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NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE

Created by MOHAMMED SHAKEEB

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INTRODUCTION• Novelty Architecture is a type of

Architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes

NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE. The buildings are given unusual shapes for

purpose such advertising or copy other famous buildings.

. They are distinct from architectural follies.

. Novelty Architecture may take the form of objects not normally associated with buildings , such as characters, animals, people or household objects.

Longaberger’s Giant Basket Building

Longaberger’s Giant Basket Building

• constructed in ohio, United States• Known world's largest basket• this giant basket office in Ohio was

constructed with locally sourced wood• It was built as the seven-story

corporate headquarters of the Longaberger Basket Company.

• It's 192 ft long by 126 ft wide at the bottom, spreading to 208 ft long by 142 ft wide at the roofline• 180,000-square-foot, Providing space for 500 employees• giant basket is organized around a 30,000 square foot atrium that floods the interior with natural light This and 84 windows ensures that very little electricity needs to be used during the day

TYPES OF NOVELTIES

• PROGRAMMATIC ARCHITECTURE• BUILDING STYLED AFTER FAMOUS

LANDMARKS• GIANT SCULPTURES• WATER TOWER AND STORAGE TANK

PROGRAMMATIC ARCHITECTURE

• Mimetic architecture, also known as 'novelty' or 'programmatic‘ architecture, is a style of building design popularised in the United States in the 20th century. It is characterised by unusual building designs that mimic the purpose or function of the building,

Programmatic Architecture A Kindergarten that looks like a Cat Kindergarten Wolfartsweier Karlsruhe Germany

BUILDING STYLED AFTER FAMOUS LANDMARK

• Novelty architecture in the form of famous landmarks has been built in china,georgia,japan, and the United States. Such replica buildings are extensively used in casinos, hotels or amusement park

• EXAMPLE the new York- new York hotel & casino, a

building designed to look like the New York City

New York – New York Hotel & Casino

Giant sculptures

• Sculptures of ordinary items scaled to building size are another aspect of novelty architecture.

• Such sculptures appear at roadside parks and museums

• . They are likely to represent local animals; local plants, local people ,mechanical equipment , musical instruments,

• Eg : The Golden Guitar in Tamworth, NSW, Australia

The GoldenGuitar inTamworth,Australia

WATER TOWERS ANDSTORAGE TANKS

• Water towers and storage tanks often prominent features in a small town ,are two types of buildings which been shaped or decorated to look like everyday object.

• Water towers exist in many forms, among them peaches, coffee pots and tea pots, wine and sauce bottles etc.

EXAMPLES

peach Water Tower Mah water is tangy

EXAMPLES OF NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE

Benewah Milk Bottle(Spokane,

Washington)Built in 1934

The Bulldog Cafe (Los Angels, CA)Built in 1928

Shell Service Station

(Winston-Salem, North

Carolina)

Idle Hour Cafe (Los Angeles)

Mammy’s Cupboard(Natchez,

Mississippi)Built in 1939

Wigwam Motels(Various Locations)

CONCLUSION• Novelty architecture is a funny

thing. its root lies in advertising with many buildings or attraction specifically build to appeal commercially to those who saw them .

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