From seriously slanting surfaces to curved staircases, these examples of spiral architecture demonstrate how designers are coming up with new ways to keep buildings stylish.
While simple blocked buildings are still being constructed, many architects are attempting to push the boundaries when it comes to design. For example, the Amsterdam Bridge V is full of twist and turns, which is an unlikely addition to an overpass. However, the designers behind this product were looking to produce something out of the ordinary, and even made the bridge equipped with solar powers for energy.
The sweet spot for architecture these days involves a combination of unorthodox shapes with eco-friendly additions. Solar panels and wind power especially is considered a great way to make a building both aesthetically pleasing and healthy for the environment.
40 Examples of Spiral Architecture
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Spiraling Auto Garages
The Car Park Tower by Mozhao Studio Wins Hong Kong Design Competition
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Surrealist Staircase Installations
Beautiful Steps by Lang-Baumann Spiral with Surrealism
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Sustainable Spiral Skyscrapers
The Edgar Street Towers Feature Bio-Filtration
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Conch Shell Architecture
3rd Place Long Island Cinema Incorporates Snail-Like Circulation
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Dramatic Spectral Dwellings
The Rainbow House by Ab Rogers Design is a Funhouse Family Home
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Elegant Spiraling Abodes
Toda House by Kimihiko Okada Rests on Stilts
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Continually Spiraling Staircases
The Olafur Eliasson Infinite Staircase is Full of Twists and Turn
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Spiraling Shingle Architecture
The Paviljoen Puur by Emma Architecten Towers with Wooden Wonder
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Opulent Oval Architecture
The Wurm + Wurm Architects Media Centre Oberkirch is Full of Twists
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Eco Intelligent Skyscrapers
Moving Buildings Will be the Future of Mangal City by Chimera
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Spiral-Shaped Abodes
House in Espoo by Olavi Kopose is Rustically Textured
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Seashell Arts Centers
The OODA Busan Opera House Embodies an Organic Oceanic Influence
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Spiraling Cosmic Towers
The Space-Scraper in Cairo is Futuristic and Eco-Friendly
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Spiral DNA Staircases
Garvan Medical Institute Helix Stairs
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Swirly-Twirly Sustainable Gazebos
The Spiral Garden Pavillion is a Revolving Outdoor Retreat
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Spiraling Stadiums
Incheon Stadium Design for 2014 Asian Games by Populous
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Elaborately Entangled Installations
Tangling by Akihisa Hirata Hypnotizes with Curvaceous Shapes
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Swirling Spiral Overpasses
The 'Amsterdam bridge V' Produces Its Own Energy
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Playground-Inspired Installations
Carsten Höller Places a Three-Story Slide in the NYC New Mu
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Cantilevered Reed Staircases
Amaral Loft Has a Mesmerizing Means of Ascension to its Second Floor
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Corkscrew EcoSkyscrapers
Nabito Architects' Spiraling Stairscraper Stacks Sustainable Suites
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Spiraling Human Structure
The Do Ho Suh Karma Exhibit Features Ascending Bodies
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Spiralled DNA Homes
Double Helix House by Onishimaki and Hyakudayuki Architects isn't Easy to Find
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Twist-Tie Architecture
The Mur Tower Offers a Spiraling Scenic View of the Great Outdoors
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Whale Spine Stairs
The Vertebrae Staircase is Built of Twisting Modular Backbone Segments
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Convoluted Curvitecture
The Zurich Cocoon Building Spirals Among a Green Oasis
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Never-Ending Spiral Stairs
'Usher Hall' by Speirs + Major Goes M.C. Escher
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Spiraling Cycling Centers
The Danish Pavilion at the at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo
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Spiraling Pedestrian Paths
The Arganzuela Footbridge Has a Sculptural Presence
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Slanted Surface Abodes
The Shounan House Proves It's What's on the Inside that Counts
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Futuristic Spanish Architecture
Zaha Hadid's Campus de la Justicia
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Coiling Cone Architecture
The Spiral Garden Museum is a Cultural Creation Fit for Kids
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Serpentine Gallery Pavilions
2007 Addition is a Snail Shaped Timber Structure
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Sculptural Spiral Staircases
Italian Designer Roberto Semprini Creates Stunning Steps
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Spiraling Cone-Shaped Buildings
Guggenheim Museum's Cone-Shape Concept Will Fill a Full Scoop
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Twisting Hotels
The Logistics of the Spear Tower Will Send You for a Loop
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Spiralling Architecture
Chris Prechteck Designs an Eye-Catching Curvy Library
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Spiral Playgrounds
The 'Helix Spire' by Erich Remash Architects is for Grown-up Kids
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Cellular Spiral Staircases
EeStairs Cells Bring a Magnified Organic Beauty to Your Modern Spaces
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Spiraling Urban Seating
Zoran Sunjic's 'Spiro' Adds Ribbon-Like Elegance to Public Places
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Ultra-Modern Apartment Designs
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Nature-Inspired Geometric Office Domes
Anthony Hodson Designs the New Dzome as a Garden Office Pod
Cat-Centric Compact Homes
This Japanese Dwelling Embraces Feline-Friendly Design Choices
Cube-Combining Tiny Homes
This Unique Tiny Home Uses Modular Spaces to Enable Flexible Use
Sustainable Luxury Buildings
RO54 by Arshia Architects is Located in LA's Bel Air Neighborhood
Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Corrugated Metal Barn-Like Houses
StudioAC Designs a New Home Overlooking Devil's Glen
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Treehouse-Inspired Norwegian Residences
This House Aesthetically Connects With its Surroundings
Sustainable German Homes
Atelier Kaiser Shen Design a Sustainable & Clean Home in a German Village
Gabled Split Trapezoidal Homes
Studio KUNZ Designs the Casa Trapézios in Rio Grande do Sul
Rurally-Inspired City Buildings
The 'Ziel' High-Rise Building Brings the Country to the Cityscape
Arts and Crafts-Inspired Homes
Rural Office Designs the Middle Avenue House in Surrey
Floral Field-Inspired Townhomes
Tariq Khayyat Design Partners Designs the Fold in Dubai
Trapezoidal Concrete Forest Homes
Ksa Studený Designs a New Home Looking Over a Forest
Bendable Bio-Inspired Materials
The HygroShell is a Self-Constructing Timber Building System
Geometric Structural Forest Homes
The C House by GetAway Projects has a Half-Hexagonal Shape
Modern Melbourne Home Renovations
Timmins+Whyte Design This Home with Roof Folds
Modern Multi-Purpose Japanese Buildings
Akio Isshiki Architect Overhauls an Old Wooden Building
Bauhaus-Inspired Pattern Collections
Design En Rogue Architecture Recently Debuted Its New Line
Ultra-Compact Bungalow Designs
Satish Jassal Architects Completes the Haringey Brick Bungalow
Glossy Panelled Pentagonal Buildings
JM Architecture Designs the Pinwheel Building in Italy
Three-Part Multi-Generational Homes
Nós Designs a Multi-Generational Home in Vermont
Dazzling Vortex Office Towers
The Tencent Helix
Silver Curtain Concrete Homes
Local Studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture Designs the House K
Compact Pink Residences
PHTAA Designs House R3 as a Blocky Structure with Curving Glass
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
Modern Panoramic View Penthouses
Bureau Fraai Designs the Panorama Penthouse in the Netherlands
Staggered TV Station Buildings
Albania's 'Klan TV' Building is Shaped Like a Stash Of Film Reels
Gridded Urban Apartment Blocks
Office for Strategic Places Designs La Carboneria Block
Award-Winning Housing Designs
Hong-En Lin Emphasizes the Importance of Clean Water Access
Tranquil Water-Inspired Apartments
Right Angle Studio Designs the Ripple Apartment in Singapore
Traditionally Formed Gabled Homes
Studio Circle Growth Designs the Casa De Mi Luna
High Concrete Walled Homes
Cesar Mancillas Creates a Linear Home with Tranquil Elements
Twisting Mixed-Use Towers
MAD Unveils the Plans for the Qondesa Tower
Open-Plan Natural Material Houses
Architecture for London Designs the New Primrose Hill House
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Wavy Metal Facades
SO-IL's 9 Chapel Residential Tower Offers a Istinctive Architectural Vision
3D-Printed Tiled Ceramic Archways
Studio Rap Presents the Artfully Lined Delft Blue Archway
Bamboo-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Cultural Center Seamlessly Blends Into its Surroundings
Vaulted Glass Structure Additions
A Vaulted Roof is Added to the Domino Sugar Refinery
Rejuvenated Former Bank Buildings
This Dutch Building Now Boasts Solar Panels & Insect Hotels
Upward-Pitched Roof Homes
O'Neill McVoy Architects Designs a New Z-Shaped Home in Houston
Dynamic Y-Shaped Glazed Houses
Saunders Architecture Designs the Y House in Alberta
Bamboo Luxe Pool Houses
Baldó Arquitectura Designs the Godai Pavilion with a Hanging Roof
Vibrant Tonal Spanish Apartments
Colombo and Serboli Architecture Designs a Barcelona Apartment
Blocky Extended Transformed Bunaglows
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects Adds Levels to a Bunalow
Sail-Shaped Skyscapers
Hill West Architects Completes the Olympia Dumbo Building in Brooklyn
Vaulted Structural Telescopic Treehouse
Artistree Home Creates a New Treehouse in Sonoma County
Social Network-Encouraging Homes
Ignacio G Galán and OF Architects Design a Madrid Home
Subterranean Courtyard Galleries
Buzz Designs the Hermit Space Yards in Beijing Park
Caterpillar-Shaped Apartment Buildings
Undecorated Developed an Eye-Catching Metal Building
Roof-Planed Cascading Homes
Worrell Yeung Designs a New Home by Candlewood Lake in Connecticut
Greenery-Packed Museum Buildings
This Science Museum is Designed Around a Central Park
Cylindrical Cog-Stacking Buildings
This Dutch Building's Eyecatching Design Symbolizes Diversity
Slopped-Base Green Tiled Homes
Bak Gordon Arquitectos Integrates a Home with Surrounding Buildings
Nature-Leveraging Home Designs
PAE Designs the Casa Coaba Tucked in the Hillsides
Playfully Angular House Designs
Takeshi Hirobe Architects Design the Villa MKZ in Japan
Balanced Grass-Topped Homes
RO_AR Designs a Beautiful Dwelling in the Czech Republic
Self-Sustaining Houses
Archiopteryx Designs the People Tree House in Noida, India
Multifunctional Circular Housing Blocks
Gensler's EVE Park Design has Integrated EV Parking Towers
Californian Canyon-Inspired Edifices
This Waterfront Building Pays Tribute to Rock Formations
Reconfigured Spacious Brooklyn Homes
Light & Air Design the Z House with an Open and Bright Look
Fish Scale-Resembling Facades
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Designs the Istanbul Modern
Indian Design Principal-Based Homes
Matra Designs the New Prism House with Four Concrete Volumes
Charming Angular Contemporary Homes
Studio KUNZ Presents the Trapezium House in Brazil
Curved Garden-Surrounding Linear Homes
Denis Joelsons designs the Casa dos Terraços Circulares
Curved London Office Buildings
Foster + Partners Designs 50 Electric Boulevard in South London
Avian-Inspired Luxury Residences
This Hill-Top Costa Rican Home is Inspired By Bird Plumage
Figure 8-Structured House
Silvia Fiarman and Alexis Dornier Design the Loop House in Bali
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Architecture-Inspired Home Sculptures
Origin Made Spotlights the Spiral and Flight Sculptures
Local Craft-Shown Bamboo Pavilions
AtArchitecture Designs the Northeast Pavilion for an Art Fair
Sustainable Tall Japanese Skyscrapers
Pelli Clarke & Partners Designs the Mori JP Tower
Floating-Style Classroom Designs
Ennead Architects & Rockwell Group Completes the Bloomberg Center
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Conical Glass Pavilion Wineries
Studio Other Spaces Designs the Vertical Panorama Pavilion
Altered Pyramid Concrete Monuments
MCRDV Unveils a New Bright Pyramid of Tirana with IRI
Monolithic Sleek Summer Homes
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter Creates the Vollerup Atrium Home
Curvaceous Brick Forest Homes
Blurring Boundaries Designs the Asmalay Home in a Forest
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Sculptural Canteliver Concrete Houses
Espacio 18 Arquitectura Designs the Casa del Alma
Perforated Brickwork Office Buildings
Tropical Space Designs the Premier Office in Vietnam
Glass Bridge-Connected Small Homes
PJCArchitecture Finishes a Micro-Home Design in Ecuador
Spiralled Roof Horticultural Centers
KPMB Architects Designs the Leaf Building in Winnipeg
Carbon Concrete Cubic Buildings
Henn and the Technical University of Dresden Design the Cube
Mountainside Cedar Alpine Houses
Elizabeth Roberts Architects Designs an New Alpine House
Hillside Cantilevered Concrete Homes
Anonymous Architects Designs the Olancha Drive House
Greenery-Topped Winery Designs
This Czech Winery Complex Pays Tribute to its Green Surroundings
Halo-Like Skylight Homes
Tamara Wibowo Architects Designs the Halo House in Indonesia
Elevated Garden-Filled Buildings
Snøhetta Designs the New Cloud 11 Building in Bangkok
Minimalist Circular Churches
ARQBR Completes a Circular Church in Braslia, Brazil
Staggered Tower Texan Skyscrapers
BIG Introduces the 1550 on the Green Building in Texas
Artfully Inspired Home Renovations
Reflect Architecture Designs the North Drive House in Toronto
Traditional Garden-Inspired Cultural Centers
Open Architecture Designs the Shanfeng Academy
Stacked Timber Office Buildings
De Zwarte Hond Designs the Headquarters of Alliander
Waterfront Social Housing
Studioninedots Designed Stepped Buildings in Amsterdam,
Mountainous Alpine Hotel Extensions
NOA Adds a New Sweeping Roof to the Olympic Spa Hotel
Green Tiled Extended Residences
Madam Architectuur Designs the Sofie House in Belgium
Sustainable Cubic Homes
Appels Architekten Designs a New Wooden Home in Germany
Geometric Colorful Residential Spaces
Office S&M Designs the Vibrant Graphic House in London
Twisted Concrete Tower Structures
Harmonic + Masson Adds a Twisted Shape to the Alta Tower
Waved Metal-Wrapped Buildings
SO-IL Designs the 9 Chapel Residences Located in Brooklyn
Renovated Asymmetric Building Projects
Formation Association Designs the Atwater Canyon Building
Natural Landscape-Surrounding Homes
All(zone) Designs the Under the Rain Trees Holiday Home
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Snake-Resembling Sculptural Homes
Wallmakers Created the New Chuzhi House in Shoolargiri, India
Spine-Based Central Design Buildings
Foster + Partners Designs the Hangzhou Center
Office Building Rainbow Facades
SAKO Architects Designs the Vertical Rainbow Office Building
Spiralling Stainless-Steel Cultural Center
Clouds AO Designs the New 010 Building in Fukuoka
Pyramidal Roof Steel-Framed Homes
Niall McLaughlin Architects Designs the Saltmarsh House
Traditional Barn-Style Residences
Young Projects Designs the Six Square House in Bridgehampton
Lotus Flower-Inspired Villas
Thilina Liyanage Designs the Lotus Villa Inspired by Nature
Curved Brick Rooftop Structures
Sukchulmok Adds New Structure to the Parconido Bakery Cafe
Climate-Friendly Waterfront Homes
From 4 to 1 Creates Three Pavilions in Copenhagen
Niche Interest Social Networks
Spiral Social Was Inspired by Wikipedia Topics
Sculptural Staircase Penthouses
Tria Arquitetura Designs the New Frederic Chopin Apartment
Contemporary 1960s Italian Villas
The Twisted House Honors its Past with Modern Updates
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Heritage Building-Blending Solar Panels
Dyaqua Designs the New Invisible Solar Panels
Textile-Inspired Skyscraper Designs
Snøhetta Unveils the Airside Skyscraper at the Kai Tak Airport
Single-Clad Alps Viewing Tower
Snøhetta Designs the Top of Alpbachtal in the Tyrolean Alps
X-Shaped Nature-Interacting Gabled Cabins
Tall Architects Designs the Fowl River Cabin in Alabama
Multifunctional Angled Apartments
Snøhetta Designs the Vertikal Nydalen Building in Oslo
Amsterdam-Honoring Dynamic Workspaces
UN Studio Designs the New Headquarters for Booking.com
Warped Stacked Residence Buildings
Contaminar Designs the Dynamic Quinta do Rei in Leiria
Sawtooth Roof Apartment Blocks
Six Degrees Architects and Hip V Hype Design Ferrars & York
Historical Building Angular Extensions
Fraser/Livingstone Adds a New Tenement to an Old Site
Creative Work-Encouraging Homes
Mork-Ulnes Architects Designs the Silver Lining House
Intersecting Block-Formed Narrow Homes
Fujiwaramuro Architects Designs the House in Fujidera
Dynamic Living Towered Residences
Triptyque Completes a Residential Tower in Onze22
Stacked Cylindrical City Towers
Heatherqick Studio and Barcode Architects Design the Oopen Tower
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Inverted-Pitched Roof Extentions
The DHaus Company Creates the Butterfly House Extension
Sustainable Dynamic Hilltop Buildings
Arshia Architects Designs the RO54 in LA's Bel Air
Distinctive Airlifted Structures
Arête Architects and Makers Fabrication Design the Karka Tower
Elegant Gabled Coastal Homes
Walker Warner Designs the Hale Kiawe Home with Elevated Flair
Interfaith Family House Complexes
Adjaye Associates Designs the Abrahamic Family House
Staggered Cubic Skyscrapers
OODA Works on a Rising Geometric Skyscraper in Tirana