Architect Dang Viet Nga has acknowledged elements of the structure

Known as the “Crazy House,” it’s easy to see how this 10-room guesthouse in Northern Vietnam got its nickname. Architect Dang Viet Nga has acknowledged elements of the structure as being fairy tale-ish, as well as an homage to Antoni Gaudi. We’re not sure which fairy tale includes giraffes or caged hens and guinea fowl, but hey, to each their own. Most people like it in Vietnam Tour or Vietnam Cambodia Thailand Tours.

 
Designed by the daughter of the former president who studied in Moscow, the Hang Nga Guesthouse resembles a giant banyan tree with cave-like rooms, spiderweb windows and staircases extending up and over the roof. There are no rectangular or round windows or mattresses: it’s a mess of twists and turns and amorphous shapes.

Simply put: it’s weird. Construction continues–similar to Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia that won’t be finished for hundreds of years–but it doesn’t seem to be getting any prettier. Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nga was inspired by Gaudi, apparently in construction planning as well as expressionist design.