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Javed · 03-14-2010, 09:26 AM

Nautilus House (Mexico City, Mexico)

Cob House (Vancouver, Canada)

UFO house (New Zealand)

The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

The Basket Building (Ohio, United States)

These and many other Strange Buildings of the World here!

pholy · 03-14-2010, 02:51 PM

They've gone an built a Library twelve stories wide...

That's #6 in the collection of buildings.... follow the Strange Buildings link above...

Verencat · 03-14-2010, 08:56 PM

The Casapueblo (house-village) in Punta Ballena, Uruguay.

happy_terd · 03-15-2010, 01:17 AM

Javed · 03-15-2010, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pholy

They've gone an built a Library twelve stories wide...

That's #6 in the collection of buildings.... follow the Strange Buildings link above...

Pholy, yes it is unusual for a building to be 12 stories in a horizontal direction instead of vertically!

I only pasted a few of the photos here; there are lots of other unusual buildings at the link, as you have seen. Part 2 (and another page) of that link is here incase you or anyone else that may be interested missed it at the page (there are fifty more buildings at the second link). I think they are interesting to see; would be great to walk inside and see what they look like from the interior as well.

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Originally Posted by Verencat

The Casapueblo (house-village) in Punta Ballena, Uruguay.

Verencat, that is a wonderful video clip! Great how they show inside and outside of the building. I liked the round windows, the lovely views, the open spacious feeling that casts out to the sea, the decor (including mermaid), the strange long sticks on the balcony's roof......the whole atmosphere created there.
Looks like an excellent place for a soothing holiday (and to fall into the sky so blue).

WT Sharpe · 03-15-2010, 11:28 AM

Thanks for all of those, Javed. I love unusual and non-symmetric architecture.

Someone in our neighborhood re-did their home in light purple. No doubt it offends some, but I love the individuality.

Heck; I even love it when someone puts pink flamingos on their lawn. A home not so far away has them and practically every other "tacky" lawn accessory you can think of and I smile every time I see it.

Perhaps it all stems back to an old 8mm home movie I saw years ago of my grandfather's old home at the rear of his grocery store. On the railings of his porch, he had made a flowing mini-river. After he retired, he collected driftwood and old crab shells. He would paint faces on the crabs and add arms and legs made of pipe-cleaners and use the driftwood for scenery. Many of the crabs were made to represent band members (with mini-guitars) and other professions. Paint-by-the-numbers paintings were among his specialties. He also liked to use liquid rubber to make plaster casts of various objects and paint them. I believe he considered himself an artist, and I guess in a way he was.

Javed · 03-16-2010, 08:02 AM

Tom, glad you enjoyed the unusual buildings. Purple houses are quite rare; there is a nice one that I pass sometimes when driving. It definitely stands out and I find it rather appealing, artistic and full of character. It is a quirky old cottage style home with tin roofing and the front garden has a crowded and colorful abundance of plants and flowers. It has a magical certain something about it!

You are lucky to have such special memories of your grandfather. That mini-river in the railings of the porch that he created seems a fascinating idea. Thoughts and imagination turned into a physical form can be much more than just the resulting physical form; the results can convey something else that is precious, unique and cannot be seen with the eye.

FlorenceArt · 03-16-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Heck; I even love it when someone puts pink flamingos on their lawn. A home not so far away has them and practically every other "tacky" lawn accessory you can think of and I smile every time I see it.

Garden accessories can certainly make me smile

In France we have something called "the garden gnome liberation front" or something like that. They abduct (well, liberate as they see it) garden gnomes.

WT Sharpe · 03-16-2010, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Garden accessories can certainly make me smile

In France we have something called "the garden gnome liberation front" or something like that. They abduct (well, liberate as they see it) garden gnomes.

Same thing happens in this country with the pink flamingos. Really!

FlorenceArt · 03-16-2010, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Same thing happens in this country with the pink flamingos. Really!

I wonder who copied whom? Do they have an international alliance?

GeoffC · 03-16-2010, 11:14 AM

We have the annual (Silly August newspaper season) where at least one gnome will disappear only to have postcards from distant places posted to the owners !

FlorenceArt · 03-16-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

We have the annual (Silly August newspaper season) where at least one gnome will disappear only to have postcards from distant places posted to the owners !

Really? I thought it was always silly season with British newspapers

yvanleterrible · 03-16-2010, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Like George Washington. Interesting how he managed to get himself born on George Washington's birthday!

But seriously; just yesterday I was reading in Quirkology by Richard Wiseman about how many famous people have lied about the date of their birth in order to pad their resumes by making it appear that they were born on a more historically significant date.

Jesus was born on the 6th of January.He sure missed his parties...

badgoodDeb · 03-16-2010, 04:42 PM

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Like George Washington. Interesting how he managed to get himself born on George Washington's birthday!

Any one remember when this first became a national holiday? Probably in the 70's, because I do remember (vaguely). They were merging George Washington's bday (2/11) and Abraham Lincoln's (2/22) and having only one holiday. That's why they call it President's Day.

And I remember this mostly because my baby brother (now 43) was born on Feb 22 too.

WT Sharpe · 03-16-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Any one remember when this first became a national holiday? Probably in the 70's, because I do remember (vaguely). They were merging George Washington's bday (2/11) and Abraham Lincoln's (2/22) and having only one holiday. That's why they call it President's Day.

And I remember this mostly because my baby brother (now 43) was born on Feb 22 too.

The two were celebrated separately until Congress voted to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. Then the two were combined into President's Day in order to make room on the calender for Dr. King.

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WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Thanks for all of those, Javed. I love unusual and non-symmetric architecture. Someone in our neighborhood re-did their home in light purple. No doubt it offends some, but I love the individuality. Heck; I even love it when someone puts pink flamingos on their lawn. A home not so far away has them and practically every other "tacky" lawn accessory you can think of and I smile every time I see it. Perhaps it all stems back to an old 8mm home movie I saw years ago of my grandfather's old home at the rear of his grocery store. On the railings of his porch, he had made a flowing mini-river. After he retired, he collected driftwood and old crab shells. He would paint faces on the crabs and add arms and legs made of pipe-cleaners and use the driftwood for scenery. Many of the crabs were made to represent band members (with mini-guitars) and other professions. Paint-by-the-numbers paintings were among his specialties. He also liked to use liquid rubber to make plaster casts of various objects and paint them. I believe he considered himself an artist, and I guess in a way he was.

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Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	Tom, glad you enjoyed the unusual buildings. Purple houses are quite rare; there is a nice one that I pass sometimes when driving. It definitely stands out and I find it rather appealing, artistic and full of character. It is a quirky old cottage style home with tin roofing and the front garden has a crowded and colorful abundance of plants and flowers. It has a magical certain something about it! You are lucky to have such special memories of your grandfather. That mini-river in the railings of the porch that he created seems a fascinating idea. Thoughts and imagination turned into a physical form can be much more than just the resulting physical form; the results can convey something else that is precious, unique and cannot be seen with the eye.

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