Architecture is supposed to look and feel safe, but some buildings actually have personalities—evil ones. The subreddit group Evil Buildings collects buildings that could be the home to a supervillain or an evil corporation.
These buildings are not owned by an evil spirit or anything (as far as we know), but their overall look, in some specific atmospheres, can actually unsettle your soul. Is it weird that lots of them are hotels?
20 Architecture Buildings That Look Evil
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Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Just a stadium in the fog, but it looks like a martian attack.
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Bridge over the Gauja River in Valmiera, Latvia
Fog makes creepy architecture creepier.
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Avalski Toranj (Avala Tower) in Belgrade, Serbia
Looks like that woman is standing there waiting to be drawn up.
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Ponte City Skyscraper in the Berea suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
The 55 stories high hollow center of the tower was actually supposed to bring light into the interiors, but in this picture, it just brings shivers down my spine.
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A Bank in Frankfurt, Germany
Aren’t all banks evil, anyways?
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A Soviet-Era Radar Located in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
It looks like the earth’s canvas ran out of space.
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Luna Park in Sydney, Australia
He has gone through a lot since 1935.
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Hallgrímskirkja Church in Reykjavík, Iceland
It looks beautiful until you can’t unsee it is staring down at you.
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Former Research Institute For Experimental Medicine, Berlin, Germany
But who are they experimenting on?
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Гостиница, a Hotel in Russia
Would you like a room with a view of the (cooling towers)?
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The North Korean Ryugyong Hotel
The tallest unoccupied building in the world—often called “The Hotel of Doom”.
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This building in Ponce, Puerto Rico
“Teen Titans Go!”
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A house in Mexico
A minimalist villain.
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Torre da Galp, Portugal
This used to be an energy corporate.
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Changbai Paradise, China
Is it taking off?
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This building in Glasgow, Scotland
The frosting, though.
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Building of the government of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Serbia sure has some unsettling architecture.
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Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Francisco
It looks like it toppled over.
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“Torre Velasca”, Milan, Italy
This one is weird on many levels.
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WWII German Naval direction-finding tower in the occupied Island of Guernsey
Doesn’t look too evil from far away, to be honest.