian Richters

The Selfridges store, Birmingham, UK, 2003. Architects: Future Systems.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2003. Architect: Frank Gehry.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: David McNew/Getty Images

Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2005. Architect: Zaha Hadid.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Joe Nadin

The National Theatre, Beijing, China, 2007. Architect: Paul Andreu.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

The Worrell, Weekes and Walcott stand at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, 2007.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Jenni Konrad/Tom Hodgkinson

The "Mobile Art" exhibition pavillion in Hong Kong, 2008. Architect: Zaha Hadid.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Kin Cheung/AP

The Beijing National Stadium known as the "Bird's Nest", Beijing, China, 2008. Architects: Herzog & de Meuron.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Bullit Marquez/AP

The Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009. Architects: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AP

The Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China, 2010. Architect: Zaha Hadid.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Lian Chang

The Flame Towers in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012. Architects: Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Nigel Treblin/dapd

The new Festival Hall in Erl , Austria, 2012. Architects: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Kerstin Joensson/dapd/AP

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP

Galaxy Soho, Beijing, China, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Ningbo Ningbo

The EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012. Architect: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Joe Nadin

Pierres Vives government department, Montpellier, France, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Jean-Baptiste Maurice

The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012. Architect: Zaha Hadid.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Wikipedia

The Peoples Meeting Dome, Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark, 2012. Architects: Kristoffer Tejlgaard & Benny Jepsen.

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships Photo: Kristoffer Tejlgaard & Benny Jepsen

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