Friday Funny: Extreme Building Edition

What do an upside-down White House, a toilet-shaped museum, and a planetarium shaped like Saturn and its rings have in common? All can be found in futurist website io9's collection of the world's most extreme buildings.

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September 27, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT

By Jonathan Nettler @nettsj

"Sometimes a group of architects just goes completely crazy. Or somebody with a lot of money to burn decides to pay some architects to realize a completely insane dream. Either way, what you get are these examples of the most extreme buildings ever created."

Perhaps inspired by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, Vincze Miklos has assembled an impressive collection of "ducks" and other architectural curiosities.

FULL STORY: These Are The Most Extreme Buildings Ever

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in io9

Architecture Humor World Extreme Buildings Ducks

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