While the shape of a building can have a significant impact on its overall appearance, adding texture and artistic designs to the exterior walls can serve to make a bold visual impact, and these patterned architectural structures are some great examples of visually unique designs.
Checkered designs and shapes of hearts or pop culture references are often the types of things people would associate with clothing items or home decor. These unique architectural structures however, have all incorporated some sort of creative design aesthetic, utilizing a wide array of patterns and textural techniques to make these buildings pop with a visually eclectic exterior appearance.
From buildings that feature unique square cut-outs to those that showcase eccentric coral reef designs, these patterned architectural structures will definitely make a bold visual impression with its use of quirky and offbeat artistic designs.
45 Patterned Architectural Structures
From Textural Ribbon Displays to Square Motif Structures:
Tana Makmanee — Aug 14, 2013 — Art & Design
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Coral Reef Restaurants
Entering Urban Interiorites is Like Setting Foot in a Whale's Mouth
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Liquified Exteriors
The H2O Building by Axis Mundi Architects Imitates Rippling Water
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Fashion Designer Dwellings
The Milano Residences Will Be Designed by Versace Home
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Chevron-Patterned Buildings
520 West 28th Street is Zaha Hadid's First NYC High Line Commission
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Honeycomb Abodes
Karim Rashid Unveils His Latest Design in Cairo
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Dizzyingly Patterned Architecture
The Ravensbourne College Holds Digital Media & Design Faculties
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Abstract Expressionist Architecture
Wintergarden Shopping Center Facade Resembles a Pollock Piece
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Geometric Architecture Captures
The Nick Frank Mira Series is Modern and Breathtaking
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Prickly Hot-Spots
The Bluetube Bar by Dose is Made From Recycled Materials
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Light Mimicking Structures
The Sun Shadow Pavilion by Michael Jantzen is Solar-Powered
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Textural Ribbon Displays
The Picnic by Raw Edges is Displayed at Stockholm Design Week
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Geometric Architectural Captures
Reves D'Urbanisme by Mathieu Coquerelle Captures Patterns
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Modernized Monumental Eateries
The NYU Restaurant by IM Lab is Built Atop Ancient Ruins
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Epic Pixelated Buildings
The Frog Queen Headquarters in a Low Resolution Design
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Metallic Couture Wallpaper
Module H by Shigeru Ban Joins Forces With Hermès to Create Home De
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Square Motif Structures
Sako Architects' Cube Tube is Futuristically Minimalist
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Patterned Storefront Displays
The New Tokyo Coach Store Showcases Shelves in an Artistic Manner
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Folded Origami Facades
The Origami Office by Manuelle Gautrand is Enticing
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Obtrusive Orb Museums
The Ordos Museum by MAD Architects is a Spectacle On the Outside as Well
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Warped Hexagon Facades
Exterior of the Pushkinsky Cinema Features an Open Air Lattice Pattern
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Latticed Rotundas
David Trubridge Presents the Dream Space Dome, a Quiet Place to Relax in Nature
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Captivating Luminous Cathedrals
The Luminarie De Cagna is Blindingly Beautiful
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Shimmering Sacred Sanctuaries
The Iceland Hallgrímskirkja Church Flickers as a Beacon
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Chromatic Geometric Interiors
The St. Mary's School is Inspired by a Blooming Tree Theme
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Fabric-Covered Flats
Hertl Architekten Reskins an Apartment with Draped Drapes
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Optical Illusion Architecture
This Solar Powered Home Attempts to Trick the Eye
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Texturized Modern Castles
The Kanayama Community Center by Kengo Kuma
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Tree Fungus Terraces
The Quai de la Graille Provides Balconies That Appear to Have Mushroomed Out
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Bold Outdoor Wallpaper
Wall & Deco Helps Turn Your Home into a Personalized Oasis
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Quirky Cop Quarters
The Koban Police Station by Klein Dytham Architecture is Whimsically Designed
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Lace-Patterned Concrete
The 'Nottingham Contemporary' is a Modernized Warehouse for Art
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Slit-Like Sculptural Partitions
The Expandable Surface Wall Design is Ornate and Modular
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Victorian Perfume Retailers
The Diptyque London Store by Christopher Jenner Reinvents Luxury
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Unique Modular Patterns
These Ditto Modular Panels Give Designers New Possibilities
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Speckled Superstructures
The Polka-Dotted Lightmos Thonglor by Architectkidd
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Vintage Tiled Restaurants
Gundry & Ducker Does Retro NYC Tile Work for Voodoo Ray's UK Restaraunt
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Piled Domino Building Designs
Main Point Karlin Office Building Features Artsy Exterior
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Electric-Hued Education Centers
The L’École Polyvale Claude Bernard Makes Learning Fun
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Tortoiseshell Bicycle Shelters
Bankside Bikeshed Creates a Coherent Cyclist Community
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Restored City Streams
Buro Sent En Co's Roombeek 'The Brook' Uncovers a Natural Waterway
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Metal Nest Exteriors
The Manny Building is Covered in Aluminum Bars
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Modern Solitude-Seeking Towers
The Interactive Segmented Cocoon Promotes Fun and Solitude
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Life-Size 8-Bit Recreations
Enjoy Massive Retro Pixelated Images in HESAV S'Anime Time-Lapse Video
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Pixelated Scaffolding Installations
Marcos Zotes' PIXEL CLOUD Visualizes an Unstable Economy
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Fishnet Structures
The Mobile Performance Venue Wins at the World Architecture Festival
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