What is the weirdest building in your City ?

[alps]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Agreed. Those two exemples are not weird at all, they're just inventive and original.

I do generally LIKE all the buildings I posted. But they also adhere to the dictionary definition of weird as "of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange."

[digitboy]

I'm sad to learn that Colossus is not only a "Laval" thing.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by digitboy

I'm sad to learn that Colossus is not only a "Laval" thing.

Strangely I'm happy...
























not sure why

[someone123]

I don't think anybody has posted the Robarts Library at U of T yet:


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[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by someone123

I don't think anybody has posted the Robarts Library at U of T yet:


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That's incredible!!!

[O-tacular]

Here's a soon to be destroyed weird one from Calgary: the old CBE building.

[Architype]

Originally Posted by someone123

I don't think anybody has posted the Robarts Library at U of T yet:


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It looks like someone tried to do a Brutalist building without truly understanding the concept, and failed.

Also, the one posted above by O-tacular looks a lot like SFU, a shame they are tearing it down.

[whiteford]

love the local motive crossing building. actually good application of stucco!

[SignalHillHiker]

A weirdly out of place building in old St. John's. No one knows how the city ever allowed this to replace an existing heritage structure.

It houses two bars - Erin's Pub, a lower class of a typical Newfoundland pub, and Liquid Ice, a drug-fueled after hours bar where people openly do their lines at their tables and dance until they have to work.

[MolsonExport]

The infamous student barns of London, Ontario. Cover your eyes.

c/o P^2-Paul, towers-of-spite flikr

Also known as the towers of spite.

[NBNYer]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

A weirdly out of place building in old St. John's. No one knows how the city ever allowed this to replace an existing heritage structure.

It houses two bars - Erin's Pub, a lower class of a typical Newfoundland pub, and Liquid Ice, a drug-fueled after hours bar where people openly do their lines at their tables and dance until they have to work.

The angled wall that comes right up to the middle of the window is a nice touch. I wonder in what room is located the latch or lever to open the window since it also opens up in the other room. Hopefully those aren't two separate apartments.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by NBNYer

The angled wall that comes right up to the middle of the window is a nice touch. I wonder in what room is located the latch or lever to open the window since it also opens up in the other room. Hopefully those aren't two separate apartments.

No one lives there. That building is all bar.

This is what the top two floors look like inside:

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[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Here's a soon to be destroyed weird one from Calgary: the old CBE building.

Sorry to repeat the too large photo, but I can't believe they're going to tear that down! Will Brutalism ever find love?

[SignalHillHiker]

Yes. In brutal dictatorships.

[Daveography]

Originally Posted by someone123

I don't think anybody has posted the Robarts Library at U of T yet:


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Is no one else going to point out that it is shaped like a concrete turkey?

Too bad about the Calgary building, that's actually pretty palatable as far as brutalism goes.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by alps

I do generally LIKE all the buildings I posted. But they also adhere to the dictionary definition of weird as "of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange."

I don't find anything "odd" or "strange" about these buildings, but whatever.

[shreddog]

Originally Posted by RTA

Is no one else going to point out that it is shaped like a concrete turkey?

Nope, since the building was purposely designed and built to represent a Canada Goose!

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by shreddog

Nope, since the building was purposely designed and built to represent a Canada Goose!

Jesus.

[alps]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

I don't find anything "odd" or "strange" about these buildings, but whatever.

Originally Posted by dictionary.com

odd - differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected

strange - unusual, extraordinary, or curious

When the new library is completed it will be one of the most unusual, unexpected buildings in the city. I don't know any buildings with a similar form.

It's stylish and contemporary though, is that it? It's unusual (weird) nonetheless

Too bad about the Calgary board of education building, it looks kinda like a mini Boston City Hall. Could do with some planting out front...

[Daveography]

Originally Posted by shreddog

Nope, since the building was purposely designed and built to represent a Canada Goose!

Looks more like a turkey.