Wacky World Of: Baffling Buildings!

Wacky World Of: Baffling Buildings! — page 1 — BUILDINGS There is no doubt that humans do some very strange things We turn vegetables into batteries and make art out of grass We even remake volcanoes for fun and we don't stop there

Wacky World Of: Baffling Buildings! — page 2 — When it comes to the places where we eat sleep and work we have built things that are quite baffling Some buildings are huge Others are crazy shapes And then there are the buildings that just don't make sense IL

Wacky World Of: Baffling Buildings! — page 3 — THE DANCING HOUSE CZECH REPUBLIC The real Fred and Ginger were movie stars from the 1930s and 1940s This building has moves It was designed by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry to represent the shape of famous dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Because of this the building is sometimes known as Fred and Ginger

Wacky World Of: Baffling Buildings! — page 4 — The towers were made to stand for each dancer The Fred part of the building is a straight tower made of rock Ginger can be seen as a curved tower made of glass The Dancing House is currently a hotel

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