I'd like it in the form of a toad, please.

julen — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:29:55 -0800

Sometimes walls, windows, door and a roof just isn't enough. Why be boxed in by four walls when you can make your home or business look just like your favorite critter? Here's a collection of animal-shaped buildings from around the world, including the trailblazing Lucy the Elephant whose creator got a patent in the 1880s giving him exclusive rights to make animal-shaped buildings up until the turn of the century. My favorite isn't included in that list: The Toed In (on Shorpy). There's lot more out there: The Duck House at the Shanghai Expo. A cat-shaped kindergarden and simpler cat-shaped buildings on Cat Island in Japan. A fabulous set of snake-shaped homes in Mexico. America has several pig stands and pig-shaped hot dog stands. Some pigstands serve people at the mouth of the pig. There is a bulldog cafe. Strange and Unusual Buildings offers up: a goose-shaped home & Mother Goose Cafe & a shark-fronted building. The Japanese Tsunami destroyed a crab-shaped public toilet. Belgium gives us a Trojan Horse-shaped B&B. There are buildings shaped like dinosaurs in CA, FL, and FL again. An Indian Fisheries building is shaped like a fish. An Octopus in China is a bit abstract. An ice cream-mongering owl includes a pun. If animals don't work for you, may I suggest buildings that look like the food they serve?

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