Explore Crazy House Dalat

The unique, bizarre architecture of Crazy House Dalat.

Back to nature

Crazy House is a special building, built on a campus of nearly 2,000m2, including houses, guesthouses, cafes, art galleries... The architecture of the building is different from normal buildings in Vietnam and the world . Since its inception, this building has been recognized for its unique architecture and is the most bizarre building in Vietnam, mentioned in travel guides and ranked in the top 10 strangest buildings in the world according to the French magazine Peoples Daily.

Crazy House is built based on the design idea of bringing people back to nature. The project is developed on blocks created by free curves and planes, not depending on the principles of block layout by straight lines and planes as usual. In particular, this place also uses open spaces on all four sides of the room to create richness for the view. Here, people can associate the architectural spaces, traffic routes with forests, caves, rocky mountains, tree roots, animals... All are unusual and create an amazing impression.

The owner of the project is Dr. Architect Dang Viet Nga. After graduating with a PhD in the Soviet Union, she returned to Vietnam in 1972 and worked in Hanoi . She moved to live and work in Da Lat since 1980. With her love for Da Lat, she decided to live here for the rest of her life. Crazy House was born from her passion for creating architectural art, expressing her dream of contributing something to Da Lat. Dang Viet Nga was the one who directly designed and directed the construction of this project from 1990 to 2010. The project was designed as a home for the owner, combined with a hotel for guests to rent rooms, and is also an attractive tourist destination.

Unforgettable experiences

Starting the tour, visitors go through a gate designed like a cave leading to architectural blocks connected by special traffic routes. There are 4 main architectural blocks, each with a different appearance but all have the common feature of being... strange, arranged interspersed with green gardens. All are a complex like a maze, but meticulous in detail. This complex of expressionist architecture has up to 100 roofs and dozens of spaces, corridors, stairs, porches, halls... that are not the same, not repetitive. All express creative inspiration based on nature.

When visiting, visitors go from one surprise to another. Sometimes, while walking on a spacious corridor, they enter a dark, mysterious space. When climbing the stairs, everything suddenly lights up because they are on the roof, or when they reach a "crossroads" where visitors do not know which way to turn. When moving, visitors continuously encounter tree roots, ancient tree branches, stone slabs, strange windows, or human and animal statues, giant spider webs... Exploring this construction is also a physical challenge and courage for visitors because there are very high, precarious stairs that are not for the faint of heart.

There are 3 designated spaces in Crazy House. They are the Garden of Heaven, the Garden of Eden and the Aquarium Garden. Each space has its own idea and expression according to its name. In this architectural complex, there are also 2 giant concrete tree stumps, which are the Tree Root Hotel and the Spider Web Castle. This is an accommodation area with 10 rooms designed with hotel-like amenities. Each room has a different shape and interior, named after the decorative idea, such as the Gourd Room, Kangaroo Room, Bear Room, Monkey Room, Bee Room... Visitors will have a special experience when staying in these rooms. Here, you can feel like you are in a cave in a prehistoric jungle and at night you can see the starry sky.

Crazy House is also the owner's residence. Except for the bedroom, visitors can visit the house with the living room, the memorial room of the late General Secretary Truong Chinh (father of architect Dang Viet Nga), the memory - souvenir room, the art gallery... If you have the chance, visitors can chat with the owner to learn more about this special building, as well as her love of nature and Da Lat.

It is said that Da Lat is a miniature “European architectural museum” because of its many ancient architectural works that have been valuable over the years. Crazy House, although not an ancient building, is perhaps an interesting and “unique” “artifact” of that museum. Currently, Crazy House welcomes about 100,000 visitors each year, and is an attractive destination in the city of thousands of pine trees.

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