circle of write out - edge edifice reckon best when viewed from the ground level — but some of the most astonishing buildings really have to be seen from above . These buildings have hidden precious stone on the roof : gardens , painting , another buildings , colorful tiles , sculptures and some awful things . Here are the most creative rooftops on Earth .
https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-strangest-and-most-magnificent-gardens-1453572364
https://gizmodo.com/why-budapest-is-famous-for-its-art-nouveau-architecture-5982737
The lightly colored representation of the New York and New Jersey coastline after a 7 meter rise in sea levels, by Molly Dilworth, New York City, as a part of the world’s first ever global climate art project named 350 EARTH, 2010
( viaTwisted Sifter )
A Camouflage pattern on the roof at the Museum of Modern Art
( pic by Alex MacLean )
The World’s Largest Flag, by Scott LoBaido, on the 3.5-acre roof of Lamons Gasket Company, near William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, 10 March 2025
( viaScott LoBaido )
Vivid paintings by Molly Dilworth in New York City, 2010
( viaInhabitatandMolly Dilworth )
The Geological Institute of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, built in 1898-1899, designed by Ödön Lechner, “the Hungarian Gaudí”.
( viaCheck my Budapest , komikiteandJózsef Juhász )
The Museum of Applied Arts, the third oldest applied arts museum in the world, built between 1893 and 1896, designed by Ödön Lechner
( viaBagyinszkyandRainy Dahlstrom )
Casa Milá (also known as La Pedrera, means ‘The Quarry’) in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antonio Gaudí, built between 1906 and 1912.
( vias3kandHoward Stanbury )
Rockefeller Center rooftop gardens in New York City, created by landscape architect Ralph Hancock. Unfortunately these gardens are closed to public.
( viaInhabitat )
Namba Parks, an office building and shopping mall complex with an eight level roof garden and waterfalls in Osaka, Japan, developed by Jon Jerde
( viaAmanda PetersonandJon Jerde )
The ziggurat-like 14-story high Step Garden at ACROS Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, designed by Emilio Ambasz & Associates in 1995
( viaKenta Mabuchi )
A villa atop a cliff, on a 26-story building in Beijing, China, 2013
A Chinese doc named Zhang Biqing has just spent the last six yr constructing this $ 2.4 million ( illicitly built)villa on a cap , but the 10,000 square ft complex is now slated for wipeout .
https://gizmodo.com/strange-and-gorgeous-houses-built-on-rooftops-1136862204
( viaSouth China Morning Post )
Blood-like spilled and splattered red paint into patterns of ornamental leaves, by Imran Qureshi in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Rooftop Garden, between May and November, 2013
( viaHiFructose )
Thousands of shark fins found on the top of seafood suppliers in Kennedy Town, central Hong Kong, January 2013
( via Kin Cheung / AP andChina.org.cn )
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