25 Architectural Decisions That Left Viewers Confused

If you’ve ever been house hunting, you might have been baffled by some of the architectural design choices people have willingly opted for. From strange extensions to random aesthetic apertures, there are quite a few foibles that people have seen on building designs that looked plain wrong. Scroll below to check out a collection of the most awful structural design elements that left people questioning the architect’s credentials so much so that they shared them on the aptly named, That’s It, We’re Architecture Shaming Facebook group. 

#1 I Saw This While In The Detroit Area Last Week. Not Sure What To Say. Not Sure What They Were Thinking

Image source: Eric Woodfin

#2 Waka Waka Waka!

Image source: Marissa Richardson

#3 Pretty

Image source: Laura Andres

#4 Hi All! I Just Wanted To Introduce Myself And Share A Photo I Took Today. All I Can Say Is It’s Well Built

Image source: Lisa Asher

#5 When Your Clients Are Dipsy And Laa-Laa From Teletubbies So That Their Antennas Won’t Hit The Door Header

Image source: Jillian Lin

#6 My Daughter Captioned This, “I Want Six Of Every Shape Window You Have

Image source: Christie James

#7 Get A Load Of This Beauty!

Image source: Fran Allison

The addition is bad enough… the paint job adds a lot.

#8 This

Image source: Kevin Miller

#9 When You Really Love Columns

Image source: Jess Cruz Almero

#10 Is It Just Me Or Does This Look Like Somebody Gave It A Boot In The Rear?

Image source: Rene Kreis

#11 Being So Bold To Believe You Could Build Homes, Let Alone Giant Homes, On A Literal Beach, Is The Pinnacle Of Hubris

Image source: Alicia Mariah Elfving

Outer Banks, North Carolina: six homes have collapsed already

#12 Look, If You’ve Got A Useless Space, Might As Well Make It Interesting!

Image source: Marissa Richardson

#13 Can You Make It More Diagonal?

Image source: Matias Galarraga Green

#14 Kaiser-Permanente Building In Timonium, Maryland With (In My Humble Opinion) Absolutely Hideous Exterior Cladding

Image source: Aaron Emke

#15 When You Can’t Tell Where The Original House Starts And Ends

Image source: Alicia Mariah Elfving

#16 The Fireplace In Little Moreton Hall (Built Between 1504 And 1610) Looks Wonky, But It’s Actually Completely Straight. It’s The Rest Of The Room That’s Out Of Whack – It’s One Of The Wonkiest Buildings In England

Image source: Sandra Segal

#17 The Mind Reels

Image source: Robin Rogers

#18 The Sad Renovations Done In 2012 To The 16th Century Caldwell Tower In Scotland. The Addition Is Still There To This Day

Image source: Sandra Segal

#19 I Actually Love This Home

Image source: Lolita Potts

#20 Apartment Building In Poland

Image source: Bang Chris Yan

#21 House In The Orchard, Prague, Czech Republic

Image source: Sandra Segal

#22 Prepping For Doomsday In Belgium

Image source: Margit Klumpers

#23 I Don’t Think This Is Decorated Right. Not My Listing Nor Photo

Image source: Kirsten Tautfest

#24 Seems Legit

Image source: Alicia Mariah Elfving

#25 We Should Have Used Better Glue

Image source: Sandra Segal