35 People Share Photos That Perfectly Explain Why People Should Hire Well-Vetted Architects
These pieces of architectural marvels deserve a place in a museum.
Some home design choices are so bad they stop being quirky and start looking like a warning sign. That is exactly why this collection of architectural mishaps is so hard to scroll past.
The Facebook group You Should Have Hired An Architect gathers photos of awkward layouts, baffling construction decisions, and interiors that seem to ignore basic common sense. The result is a parade of homes and spaces that leave people laughing, cringing, and wondering how anyone signed off on them.
These examples get worse the longer you look, and a few of them are almost impressive in how wrong they are.
1. Sure, no problem, just plug your hairdryer there:
Virosh Siegecraft2. Subtle. Really subtle...
Ginny Seibert3. "These Are Steps, Not A Solid Surface"
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4. This light seems to be out of scale. Or is it just us?
Allison Beer McKenzie
5. Small Houses
Peter Wr
6. Windows
Mitchell Matorin
7. The best seat in the house:
Carol Ann Welsh
8. The 1970s restroom
Lenore Lowen
9. I'm just going to set this here.
Demetrius Palmer
10. This is for disabled people who can jump really high
Kim Galle Luensmann
11. I'm going to stop here and leave it.
Kiki Mills
12. "If Cocaine Were A Restaurant"
Allison Beer McKenzie
13. "Noticed recently on Twitter. He asserted that he continues to be proud of himself for installing"
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14. "All This Bathroom Needs Is A Troupe Of Synchronized Swimmers Emerging From The Tub, En Masse, As If From A Tiny Clown Car"
Janine Portal
This is the same kind of roommate fallout as the AITA post about renovating a shared kitchen without roommates’ input.
15. "Client: I Need Daylight In This Room, But Need To Stay On Budget! Builder: Say No More"
Alice Wolke
16. That's gotta hurt
Aaron Kalbfeld
17. So this is where elves shower...
James Crook
18. Window to window
John Adducci
19. "Upon first glance, I honestly thought this was a bunch of microwaves on someone’s lawn. Scout’s honor"
Matthew Litwin
20. "This house definitely has a mustache"
Allison Beer McKenzie
21. Where did the stairs go?
Van Thaxton
22. When on a tight budget:
Allison Beer McKenzie
23. "Long live the Queen!"
Matt Troutner
24. "DIY tip: Get this lovely faux finish easily by storing dead bodies in your attic"
Alice Wolke
25. This guy probably has flying cars in his garage
Allison Beer McKenzie
26. "A listing I saw"
Stefanie Sharp
27. How? How?
Nick Gibietis
28. "It's Been A Looooong Time Since I've Seen A Terrible Idea This Compelling. A+ Work"
Michael B. Klein
29. "Fits like a glove"
Perry Landesberg
30. "I’m hoping this isn’t the finished condition, but unfortunately, it probably is"
Allison Beer McKenzie
31. "OSB cabinets, or 'when someone decides the inside should be the outside'"
Michael B. Klein
32. "I Like Bricks!" "I Like Siding!" "Well, I Like Windows!"
Charles Benoit
33. Why, exactly?
Katja Jalkanen
34. "'Architect-designed home from 1960 comes with this WTF kitchen and just sold for $500K in suburban Chicago! I’d constantly be worried that dishes would come crashing out of those cabinets"
Roy Dube
35. "Put a plant on it. The default response to awkward spaces"
Allison Beer McKenzie
That group has clearly found its audience, because people cannot resist a spectacular design fail.
And with more members sharing fresh examples all the time, the collection of questionable architecture keeps growing.
After those “Cocaine Were A Restaurant” renovations, your brain will need a restart with these 70 delightful glitch photos.
