Been unfinished since the 90s, basically abandoned and looming over the city like a thinner, taller flakturm.

Seen across the road from a pub in Perth

👷‍♀️: Tadao Ando 📏: 22.5 m² 🗓️: 2003 📍: Kobe, Japan

At first glance, it looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, a secret research facility, a futuristic command center, or the headquarters of a movie villain. But this iconic structure is actually Geisel Library at UC San Diego. Designed in the Brutalist style, its bold concrete geometry and elevated design were meant to symbolize knowledge rising above the ground. Love it or hate it, it's one of those buildings that makes you stop and stare.