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Imagine climbing into an elephant, sitting inside a sombrero, or working inside a basket. These things are possible with mimetic architecture--structures that mimic other objects. From north to south, from east to west, buildings designed to look like beagles, baskets, and binoculars dot the American landscape. Join Joan Marie Arbogast in this IRA Children's and Young Adults' Book Award winner as she traces the history of this funtastic form of architecture in the United States. Discover a variety of eye-catching, head-turning buildings beginning with our nation's oldest functioning example, Lucy the Elephant, to one of our youngest, a beagle named Sweet Willy. Though different in size, shape, and color, these buildings have one thing in common: they all grab your attention.… (plus d'informations)
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Dedicated to my father, K. Henry Saxon, who shared his love of architecture with me; to my mother, Mary F. Saxon, who taught me to reach for my dreams; to my husband and best friend, David; and to my children, Michael, Kevin, and Kathleen, my biggest fans.
– J. M. A.
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Some buildings don't look like buildings. (Introduction)
As engineer and land-developer James V. Lafferty Jr admired his very unusual building, he knew people would come to see it. [Lucy the Elephant]
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The Coffee Pot was saved from the wrecker's ball in December of 2003 when it was moved a short distance down the road to the Bedford County Fairgrounds, where it will be restored to it's original beauty.
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Imagine climbing into an elephant, sitting inside a sombrero, or working inside a basket. These things are possible with mimetic architecture--structures that mimic other objects. From north to south, from east to west, buildings designed to look like beagles, baskets, and binoculars dot the American landscape. Join Joan Marie Arbogast in this IRA Children's and Young Adults' Book Award winner as she traces the history of this funtastic form of architecture in the United States. Discover a variety of eye-catching, head-turning buildings beginning with our nation's oldest functioning example, Lucy the Elephant, to one of our youngest, a beagle named Sweet Willy. Though different in size, shape, and color, these buildings have one thing in common: they all grab your attention.
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