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  2. Novelty architecture - Wikipedia

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    Some are simply unusual shapes or constructed of unusual materials. [1] Many examples of novelty architecture are designed to attract drive-by customers by taking the form of products sold inside. Others, such as casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, are based on famous landmarks from around the world.

  3. Hakka walled village - Wikipedia

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    These houses, sometimes called tulou 土楼, were often round in shape and internally divided into many compartments for food storage, living quarters, ancestral temple, armoury etc. The largest houses covered over 40,000 m 2 (430,000 sq ft) and it is not unusual to find surviving houses of over 10,000 m 2 (110,000 sq ft).

  4. List of hyperboloid structures - Wikipedia

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    The Shukhov Tower on the Oka River is the world's only diagrid hyperboloid electricity pylon transmission tower. In 2009 one tower was illegally taken down to re-sell the metal. Dorton Arena: 1952 Raleigh, North Carolina United States: Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on arena Maciej Nowicki: Transmitter Building of Europe 1 : 1954 Überherrn ...

  5. List of twisted buildings - Wikipedia

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    The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat defines a twisting building as one that progressively rotates its floor plates or its façade as it gains height. [1] There are 41 spiraled skyscrapers, and 4 more are under construction. [2] Turning Torso, in Malmö, Sweden is regarded as the first twisted tower or building. [3]

  6. List of architectural styles - Wikipedia

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    These enabled a brave new world of bold structural frames, with clean lines and plain or shiny surfaces. In the early stages, a popular motto was " decoration is a crime ". In the Eastern Bloc the Communists rejected the Western Bloc 's 'decadent' ways, and modernism developed in a markedly more bureaucratic, sombre, and monumental fashion.

  7. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: 17 Historic and Unique Post ...

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    Benjamin Franklin was named the first postmaster general of the United States when the U.S. Post Office was formed in 1775 and once lived in the building that would become this historic post office.

  8. Wikipedia : Unusual articles/Places and infrastructure

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    The tenth-largest pyramid in the world, located in Memphis, Tennessee, and home to a Bass Pro Shops megastore. Michigan left: Directions are more complicated in Michigan. Mickey pylon: A powerline pylon with a shape reminiscent of a certain fictional rodent. Mill Ends Park: The smallest park in the world – 452 in 2 (0.292 m 2) – in Portland ...

  9. The most unique street names in the world - AOL

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    Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side baring teens any longer.

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