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2. Novelty architecture - Wikipedia

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   Novelty architecture, also called programmatic architecture or mimetic architecture, is a type of architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes for purposes such as advertising or to copy other famous buildings. Their size and novelty means that they often serve as landmarks.

3. 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 ...

4. 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]

5. 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.

6. Zome (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A zome is a building designed using geometries different from of a series of rectangular boxes, used in a typical house or building. [1] The word zome was coined in 1968 by Nooruddeen Durkee (then Steve Durkee), combining the words dome and zonohedron. [2] One of the earliest models became a large climbing structure at the Lama Foundation ...

7. 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.