Via things, a list of 50 “strange buildings” which mashes icons of modern architecture (Nagakin Capsule Tower, Habitat 67, Lloyd’s) with ducks and idiosyncratic vernacular structures. As things notes, the interesting thing here is not the list, but the (inclusive) attitude towards architecture revealed by the list.
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