Buildings where architects were hyper-creative.
21.08.2025Colossal is an online magazine that regularly covers art forms that often fall outside the norm. You can subscribe to the newsletter for free so you don’t miss any of the most inspiring articles. In its latest article, Colossal looks at the text “Weird Buildings” by Imagen Fortes, that celebrates more than 100 norm-busting buildings ranging from the whimsical to the wildly engineered.
According to Colossal, the book contains examples from the now-defunct Longaberger basket company’s iconic Ohio headquarters to the distinctive Casa de Penedo – Portuguese for “boulder house” – the world, they write, has no shortage of quirky, fanciful, and just plain strange structures.
Colossal writes: “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.”
Blurb for the book
Weird Buildings showcases more than 100 unusual and structurally-imaginative architectural marvels from around the globe. “Whether playful or provocative, all the buildings in this book push at the boundaries of convention,” the publisher says.
Published by Hoxton Mini Press, 208 pages, 5.94 x 7.83 inches Hardcover
Weird Buildings will be published on October 7. It can be pre-ordered in the Colossal Shop.
Please note: This title will be released on October 7, 2025. Orders containing this item will not be shipped until after this date.