Inside ‘Weird Buildings’: Architecture at Its Most Playful and Unexpected

Unusual contemporary building featured in Weird Buildings architecture book

 

 

From Hoxton Mini Press with Weird Buildings celebrates more than 100 norm-busting buildings ranging from the whimsical to the wildly engineered

 

▏The Just Plain Strange Structures

From the now-defunct Longaberger basket company’s iconic Ohio headquarters to the distinctive Casa de Penedo — Portuguese for “boulder house” — the world has no shortage of quirky, fanciful, and just plain strange structures.

Forthcoming from Hoxton Mini Press with text by Imogen Fortes, Weird Buildings celebrates more than 100 norm-busting buildings ranging from the whimsical to the wildly engineered.

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

 

 

▏All the Buildings in this Book Push at the Boundaries of Convention

“Whether playful or provocative, all the buildings in this book push at the boundaries of convention,” the publisher says. “From the fluid forms of Zaha Hadid’s mountaintop museum to a whimsical teapot-shaped service station, this is a playful and inspiring tour of the world’s weirdest—and most wonderful—architecture.”

Weird Buildings will be published on October 7. Pre-order your copy in the Colossal Shop.

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

 

 

 

Whimsical and Wild, ‘Weird Buildings’ Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

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