40 Funny Design Fails That Prove Some Architects Should’ve Chosen Another Career

From upside-down staircases to doors that lead to nowhere, these bad architectural design fails will leave you scratching your head and laughing out loud. These architects must have skipped the logic class as they created buildings with windows facing walls and toilets without any privacy.

Prepare for a rollercoaster of laughter as you witness these epic design fails that prove thinking things through is an art in itself.


1. “But Why?”

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2. “This Flight Of Stairs Right Outside A Bedroom”

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4. ” Something About This Shower In My Old Childhood House”

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5. “This Combination Staircase/Cellar/ Bathroom Gets Worse Every Second You Look At It”

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6. Move over carpeted bathrooms, there’s a new sheriff of bad taste in town

7. “Stair”

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8. “That’s Not A Kitchen Island. Kitchen Lagoon?”

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9. “Start Small, And Then Just Expand! House In Cambodia”

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11. “This House”

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12. “I Want To Understand… I Really Do”

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13. “I Feel Like Something Is Missing”

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14. “There’s No Entrance To The Balcony Except For That Little Window”

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15. “This Just P**ses Me Off”

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16. “2 bedroom House With A Balcony!”

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17. “Watch That First Step, It’s A Doozy!”

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18. “This Door Makes Me Mad”

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19. *clap*

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20. “Seems Pretty Useless”

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21. “Luxury Spanish Colonial Revival Prison Style Apartments”

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22. “New Wall They Made At My Work”

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23. “A Square House On Top Of A Tower ??”

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24. “Control C + Control V X 10000000000”

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25. “Just A New Build Ground Floor Flat Facing A Busy Road”

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26. “Doors To ???”

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27. “An Apartment In London That Has No Front Door. Just A Set Of Stairs Leading Up To A Window”

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28. “Seriously? Just ‘Y’? As A Designer This Is So Grating”

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29. “Feel Sorry For The Person Who Thought It Was A Fire Escape”

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30. “Why?”

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31. “Big Brain Roof Access Placement”

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32. “Nice Job”

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33. “Architecture At Its Peak”

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Read also: 50 Hilarious ‘Expectation Vs Reality’ Architecture Fails

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Stefanie Mustian

Stefanie is an architect with 15+ years of working both independently as well as on teams of some of the top Architectural Firms in the country located in Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York. She currently runs BoardBatten.com a coastal architecture and design service in Port Aransas, Texas. She is also the wife of the dude who runs Pleated-Jeans.