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| − | '''Novelty architecture''' is a type of architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes as a [[novelty]], such as [[advertising]], notoriety as a [[landmark]], or simple [[eccentricity]] of the owner or [[architect]]. Many examples of novelty architecture take the form of buildings that resemble the products sold inside to attract drive-by customers. Others are attractions all by themselves, such as giant animals, fruits, and vegetables, or [[replica]]s of famous buildings. And others are merely unusual shapes or made of unusual building materials. |
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| − | Some hotel [[casino]]s on the [[Las Vegas Strip]] can be considered novelty architecture, including the [[pyramid]]-shaped [[Luxor Hotel]] and the [[New York-New York Hotel & Casino]], a building designed to look like the [[New York City]] skyline. |
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| − | ==Eccentric buildings== |
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| − | * [[Coral Castle]], an strange estate built out of coral stone in [[Homestead, Florida]] |
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| − | * [[Corn Palace]], a building decorated with murals made of [[maize]] in [[Mitchell, South Dakota]] |
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| − | * [[Wonder Works]], an upside down museum in [[Orlando, Florida]] |
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| − | * [[Ice hotel]]s, temporary hotels made of ice and snow, found in the coldest regions of the world |
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| − | ==Mimic architecture== |
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| − | In the [[1930s]], as [[automobile]] travel became popular in the [[United States]], one way of attracting motorists to a diner, coffee shop, or roadside attraction was to build the building in an unusual shape, especially the shape of the things sold there. "Mimic" architecture became a trend, and many roadside [[coffee shop]]s were built in the shape of giant [[coffee pot]]s; [[hot dog]] stands were built in the shape of giant hot dogs; and [[fruit]] stands were built in the shape of [[oranges]] or other fruit. |
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| − | * [[Tail O' the Pup]], a hot dog-shaped hot dog stand in [[Los Angeles, California]] |
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| − | * [[Brown Derby]], a derby-shaped restaurant |
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| − | * [[Bondurant's Pharmacy]], a mortar-and-pestle pharmacy in [[Lexington, Kentucky]] |
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| − | * [[Louisville Slugger]] Museum, a building in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] that features a giant [[baseball]] bat |
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| − | ===Water towers=== |
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| − | Water towers, often a prominent feature in a small town, have often been shaped or decorated to look like other objects, such as the coffee pot, bottle of [[ketchup]], or piece of fruit. |
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| − | * Peach-shaped water tower in [[Gaffney, South Carolina]] |
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| − | * Coffee pot water tower in [[Stanton, Iowa]] |
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| − | * Ketchup bottle water tower in [[Collinsville, Illinois]] |
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| − | ===Storage tanks=== |
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| − | Several [[brewery|breweries]] and other businesses have designed holding tanks in the shape of giant cans of beer or other containers. |
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| − | * "World's Largest Six-Pack" brewery holding tanks in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]] |
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| − | ==See also== |
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| − | * [[List of buildings and statues that are shaped like animals, plants or people]] |
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| − | * [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/coffee.html Roadside America: Big Coffee Pots] |
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| − | * [http://www.agilitynut.com/roadside.html Roadside architecture] |
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