Most houses are designed with regular, rectangular-shaped floor plans. Here are 10 designs that ignore convention and are instead shaped like sausages, stars and even eyeballs.

The throwing star
The three equally sized volumes of this Y-shaped house in Mexico, designed by Cadaval & Solà-Morales, each point towards a different view.
Casa de la Roca's throwing star-shaped arms, which extend out from a central living room and kitchen, contain bedrooms that each have a large window and small covered balcony to take advantage of the views.
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The Highgate sausage
Slotting into a typical row of terrace of houses in Highgate, London, the upper floors of 6 Wood Lane were built using boatbuilding techniques. Built on top of two traditionally constructed floors, the sausage-shaped wooden framework was prefabricated offsite before being craned into place. Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects' co founder Micheal Russum, who designed the building as his own house, described the property as "a kind of mystery vessel".
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The Korean cross
Built on the island of Jeju in South Korea, Moon Hoon's Simple House is made from a stack of concrete cantilevered boxes, which are supported by diagonal reinforced-concrete beams.
Each of the three concrete boxes is aligned to take advantage of views, with the diagonal braces connecting the corners to support against the strong winds on the island.
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