Sorry for this second wonky photo - it's a screen shot from a video. However I had to share this so you can see that the....addition (I guess you could call it that? I don't even know what to call this!) is not even centered on the first floor. On the back side of the home, the 2nd floor addition actually overhangs the first floor.

I've seen many things in my life, but again - I'm still speechless.

These poor folks have ruined whatever home and equity they had.

Oh my that looks bad 😬. It a house on top of house 😁. Not a professional but is that even safe. Seems the integrity of whole structure compromised.

Nobody needs any stinking person. Now that we have that out of the way, what makes you think this was designed by an architect? Or for that matter what makes you think it was designed at all?

Now that we have that out of the way, what makes you think this was designed by an architect?

My interpretation of the original post was along the lines of, "Obviously, no architect was involved in this project, just look how terrible this is; they seriously needed to hire an architect!!!" :-D

Good comment, ODD! Perhaps P, as poster, will clarify...

One wonders how it got a building permit.

Part of me wonders if it's a "stage" thing for a movie or something....

Oh, they used an architect all right. Same one who did the addition on Soldier Field.

My thought as well, ODD. It really looks as if a second house was plonked on top of the first and is crushing it. But yes, I interpreted the title as the homeowners' thought as they embarked on this project. :)

My guess would be a DIY builder...

A clever juxtaposition of architectural masses in which the designer seems to thumb his or her nose simultaneously at both form and function. Anchored in elements adorned in leafy green, the designer hints at the origin of the materials employed in its construction. The use of translucent materials lends an almost whimsical charm--particularly in a moderate to severe wind. The influence of architect Frank Gehry's genius is echoed in the structure's kinetic/existential aesthetic which makes a, well, thinly-veiled statement that all design is futile...

ODD and tartenmeup are right Virgil - my post was totally tongue in cheek. I presumed to be speaking as the home owner.....which thankfully, I am not. It was an attempt at humor....

Looks like it was designed by a tornado.

For you Charles, from your favorite architect:

Goodness gracious, is that for real, Virgil Carter?

Am I missing something? The OP posted an image of what appears to be a house addition and remodeling in progress, and is offended by construction. If you want to be judgmental wait until the project is completed.

(i'm hoping it will look better then)

My visions made real!

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If you want to be judgmental wait until the project is completed.

Anything's possible. But typically a second floor addition doesn't start three-four feet above the existing ceiling rafters.

I'm sure the OP will keep us apprised of progress.

We don't need no stinking building permits!

@Virgil Carter Fine Art,

Thank you, Virgil for the thought. But it's clearly a violation of copyright. Looks just like an Gehry's ego-sized order of McDonald's french fries except for the lack of a red box, and the McDonald's logo, that is.

Oh, please, please, keep us posted on this uber hot mess!!! May I, dare I, ask where this unfettered by permits, common sense, and logic creation lurks?

Reminds me of a child built tree house. Bet construction stops soon and stays like this for years!

What architect? This is redneck multistory construction. Obviously no one on the planet earth puts one house on the top of another without removing previous house roof. The top one load appears to be distributed to the eaves. No drywall patching will fix what he did.

This beast needs a name. Tipsy? Topsy? Flippy? Floppy?

Please don’t insult rednecks!

Following.

redneck multistory construction.

Or Dutch post-modernists.

Inntel Hotel by WAM architects. Amsterdam

"When a mommy house and a daddy house love each other very much..."

Okay, that's funny right there.

following. please drive by every week. I can't look away now

following.

also very curious where this is! I feel like if this were in my town there would be a wall of flashing lights. The police,SWAT team, fire rescue, the equestrian unit, probably even the scuba rescue unit would just descend on the place. Don’t think it would have gotten nearly so far along...

There's go the neighborhood's property values...

We need updated photos. I want to follow the construction project's

progress." It looks like an alien spacecraft landed onto Soldier Field.

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please post updates, I need to know how this ends!

I have a feeling it will end when the 2nd floor collapses into the first. :-/

The pictures don't do this Frankenhouse justice. There were places on the back of the house where it looks like they just took a sawzall and ripped part of the existing roof off. In addition to not needing an architect, an engineer, a building permit (presumably, because HOW can that be permitted?!), or half a brain.....apparently one also doesn't need water protection. It boggles the mind. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I won't pretend to be an internet engineer, but I can't understand how those roof rafters are holding that load? They appear to have started building the 2nd floor a few feet up in the roof rafters rather than on top of the actual first floor.

Then there are the open jagged sections for water to enter.

I suspect it may be under a stop work order. The tyvek (or whatever) was flapping around loosely and looked old, the exposed lumber looked old-ish, there aren't any building supplies laying around outside anywhere - the only sign of recent activity was that beautiful ladder (which looks super-sturdy, by the way) up to the 2nd floor.

I found this beauty while on a road trip. I can't promise any future updates because I have no idea when or if we'll ever go by there again.

It's inhabited though. There were cars in the driveway, and flowers sitting around outside. See the pretty hanging flower baskets?

These poor folks need a bull dozer... or a match.

Thanks for sharing - and I got the joke / title. ;-)

Thanks just janni. I felt like I'd entered an alternative universe or something... Ha. ;)

"I suspect it may be under a stop work order."

You're probably right. Surely someone called someone about this! I wish them luck (and money).