{"id":141056,"date":"2025-08-13T00:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141056\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T00:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:52:20","slug":"whimsical-and-wild-weird-buildings-celebrates-architects-who-think-outside-the-box-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141056\/","title":{"rendered":"Whimsical and Wild, &#8216;Weird Buildings&#8217; Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a building shaped like a fish\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\"  \/>National Fisheries Development Board \u00a9 UniversalImagesGroup. All images from \u2018Weird Buildings,\u2019 courtesy of Hoxton Mini Press, shared with permission<\/p>\n<p>August 12, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"category-books\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Books<\/a><a class=\"category-design\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/design\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Design<\/a><a class=\"category-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; \" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2025%2F08%2Fwhimsical-and-wild-weird-buildings-celebrates-architects-who-think-outside-the-box%2F&amp;title=Whimsical%20and%20Wild%2C%20%26%238216%3BWeird%20Buildings%27%20Celebrates%20Architects%20Who%20Think%20Outside%20the%20Box\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tShare<br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; \" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-pinterest has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2025%2F08%2Fwhimsical-and-wild-weird-buildings-celebrates-architects-who-think-outside-the-box%2F&amp;description=Whimsical%20and%20Wild%2C%20%26%238216%3BWeird%20Buildings%27%20Celebrates%20Architects%20Who%20Think%20Outside%20the%20Box&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F08%2Fweird-4-960x802.jpeg\" aria-label=\"Pin\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPin<br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; \" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tEmail<br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bookmark<\/p>\n<p>From the now-defunct Longaberger basket company\u2019s iconic Ohio headquarters to the distinctive Casa de Penedo \u2014 Portuguese for \u201cboulder house\u201d \u2014 the world has no shortage of quirky, fanciful, and just plain strange structures. <\/p>\n<p>Forthcoming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoxtonminipress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hoxton Mini Press<\/a> with text by Imogen Fortes, Weird Buildings celebrates more than 100 norm-busting buildings ranging from the whimsical to the wildly engineered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-6.jpeg\" alt=\"a building foregrounded by a pond, shaped like a giant picnic basket\" class=\"wp-image-460220\"  \/>The Basket Building \u00a9 Andre Jenny\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether playful or provocative, all the buildings in this book\u00a0push at the boundaries of convention,\u201d the publisher says. \u201cFrom the fluid forms\u00a0of Zaha Hadid\u2019s mountaintop museum to a whimsical teapot-shaped\u00a0service station, this is a playful and inspiring tour of the world\u2019s weirdest\u2014and most wonderful\u2014architecture.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Weird Buildings will be published on September 4. Pre-order your copy in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/products\/weird-buildings-pre-order?_pos=4&amp;_psq=we&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Colossal Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1751\" height=\"1171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-9.jpg\" alt=\"a spread from the book 'Weird Buildings,' featuring a unique patterned house with stacking gables\" class=\"wp-image-460223\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Casa de Penedo, a unique stone home built between two huge boulders in Portugal\" class=\"wp-image-460216\"  \/>Casa do Penedo \u00a9 Marc-Philipp Keller\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-1.jpeg\" alt=\"a contemporary home on a steep cliff with undulating windows\" class=\"wp-image-460215\"  \/>Casa del Acantilado \u00a9 Luminar Neo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-3.jpeg\" alt=\"a fanciful, tall apartment building with a facade that looks like numerous stacked European facades in green and blue\" class=\"wp-image-460217\"  \/>Inntel Hotel \u00a9 Pixelbiss\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-10.jpg\" alt=\"a spread from the book 'Weird Buildings' featuring a house shaped like an airplane\" class=\"wp-image-460224\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-5.jpeg\" alt=\"a tiny vintage service station shaped like a red-and-white teapot\" class=\"wp-image-460219\"  \/>Teapot Dome Service Station \u00a9 Mark Kiver\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-7.jpeg\" alt=\"a futuristic, amorphous, rust-colored home that stands on sculptural posts\" class=\"wp-image-460221\"  \/>The Steel House \u00a9 Jerry Cotten<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/weird-8.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of the book 'Weird Buildings'\" class=\"wp-image-460222\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do stories and artists like this matter to you?<\/strong> Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide advertising<\/li>\n<li>Save your favorite articles<\/li>\n<li>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Receive members-only newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join us today!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-crow-color has-verdigris-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/colossal.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=113464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$7\/month<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-crow-color has-verdigris-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/colossal.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=113463\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$75\/year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-crow-color has-chalk-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Explore membership options<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"21\" class=\"wp-image-327872\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/arrow-left.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/08\/donald-wasswas-wood-sculptures\/\" rel=\"prev nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Fisheries Development Board \u00a9 UniversalImagesGroup. All images from \u2018Weird Buildings,\u2019 courtesy of Hoxton Mini Press, shared with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2513,648,1032,1033,171,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-141056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115018723930524789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}