10 Buildings That Were Put Up or Modified out of Spite
Every so often, buildings are put up not out of need or passion but out of spite. These so-called spite houses are built or modified with the specific
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Every so often, buildings are put up not out of need or passion but out of spite. These so-called spite houses are built or modified with the specific
After inheriting a smaller portion of land, he built "the Grudge" to devalue his brother's property. The architect Sandra Rishani told Insider no new structure can be built in its place because of zoning laws. According to a Lebanese urban myth, one man turned sibling pettiness into an extreme sport when he erected the country's thinnest habitable building in front of his brother's property. His intentions were simple: to block his brother's seafront views and devalue the property. Situated in the Manara neighborhood of Beirut, the skinny building is known by locals as "al-Ba`sa," which loose...