National Fisheries Development Board © UniversalImagesGroup. All images from ‘Weird Buildings,’ courtesy of Hoxton Mini Press, shared with permission
August 12, 2025
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From the now-defunct Longaberger basket company’s iconic Ohio headquarters to the distinctive Casa de Penedo — Portuguese for “boulder house” — the world has no shortage of quirky, fanciful, and just plain strange structures.
Forthcoming from Hoxton Mini Press with text by Imogen Fortes, Weird Buildings celebrates more than 100 norm-busting buildings ranging from the whimsical to the wildly engineered.
The Basket Building © Andre Jenny/Alamy
“Whether playful or provocative, all the buildings in this book push at the boundaries of convention,” the publisher says. “From the fluid forms of Zaha Hadid’s mountaintop museum to a whimsical teapot-shaped service station, this is a playful and inspiring tour of the world’s weirdest—and most wonderful—architecture.”
Weird Buildings will be published on September 4. Pre-order your copy in the Colossal Shop.
Casa do Penedo © Marc-Philipp Keller/Alamy
Casa del Acantilado © Luminar Neo
Inntel Hotel © Pixelbiss/Alamy
Teapot Dome Service Station © Mark Kiver/Alamy
The Steel House © Jerry Cotten
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