Activity 2 Strange Architecture Match the depicted buildings with the corresponding descriptions 1. What looks like left-over boulders from the Stone Age is actually a house. Casa do Penedo or the House of Stone, was built in 1974 with four different boulders. The Portuguese getaway has no electricity so the homeowners use candlelight to see when indoors. That said, the house boasts a cozy fireplace, a swimming pool carved into stone and logs for ins 2. Wonderworks is an entertainment center focused on science exhibits with five locations in the United States. The company's slogan is "Let Your Imagination Run Wild'. The erh wis the housed in a themed building designed by architect. Terry Nicholson, looking as if it were picked up by severe weather and dropped upside down on an existing building 3. The original idea of these cubic houses came about in the 1970s. Piet Blom has developed a couple of these cubic houses that were built in Helmond.The city of Rotterdam asked him to design housing on top of a pedestrian bridge and he decided to use the cubic houses idea. The concept behind these houses is that he tries to create a forest by each cube representing an abstract tree; therefore the whole village becomes a forest 4. This project, located in the heart of Kansas City, represents one of the pioneer projects behind the revitalization of downtown. The people of Kansas City were asked to help pick highly influential books that represent Kansas City Those titles were included as 'bookbindings' in the innovative design of the parking garage exterior, to inspire people to utilize the downtown Central Library. 5. A trend that started and continues to this day in town Waikato in New Zealand is the use of old, discarded, corrugated iron to create "works of art. Perhaps the most significant of these are the "Sheep" and "Dog" buildings on Main Road . Tirau. Housing a wool and craft store the "Sheep" building would be considered a great example of mimetic architecture The "Dog" building houses the town's Information Center. 6. The "Crooked House" is an unusual piece of architecture located on Monte Cassino Street in Sopot, Poland. Completed in 2004, the building was designed by Szotyńscy and Zaleski who were inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg as well as designs by Antonio Gaudi. The magical effect draws many visitors to the property which houses restaurants, cafés and shops.

1. **Casa do Penedo** - What looks like left-over boulders from the Stone Age is actually a house. Casa do Penedo or the House of Stone, was built in 1974 with four different boulders. The Portuguese getaway has no electricity so the homeowners use candlelight to see when indoors. That said, the house boasts a cozy fireplace, a swimming pool carved into stone and logs for ins.

2. **Wonderworks** - Wonderworks is an entertainment center focused on science exhibits with five locations in the United States. The company's slogan is "Let Your Imagination Run Wild'. The erh wis the housed in a themed building designed by architect. Terry Nicholson, looking as if it were picked up by severe weather and dropped upside down on an existing building.

3. **Cube Houses** - The original idea of these cubic houses came about in the 1970s. Piet Blom has developed a couple of these cubic houses that were built in Helmond. The city of Rotterdam asked him to design housing on top of a pedestrian bridge and he decided to use the cubic houses idea. The concept behind these houses is that he tries to create a forest by each cube representing an abstract tree; therefore the whole village becomes a forest.

4. **Kansas City Central Library Parking Garage** - This project, located in the heart of Kansas City, represents one of the pioneer projects behind the revitalization of downtown. The people of Kansas City were asked to help pick highly influential books that represent Kansas City. Those titles were included as 'bookbindings' in the innovative design of the parking garage exterior, to inspire people to utilize the downtown Central Library.

5. **Sheep and Dog Buildings** - A trend that started and continues to this day in town Waikato in New Zealand is the use of old, discarded, corrugated iron to create "works of art. Perhaps the most significant of these are the "Sheep" and "Dog" buildings on Main Road . Tirau. Housing a wool and craft store the "Sheep" building would be considered a great example of mimetic architecture The "Dog" building houses the town's Information Center.

6. **Crooked House (Krzywy Domek)** - The "Crooked House" is an unusual piece of architecture located on Monte Cassino Street in Sopot, Poland. Completed in 2004, the building was designed by Szotyńscy and Zaleski who were inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg as well as designs by Antonio Gaudi. The magical effect draws many visitors to the property which houses restaurants, cafés and shops.