Buildings that look like things!!

[Oriolus]

Here are some buildings that look like animals or objects. Add any others you know of.

Elephant Building, Bangkok
http://thomasriddle.net/high-on-chatuchak/images/elephant-building.jpg

Crocodile Hotel, Kakadu (Nth Terr, Australia)
http://www.castaway.com.au/images/kakadu/gagudju_crocodile_hotel.jpg

Longaberger Baskets Headquarters, Newark Ohio
http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/jrmia/goods/gallery/longaberger175.jpg

[Suncity]

Bahai Temple, New Delhi

Built like a lotus - India's national flower.

Note that the water bodies resemble the lotus leaves.

http://www.bracknellbahaicommunity.uklinux.net/zzlinux/gallery/BahaiPics/india.jpg

[goschio]

The motorway rest-area Illertal-Ost in south Germany:
looks like food

http://www.illertal.com/00_hauptmenu/luftbild.jpg
http://www.autobahn-online.de/images/1998_01.jpg
http://www.nessaaltura.de/jenna/img/jtank/jraste.jpg

[goschio]

The famous "world biggest" wine cask in Bad Dürkheim/Germany:

http://www.irishpalatines.org/pfalzbilder/durkheimer_riesenfass.jpg
http://www.bad-duerkheim.de/html/Tourismus_/Sehenswuerdigkeiten_und_Museen/pics/Duerkheimer_Riesenfass.jpg

[benji45]

haha i like the elephant

[Rainier Meadows]

those are cool! :lol:

I haven't seen a few of those! :okay:

[JBINCALGARY]

how tall is the elephant tower?

[Denoordrotterdammer]

That Elephant-building is so.........

[Aquarius]

El Hemisferic, Valencia. A Eye

http://www.cac.es/zonadescarga/galeria/H-101dp.jpg

http://www.cac.es/zonadescarga/galeria/H-157dig_JFT.jpg

[skyperu34]

really cool "things"!!!!!!!!!

[redstone]

http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/sl20.jpg
http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/sbn16.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103s9.jpg
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/espl11.jpg
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/espweb1.jpg
Esplanade Theatres, Singapore, located at Marina Bay.

[LibertyTwo]

Ahemmm...lol...we all know what some folks thinks this looks like ;-)



http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/819/4washington.jpg

[Fabian]

AcesHigh found this one of a house in the shape of a whale in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

http://img51.exs.cx/img51/5880/1090007752.jpg

[Jason]

Calatrava Expansion of the Milwaukee Art Museum (a bird):
http://www.mam.org/images/photogallery_NightMAM.jpg

[Chad]

Ahemmm...lol...we all know what some folks thinks this looks like ;-)



http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/819/4washington.jpg


Looks like the Washington Monument.....j/k !!...;)

[Imperfect Ending]

http://www.muehldorfer.com/hotel/images/burj.jpg

[Imperfect Ending]

http://library.thinkquest.org/5986/Wigwam.jpg
Its suppose to be a wigwam

[vitacura]

Telefonica building, Santiago, Chile. It looks like a cellular phone.
http://www.kactusfoto.cl/photos/popup/KD03037.jpg
http://www.kactusfoto.cl/photos/popup/KD03036.jpg

[TallBox]

looks like a cheese grater...

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/122_leadenhall6.jpg

[TallBox]

looks like a gherkin...

http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/26apr2.jpg

[redstone]

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/ocbc.jpg
OCBC Centre, 1976.

Looks like a calculator.It holds a bank which might explain its shape.

[MisterOwy]

Ahemmm...lol...we all know what some folks thinks this looks like ;-)



http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/819/4washington.jpg

Are we supposed to take note of the foliage as resembling well..erm..foliage.

[MisterOwy]

looks like a gherkin...

http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/26apr2.jpg

Actually I reckon it looks kinda like an easter egg.

[DaveofCali]

Los Angeles:

http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/venice/mapsdocs/images/new-binocs.jpg

http://www.skylightweb.com/losangeles/buildings_files/buildings03_001.jpg

http://www.ronsaari.com/stockImages/googie/capitolRecords.jpg

http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/losangeles/lawalk/fashion/coke1.jpg

http://www.seeing-stars.com/Images/Slides/TailOfThePup.JPG

[TallBox]

Actually I reckon it looks kinda like an easter egg.

meh, looks like a lot of things; gherkin, pineapple, easter egg, acorn

[Burislav]

This is a proposed residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine.

http://format.com.ua/nostalgi/knysh/3-gor1.jpg

http://format.com.ua/nostalgi/knysh/3-gor2.jpg

I hope that everyone realized that it doesn't look like doorknob, but a ship :D

[clive330]

ugh i dont like it. Theres a huge ship building in Nice, France (apparently Madonna has an apartment in it) but it's a great big ugly eyesore.

Ships look better in the sea.

[alex h1]

AcesHigh found this one of a house in the shape of a whale in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

http://img51.exs.cx/img51/5880/1090007752.jpg

Love the concrete whale! Fiberglass hotdogs are so yesterday, but building a house in a Brazilian favela the shape of a whale - that's style!

[Oriolus]

I forgot this one when I started this thread. It's Holiday Inn, the tallest building in Townsville (Australia) and its meant to look like a sugar shaker (which is what its commonly called)

http://www.precisionreservations.com/ph-aspx-hotel_id.4911-db-hoteldatabase/images/HotelPhotos/Hotel4911.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/christmas/images/sugar_150.jpg

Love the ship by the way. And the cheese grater.

[Jason]

World's largest six pack (calling it a "building" may be a bit of a stretch).

http://www.worldslargestthings.com/wisconsin/sixpackSubheader.jpg

[Jason]

http://www.worldslargestthings.com/california/shoeSubheader.jpg

[Jason]

http://www.worldslargestthings.com/missouri/gaspumpSubheader.jpg

[Trances]

shoe repair is cool one way to get attention

[matthew_p2004]

In High Point, NC

http://www.wlra.us/wl/wlchest.jpg

http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/buildings/nc/33-41drawers.jpeg

I hope everyone knows what its supposed to look like...

[Trances]

can it be used
i mean whats inside

[alex h1]

http://www.worldslargestthings.com/california/shoeSubheader.jpg

A million bucks says this guy lives inside.

[Balleke]

this building in amsterdam is the HQ of ING bank and it's suppose to look like a shoe/skate i thought nice building though

http://www.erco.com/projects/office_building/ing_bank_2045/en/images/erco_ing_bank_intro_1_0.jpg
http://www.ais-online.de/6/resourcefile/07/09/20/de2003/FASSADEN/ELOXAL57/PROD/DE/PIC/REFE/INGB1.GIF

[skyperu34]

so weird and impressive. i never imagined these things really exist

[Renzo]

This one is in Rosario, Argentina.

http://www.trekshare.com/members/teresaylarry/images/tjimage33462.jpg

I wont say what does look like that..

[rayman]

Ahemmm...lol...we all know what some folks thinks this looks like ;-)



http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/819/4washington.jpg

a very weird one then if you think it looks like a d***

[Balleke]

Eindhoven ; The netherlands

this is the evoluon, it was an exposition building for the newest technical resources of philips:)
now it's a world class conference centre, it's suppose to look like an UFO

http://80.247.197.66/img/splash.jpg

http://www.dse.nl/~rienvalk/evoluon.jpg

http://www.bentley.nl/images/evoluon.jpg

http://www.pdn.com/ms/website.nsf/assets/4/$FILE/Evoluon_ringen.jpg

http://www.digidome.nl/images/PhilipsEvoluon-1b.jpg

[Skyscrapercitizen]

That last one is great! :)

[alex h1]

Yet more proof of footwear's remarkable versatility - Bombay:

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/8773/BootHouseHangingGarden.png

[Xeni-2]

What about this ? hehe :)

Located in Las Vegas :

http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~mchen/MyAlbum/UCSB/Vegas-coca.jpg

And this one, located in Sydney. Beautiful and very original :)
219m
41 floors
Built in 2000

http://www.dupont.com/safetyglass/lgn/stories/zimages/15064bz.jpg

[elsonic]

maybe it's just me, but I sometimes feel like gothic churches look like sitting cats :

http://www.imninc.com/durhamcvb/DukeChapel.jpg

http://home20.inet.tele.dk/snugglebugs/pictures/peter.jpg

[Tazmaniadevil]

maybe it's just me, but I sometimes feel like gothic churches look like sitting cats :

http://www.imninc.com/durhamcvb/DukeChapel.jpg

http://home20.inet.tele.dk/snugglebugs/pictures/peter.jpg

I think it's just you, but now every time I see a Gothic cathedral I'll think of a sitting cat.

[Rapid]

Yet more proof of footwear's remarkable versatility - Bombay:

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/8773/BootHouseHangingGarden.png

Oh, I saw that in person! Your bringing back memories.

[th0m]

The Zurich-tower

http://www.stv-advocaten.nl/nl/images/toren.jpg

looks like ....... a juicer :D

http://www.bestekeus.nl/shop/images/images/hr27371.jpg

[texasboy]

Reliant Energy Plaza in Houston, Texas

I always thought this building looked like a sidewalk trash can.

http://www.kendall-heaton.com/Large%20images/houston_industries.jpg

[elsonic]

in Montréal, we have our Marriott Cheese Grater.

http://www.limousinemontreal.com/Tourism%20Montreal%20Limo_files/lg_marriott.jpg

[atkinson1]

In Australia theres a giant pineapple. Couldn't find a very good picture though:

http://www.pacsoa.org.au/cycads/Articles/maths1b.jpg

[Regio en USA]

In High Point, NC

http://www.wlra.us/wl/wlchest.jpg

http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/buildings/nc/33-41drawers.jpeg

I hope everyone knows what its supposed to look like...


You gotta love the socks hanging on the side!!!
hahaha.
SEE YA!!!

[Vapour]

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1011_sanrio_ichigo.jpg

Denenchofu, Tokyo.

[Monkey]

Great thread! :lol:

Here's the "London Ark" in Hammersmith, West London: http://www.thelondonark.co.uk/

It's meant to resemble Noah's Ark. :)


http://www.thelondonark.co.uk/images/bpic_03.jpg

[ReddAlert]

Hayward, Wisconsin........National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/8898/r9amembershipmainmus.jpg

Milwaukee Art Museum...a bird I think
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/3461/m1jp1010141.jpg

[Zaqattaq]

Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen looks like an iPod Mini
http://members.iinet.net.au/~paulkoh/shunhing.gif

http://www.sharbor.com/products/assets/APL/542/APLN5420007/boxshot-200x200.gif

[Kavster]

Here's a pic of the big ol' pineapple :)
http://www.wlra.us/wl/wlpineapple.jpg

Meh, didnt know how to post pictures there =/

[DarkFenX]

Umm. The Stata Center in Cambridge Ma. is supposed to look like a city hit by an earthquake?

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/images/0408stataCntr.jpg

http://web.mit.edu/buildings/statacenter/aug00ext22.jpg

http://high-profile.com/2004/mar/HiProImage/stata01912sm.JPG

Boston's Milk Bottle. "It's Hood" These are similar to the one in Libertyville, IL and Spokane,WA
http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo/2004/06/22/1087914416_6528.jpg

[Oriolus]

And this one, located in Sydney. Beautiful and very original :)
219m
41 floors
Built in 2000

http://www.dupont.com/safetyglass/lgn/stories/zimages/15064bz.jpg

That's Aurora. What's it meant to look like??

Here's Novell House, North Sydney
link to Emporis - looks exactly like a block of chocolate
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=314944

[Imperfect Ending]

And This:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Realm/6912/kaliningrad/huissovj.jpg

looks like:

http://www.weeklyuniverse.com/2004/poop.jpg

[zulu69]

This one proposed in Sydney looks like a photo...

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/03/11/maxdupain_gallery__550x398.jpg

posted by below-0

And of course this looks like sails (probably sick of seeing it!)

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/1957sydneyoh2.jpg

pic by fox1

At&T building NYC looks like a book opened when viewed from above

http://architecture.about.com/library/graphics/att-pr.jpg
and some cool info about the building..

http://home.neo.rr.com/rodsphotogallery/CityLife/NewYork/Images/ATT.jpg

"The adjacent photograph is of the 70 foot high entrance lobby, which showcases the 24 foot tall "Golden Boy" (Spirit of Communications) statue. The statue had topped the original AT&T building in lower Manhatten from 1916, where it stood 434 feet above street level for 64 years. The figure was restored in 1981, and placed in the new headquarters lobby. It is thought to be the 2nd largest architectural figure in Manhatten, topped only by the Statue of Liberty." from this site (http://home.neo.rr.com/rodsphotogallery/CityLife/NewYork/HTML/ATTLarge.html)

[Nacho_82]

http://www.verparacreer.net/imagenes/vpc/www.verparacreer.net_fachada_con_windows.jpg

[Oriolus]

lol, love the computer desktop.

I reckon National Bak of Dubai Building looks like a an electric hair clipper
http://www.ipestimate.com/images_main/bankdubai.jpg

[eddyk]

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=230546

Looks like an owl!

[Ellatur]

apparently to some people Q1 looks like something.. ;)

[benjamin lee]

it s a hairy bulilding by french architect edouard francois
check it out:towerflower (http://www.edouardfrancois.com/Edouard_Francois/made/TowerFlower_Paris/_vue_08_Raftery.jpg)

[Cliff]

Is that sydney photo building real?!

I just love the desktop one, I will make my future house just like that!:D

Anyway, here's a flying saucer:
New Supreme Court, Singapore
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/7338/sc28035fa.jpg
pic by rc

[zulu69]

Yay tis real me lad!

link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=189553)


http://www.verparacreer.net/imagenes/vpc/www.verparacreer.net_fachada_con_windows.jpg

Pft! Still running windows 98. They should upgrade to XP. Its better.

[jak ali]

http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/buildings/buildings.html
Strange and
Unusual small Buildings

[Jason]

When on the Chicago Architecture Foundation walking tour, I was told the top of the Zerox building is supposed to look like the nob on a typewriter.

http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/chicago/kveus1871b.jpg

[ncon]

HOW ABOUT BNI 46 JAKARTA/INDONESIA? DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE THE SAIL (THE SPIRE)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/encon/bni-46.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/encon/SDA.bmphttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/encon/djabnict.gif

[Oriolus]

As noted by Travis007, Jakarta Tower looks a little like a syringe
http://img66.echo.cx/img66/7766/31se.jpg

[jak ali]

Mr. Fu, Mr. Lu, and Mr. Shou Hotel.The building is in the eastern outskirts of Beijing.
http://img220.echo.cx/img220/9672/bigin1nu.jpg

two slices of bread, China
http://img220.echo.cx/img220/5668/china2si.jpg

[jak ali]

transformer or capacitor, China
http://img220.echo.cx/img220/6826/china14pw.jpg

a face don't know where
http://img220.echo.cx/img220/2276/face9lo.jpg

[ncon]

As noted by Travis007, Jakarta Tower looks a little like a syringe
http://img66.echo.cx/img66/7766/31se.jpg

for me i think more to a injection (if u turn upside down)

[Skoulikimou]

this is very funny thread ;0

[wardrobes]

haha i like the elephant
:sleepy: I hate that thing.

[redstone]

One George Street, Singapore. 153m tall:


http://img102.exs.cx/img102/1148/gs16030th.jpg

A metal skull with punk hairdo? :cool::lol:

[hkskyline]

An old Chinese coin in Shenyang :

http://www.bokane.org/kun/archives/shenyang.jpg

[CrazyCanuck]

Ripleys believe it or not Museum, Niagara Falls. Looks like a building on its side.
http://www.infoniagara.com/attractions/ripleys/images/replys_outside.jpg

[Techno-Architect]

i like the syringe design...really a good concept

[Robin]

This one in Dresden (Germany) looks like a lemon squeezer and has this nickname.
http://www.mr.ethz.ch/~conny/my_holidays/short_trips/dresden_2004/IMG_9490.JPG

[source26]

theres some wacky architects in this world!!

[everythingisone]

This is a great thread. Great idea!

[baqthier]

:D

http://www.scheidler.org/ksa/riyadh/pics/kingdom-center.jpg

http://www.westons.com/acatalog/gil413a_large.jpg

[Concrete Stereo]

Posted before, but the picture vanished ... the Evaluon:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Evoluon.jpg

Also Eindhoven: Eindhoven station

http://home.hetnet.nl/~citapoes/ns_station_eindhoven_2005.jpg

is supposed to look like a transistor-radio (yes, it really is)

[philip]

http://www.arcspace.com/architects/cook/1.Graz.jpg

The Graz Museum in Graz, Austria. It's supposed to look like an alien, but some people said it looks like a female pig flipped upside down.

Now THIS IS ART !!

[PotatoGuy]

:D

http://www.scheidler.org/ksa/riyadh/pics/kingdom-center.jpg

http://www.westons.com/acatalog/gil413a_large.jpg

it also looks like a bottle opener

[Joya]

Concorde hotel - Antalya, Turkey

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3950/concordotel1li.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[tamaki nami]

HOW ABOUT BNI 46 JAKARTA/INDONESIA? DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE THE SAIL (THE SPIRE)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/encon/bni-46.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/encon/SDA.bmphttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/encon/djabnict.gif

i think this building is more look like a pen
http://www.fansdome.com/store/images/Manga_Manga/marunib.jpg

[rocky]

http://marc.legrain.free.fr/noisy/serie5/20030105_1626.jpg
http://www.ac-creteil.fr/egaloisnoisylgrd/ng/images/camprof.jpg

giant spotlights? in paris suburbs

[John-Claude]

The BMW world headquarters in Munich are meant to resemble the 4-cylinder-engine of a car.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/7/70/Bmw-hochhaus_1.jpg

[Spoonman]

Robarts Library, Toronto
http://www.utoronto.ca/rdc/gallery/robarts.jpg

http://thinks.com/jigsaw/birds/peacock.jpg

[Sideshow_Bob]

Werird buildings :D

[DiggerD21]

The Chilehaus in Hamburg is said to resemble an ocean liner.
http://www.tagungshotel.com/bilder/1087394498-homefoto-detail1.jpg

Also this building in Bremerhaven is said to resemble a ship.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Blick_vom_Radarfunkturm2.JPG/800px-Blick_vom_Radarfunkturm2.JPG

And this building in Hamburg also looks like a ship. It is called "Dockland"
http://joerg-hempel.com/albums/A1331/A_1331_1.jpg
http://www.dockland-hamburg.de/startlogo.jpg

[ishtefh_03]

does anyone here have pictures of structures from philippines that looks quirky also...

[Farean]

Indonesian Legislative Building:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/j4mbronk/ResizeofDSCF0092.jpg

That Looks Like a:

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3661/untitled3ff.png

[Basshead]

Very interesting buildings!

[HelloMoto163]

in germany

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/bauenwohnen/fotogalerie/topthemen/verrueckte__gebaeude/2829212-ikmz__copyright__BTU__Cottbus.jpg,property=Bild.jpg

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/bauenwohnen/fotogalerie/topthemen/verrueckte__gebaeude/2834942-phaeno__copyright__Klemens__Ortmeyer____Braunschweig.jpg,property=Bild.jpg

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/bauenwohnen/fotogalerie/topthemen/verrueckte__gebaeude/2834941-living__bridge__copyright__BRT__Architekten.jpg,property=Bild.jpg

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/bauenwohnen/fotogalerie/topthemen/verrueckte__gebaeude/2834939-gehry__duesseldorf__copyright__H.jpg,property=Bild.jpg

[chenlu]

nice buildings

[satit28]

this is a real sail.............
The Sail : Pattaya
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/chady/Bank/the_sails_309.jpg

[HelloMoto163]

http://www.werbephoto.de/architektur/images/bremen1.jpg

[WANCH]

Here's one from Hong Kong, Lippo Centre which resembled Koala bears :)

http://www.antje-heiermann.de/AHK_LoRes/Lippo1.JPG

[sharpie20]

This one is in Rosario, Argentina.

http://www.trekshare.com/members/teresaylarry/images/tjimage33462.jpg

I wont say what does look like that..

lol, nice pic

[satit28]

Here's one from Hong Kong, Lippo Centre which resembled Koala bears :)

http://www.antje-heiermann.de/AHK_LoRes/Lippo1.JPG

it really does................

[WANCH]

it really does................

The building is actually The Bond Centre which was named after Australian billionaire Alan Bond. But The Lippo Group bought the building when Bond got incarcerated!

[Roar/]

this is a real version of the simpsons house, search real simpsons house into google images and u can see like inside and stuff its cool

http://web.mit.edu/wuster/www/media/simpsons/1.jpg

[TipNTop]

Here's another bird (Lyon's airport tgv station):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/e/e5/Lyonsatolas01.jpg

http://www.socgeo.org/aeugeo/images/lyon_saint-ex.jpg


And here's a pencil (its nickname):

http://sakura.cpe.fr/SFRPSA/guided_tour/resized-img00058.jpg

...from the air, near the "scallop": an auditorium!

http://www.alyon.org/InfosLyon/geographie/lyon_aerien/auditorium_tour_part-dieu.jpg

[George W. Bush]

Robot Building, Bangkok

http://img414.imageshack.us/img414/539/robotbuilding5ko.jpg


Unknown building in Thailand :D

http://img414.imageshack.us/img414/5392/paragose1621wh.jpg


Marie-Elisabeth-Lueders-Haus, Berlin
(the nearby Federal Chancellery building is known as the "washing mashine" but this one deserves the name much more)

http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/7053/marieelisabethluedershausander.jpg

[Jo]

The Royal Cruise Hotel in Pattaya is built to resemble a luxury cruise liner.

http://www.hotelsthailand.com/hotel/pattaya/theroyalcruise/images/hotel_06.jpg

http://www.hotelsthailand.com/hotel/pattaya/theroyalcruise/images/hotel_05.jpg

http://www.hotelsthailand.com/hotel/pattaya/theroyalcruise/images/fac_10.jpg

http://www.thaihotelslinks.com/a-one-pattaya/images/main_a-one01.jpg

[conquest]

coltejer center medellin colombia 175mts tall, supposed to resemble a needle, but i think it resembles a milk box
http://jesus1.netfirms.com/images/SymMEd003896.jpg
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/5363/0154411un.jpg :)

[Bibelo]

Asahi Beer Hall in Tokyo by Philippe Starck:

A flame
http://tilt-rotor.com/2004/JapnTrip/Asakusa/20040321_BeerHall.JPG

http://www.christopher-chan.com/japan/photos/a_dsc247a.jpg

[SuomiPoika]

What about this building in San Diego?

http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/9405/hak0ga.jpg (http://img420.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hak0ga.jpg)

[fluffyhorse]

Seafood Resturant in Baltimore

http://www.roadsidenut.com/james403.jpg

http://www.roadsidenut.com/james4031.jpg


It looks like a ship

[fluffyhorse]

Shoe House in Hellam, PA

http://www.roadsidenut.com/haines8033.jpg


South of the Border - Dillon, SC
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/SCDILsob.html

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/sc/SCDILsign.jpg

[krull]

NYC: World Wide Plaza... A big Pencil

http://www.wirednewyork.com/skyscrapers/worldwide_plaza/images/wwp_j28.jpg

Las Vegas: Pyramid

http://www.inetours.com/Las_Vegas/images/Casinos/Luxor_7982.jpg

Philadelphia: Cruseship

http://www.4wallsinphilly.com/cc/dockside/ext.jpg

NYC: Lipstick

http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2003/01/179996.jpg

[Tolorah]

In Australia theres a giant pineapple. Couldn't find a very good picture though:

http://www.pacsoa.org.au/cycads/Articles/maths1b.jpg

Hey im from Australia and i can say that the giant puineapple is not alone down here...there are over 150 "giant" things here in various states...check it out http://www.bigthings.com.au/

[Brendan]

Here's one from Hong Kong, Lippo Centre which resembled Koala bears :)

http://www.antje-heiermann.de/AHK_LoRes/Lippo1.JPG

Sorry, Koalas are not bears.

Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden. It's design was inspired by the turning torso of a man.

http://miragestudio7.com/blog/images/santiago_calatrava_turning_torso.jpg

[Zedferret]

A sail. Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, UK. 170m

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p49/zedferret/uk_200508_1079.jpg

[choyak]

A UFO in Las Vegas!!!

http://pictures.las-vegas-nevada.ws/Attractions/Fashion-Show-Mall_2059.JPG

[OhioTodd]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/toddguy/longa4031-1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/toddguy/sixpack2-1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/toddguy/milkcarton-1.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/toddguy/tcapital_2.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/toddguy/atlantic-city-lucy-the-elephant.jpg

[Patrick]

another pencil in Frankfurt (Messeturm)
http://www.frankfurt-hotels-info.de/fileadmin/graph/messeturm_foto.jpg

japanese stone lantern in frankfurt (Japan Center)
http://www.taunustor.de/de/images/gebaeude_03a.jpg
http://www.derkleinegarten.de/400_ideen/410_stil/japanische/bilder/100_japanische_steinlaterne.JPG

apple wine glass in frankfurt (Westhafen Tower)
http://www.brilla-consulting.de/Westhafen-Tower%20025web.jpg
http://www.kelkheim.de/conpresso4/_data/aweinglas_r2_c1.jpg

whale or aal in cologne (Peek + Coppenburg Weltstadthaus)
http://www.ksta.de/ks/images/mdsBild/1125644952721l.jpg
http://www.baulinks.com/webplugin/2005/i/2029-interpane1.jpg
http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/supra/magnetismus/01_magnet_genauer_I/material/ZITTERAAL.jpg

life boat in munich (Allianz Arena)
http://arena.allianz.com/images/popup/impressions/01.jpg
http://www.eisbaer.de/img_lib/inflatables/schlauchboot_1.jpg

[godblessbotox]

^^ha ha... that life raft building is grand!

[Mekky II]

http://www.ksta.de/ks/images/mdsBild/1125644952721l.jpg

Look more

http://www.planetavp.com/images/avp2screenshots/avp2alien5.jpg

ehehhe

The ski boot of Lille

http://www.thehighrisepages.de/hhkartei/lillcred.jpg

[Jamesnba]

São Paulo-Hotel Unique
photo by Paulo
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/10013295ps.jpg
looks like a watermelon.

[xiaoluis]

^^ oh!! really!

[cellocello]

This looks not like a thing, it look like human being! :)

Actually these three are a group of tradtional symbolic figures, who always appear to be joint together, in China, namely, Mr Wealth, Mr Longevity and Mr Happiness.

God knows why they build such thing at this scale!

Beijing Tianzi Hotel
http://s02.picshome.com/321/200510364209999.jpg

[swerveut]

The Frost Bank tower in Austin TX, it looks like a giant icicle (or it could also be a silver nose-hair trimmer)

http://www.euroatlanticfund.org/office%20TX.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/113767190_9ae22613ac_o.jpg

[cellocello]

Bird's Nest

Beijing National Stadium for 2008 Olympics
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/344101376_d06522f73b_o.jpg

[cellocello]

An egg?

Beijing Nationall Theatre

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/344101370_2d77c87ea3_o.jpg

[svs]

More LA:

Coca cola bottling plant in the shape of an ocean liner
http://you-are-here.com/downtown/1937_coca_cola.jpg

Drive through doughnut
http://www.laokay.com/lathumb/laphoto/SanGabriel75.jpg

ONion church (I think it looks more like a giant garlic clove.)
http://www.laokay.com/lathumb/laphoto/Onion09.jpg

Giant Cadillac front
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ca/CATARcadillac_parker.jpg

[fromsevilleiam]

My favorite, by Frank Gehry in Santa Monica L.A,..binoculars..of course
http://www.pixelmap.com/images/Arch/dma_gehry_29.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/2528464-Santa_Monica-Los_Angeles.jpg

[FK]

I wonder how embarrasing it would be to say you work in those buildings !

"Yeah George .. I work in that big elephant building on the right"

[Küsel]

Absolutly great thread - unfortunatly too many repetitions...

UFO-airport (Botanical Garden, Zürich)
http://www.picture-newsletter.com/botanical-garden/botanischer-garten_zuerich.jpg

Basel:
http://www.brainworker.ch/Martin-Herzog/Basel/hochhaeuser/biz1.jpg
http://www.osgossau.ch/cm_data/Fadenspule-Kurse-klein.gif

[Techno-Architect]

Very nice buildings!

[s a s h a]

the "matitone" (in italian big pencil) , Genova Italy

http://www.saccheri.it/images/photo/genova/matitone.jpg

SWFC, Shanghai

http://www.worldtraveldirectories.com/China/Shanghai-World-Financial-Center.jpg

looks like a giant bottle opener

[Giedrius_LT]

Office building in Kaunas, Lithuania (u/c).


http://foto.miestai.net/inkelti/20070121/banknotas2.jpg

http://foto.miestai.net/inkelti/20070121/banknotas11.jpg
From http://tinkle.miestai.net/showthread.php?t=1960&page=14

Looks like 1000 litas (that's our currency, and we don't have such a banknote). Not it's shape but the stained-glass (as you can see) ;)

[Brendan]

The Sydney Opera House, Sydney Australia.

http://www.travelsinparadise.com/australia/sydney/pictures/sydney-opera-house-01.jpg

Looks like sails on a ship.

http://www.tallshipadventures.on.ca/images/play97.jpg

Or seashells.

http://static.flickr.com/38/121021044_8ce14518e9_m.jpg

[CharlieP]

This is a proposed skyscraper for London which was never built, called Green Bird:

http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/5/2000/07/101359.jpg

I guess it's supposed to look like a green bird...? :?

[JJFox]

car-house, Salzburg, Austria

http://www.stadtbaumeister.at/englisch/autowohnhaus/img_fertig/aussen.jpg

more pics (http://www.stadtbaumeister.at/englisch/autowohnhaus/fertig_ansichten.html)

[Brendan]

This is a proposed skyscraper for London which was never built, called Green Bird:

http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/5/2000/07/101359.jpg

I guess it's supposed to look like a green bird...? :?

I would've said it looks like something else. :lol:

[svs]

I nearly forgot about the San Onofre Nuclear Plant. It's sometimes referred to as the "Dolly Parton Nuclear Plant". You can imagine why.
http://www.nctimes.com/content/articles/2005/08/22/news/top_stories/82105193953.jpg