Hằng Nga guesthouse popularly known as the “Crazy House” , is an unconventional building designed and constructed by Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nga in Đà Lạt, Vietnam.
Described as a “fairy tale house”, the building’s overall design
resembles a giant tree, incorporating sculptured design elements
representing natural forms such as animals, mushrooms, spider webs and
caves. Its architecture, comprising complex, organic, non-rectilinear
shapes, has been described as expressionist. Nga has acknowledged the inspiration of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí in the building’s design, and visitors have variously drawn parallels between it and the works of artists such as Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney.
Since its opening in 1990, the building has gained recognition for its
unique architecture, being highlighted in numerous guidebooks and listed
as one of the world’s ten most “bizarre” buildings in the Chinese People's Daily.
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To help alleviate the financial burden associated with what was essentially a personal project—having accumulated upwards of VND 30 million in debt—Nga expanded the building into a guesthouse, and opened the house to paid visits by tourists in late 1990.As of 2010, fees for visits to the guesthouse were VND 35,000 per visit; room rates ranged from VND 290,000 to 630,000 per room per night for Vietnamese, and from $29–63 for foreigners
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