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Old July 16th, 2004, 01:19 PM   #1
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Buildings that look like things!!

Here are some buildings that look like animals or objects. Add any others you know of.

Elephant Building, Bangkok


Crocodile Hotel, Kakadu (Nth Terr, Australia)


Longaberger Baskets Headquarters, Newark Ohio
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Old July 16th, 2004, 09:37 PM   #2
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Bahai Temple, New Delhi

Built like a lotus - India's national flower.

Note that the water bodies resemble the lotus leaves.

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Old July 17th, 2004, 05:47 AM   #3
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The motorway rest-area Illertal-Ost in south Germany:
looks like food



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Old July 17th, 2004, 06:01 AM   #4
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The famous "world biggest" wine cask in Bad Dürkheim/Germany:


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Old July 23rd, 2004, 03:15 AM   #5
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haha i like the elephant
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Old July 28th, 2004, 07:34 PM   #6
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those are cool!

I haven't seen a few of those!
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Old July 29th, 2004, 05:46 AM   #7
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how tall is the elephant tower?
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Old July 30th, 2004, 03:53 PM   #8
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That Elephant-building is so.........
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Old July 31st, 2004, 01:21 PM   #9
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El Hemisferic, Valencia. A Eye



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Old August 2nd, 2004, 06:06 AM   #10
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really cool "things"!!!!!!!!!
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Old August 3rd, 2004, 09:12 AM   #11
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Esplanade Theatres, Singapore, located at Marina Bay.
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Old August 3rd, 2004, 01:20 PM   #12
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Ahemmm...lol...we all know what some folks thinks this looks like ;-)



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Old August 8th, 2004, 12:54 AM   #13
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AcesHigh found this one of a house in the shape of a whale in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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Old August 10th, 2004, 02:49 AM   #14
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Calatrava Expansion of the Milwaukee Art Museum (a bird):
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Old August 10th, 2004, 03:06 AM   #15
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Quote:
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Ahemmm...lol...we all know what some folks thinks this looks like ;-)




Looks like the Washington Monument.....j/k !!...
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Old August 11th, 2004, 12:14 PM   #16
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Its suppose to be a wigwam
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Old September 5th, 2004, 12:39 AM   #18
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Telefonica building, Santiago, Chile. It looks like a cellular phone.

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looks like a cheese grater...

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Old September 5th, 2004, 12:55 AM   #20
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looks like a gherkin...

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