Art of Design: September 2011

Wednesday 7 September 2011

The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

The Crooked House was designed by architect Szotnyscy Zaleski and it construction started in January 2003 and finished in December 2003. The idea of design was heavily inspired by the children's illustration created by Jan Marcin Szancer for fairytales and by the artwork of Per Dahlberg.

Source :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzywy_Domek
:http://www.akademifantasia.org/europe/unusual-crooked-house-at-sopot-poland/#

Friday 2 September 2011

Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum (Branson, MO, United States)

What do you think when you saw the building? It is hit by a massive earthquake? The Branson museum is one of a chain of museums, housing the bizarre artifacts owned by the Ripley franchise. The building was designed to commerate the devastating earthquake, which registered over 8.0 on the Richter Scale, in 1812 in New Madrid, Missouri. The earthquake made the Mississippi River run backwards for three days and made Church bells ring in Philadelphia. So, the crack across the building gives the impression that it has just survived its own earthquake. The building has become one of the most photographed in world because of it.

Source : http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-eccentric-buildings.php
: http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/build/

Basket Building (Ohio, United States)

The world's largest basket building, it is actually an office building and it houses the headquarters of Longaberger Basket Company. Longaberger Company is an American manufacturer of hand crafted maple wood baskets and offers other home and lifestyle products. It is located in the south eastern Ohio, United States. The Longaberger Company was founded by Dave Longaberger, and after his death is owned by daughters Tami Longaberger and Rachel Longaberger.

The basket building sizes is 160 times larger than the Longaberger's Medium Market Basket. It's 192 ft. long by 126 ft. wide at the bottom, spreading to 208 ft. long by 142 ft. wide at the roof line. It is a magnificent sight especially at night.

The building was designed by strange but true. It cost $30 million and took two years to complete. It covers 25 acres, weighting 8,000 - 9,000 tons with a square footage of 180,000. The two basket handles were settled to the top of the building with copper and wooden rivets weighting about 150 tons.