Whimsical and Wild, 'Weird Buildings' Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

Whimsical and Wild, 'Weird Buildings' Celebrates Architects Who Think Outside the Box

From the now-defunct Longaberger basket company’s iconic Ohio headquarters to the distinctive Casa de Penedo — Portuguese for “boulder house” — the world has no shortage of quirky, fanciful, and just plain strange structures. Forthcoming from Hoxton Mini Press with text by Imogen Fortes, Weird Buildings celebrates more than 100 norm-busting buildings ranging from the whimsical to the wildly engineered. The Basket Building © Andre Jenny/Alamy “Wh…