Philippines Crab Building - 20 Buildings inspired by animals

The architects are in a continuous effort to find increasingly creative and innovative designs , combining sustainability with aesthetically pleasing. As it turns out , however, from the buildings we will see , the world of architecture has a strange fascination with animals, if a captive forever in formative dynamics of animals. So designing buildings based on their favorite animals , architects attract the attention of tourists and generate interest in their work. From cute to creepy , here 20 buildings shaped animals ... Graha Garuda Tiara / Indonesia

It was built by the architectural firm Rezand Production as ostentatious hotel (1995-1997) , but closed shortly after its inauguration . Despite the unique shape resembling a kite , failed to win the tourists. The building remains abandoned ... Golden Snail Imax Theather / Jakarta, Indonesia

The unique complex Imax cinemas built in 1985, with the shape of borrowed of course from the world of snails . He used even holds the record for the biggest cinematic cloth in the world ... Native American Center for the Living Arts / New York, USA

At Niagara Falls, on the side of New York , the architect Dennis Sun Rhodes lifted the 1981 Native American Center tortoise-shaped , to show the dominance of amphibians and reptiles in the culture of native Americans. The Centre was closed unfortunately in the 90s and remains still closed ... L'Hemisfèric / Spain

The creation of the Santiago Calatrava in Valencia in 1998 refers directly to the image of a huge fish that emerges from the sea . The building serves as a center for arts and sciences and is open to the public ... Island Tashiro / Japan

The island is world famous for the incredible number of cats living there, it was fitting the architect Shotaro Ishinomori to build in early 2000 a number of homes based on the signal - mark of the island, the likeable our feline ... Building - Crab / Philippines

There is a lot known about the crab - building of the Philippine Dagupan, however this is not our way detracts can admire it ... Pavilion Macau / China

The Macau Pavilion , office manual Carlos Marreios Architects, erected in the World Expo Shanghai 2010 and was clearly inspired by the world of hares ! Huge Koala / Australia

In an effort to attract tourists , the architect Ben Van Zetton built in 1989 this particular edifice dedicated to Sam the Koala ! Hotel - Octopus / China

While octopuses inhabit the depths of the seas , is preparing to host special guests in luxurious spaces ! The creation of PTW Architects is expected to be completed in 2013 and will host luxury hotel, spa , shopping center, restaurants and a marina , reflecting the organic design and changeable nature of the anatomy of an octopus ... House - Bird / Czech Republic

Installed in rocky areas of the Czech Republic , the work of Roman Kuba (Atelier Simona Group) 2009 draws its inspiration from the fascinating world of birds. Dog Bark Park Inn / Idaho , USA

The architects Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin went the motto " dog is man's best friend " to another level in 1997 , when he designed the hotel in shape and does not need any vivid description ... Big Sheep Wool Gallery and Big Dog Information Center / New Zealand

New Zealand desperately looking for ways to attract tourists in 1998 , so I enlisted the architect Steven Clothier to construct the building complex that would reveal the situation on the island that New Zealand that has more sheep than people! Big Duck / Long Island , USA

And this is probably the most curious building in the world and see why! It is simply a huge duck in the middle of Long Island, the work of George Reeve, John Smith and Merlin Yeager since 1931 . It used to store that sold ducks and eggs, but now operates only as a magnet for tourists ... Greenstar Hotel / Maldives

No, not the home of Patrick Starfish from " SpongeBob SquarePants "! It is a luxury resort to be completed in 2014 by the Water Studio midst of the sea, seemed so much sense to have a star-shaped ... Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn / Australia

The hotel shaped crocodile reveals the relationship of the continent with the carnivorous reptiles. It is a creation of John Wilkins from 1988 ... Skyscraper - Elephant / Thailand

There is nothing more exciting than a skyscraper shaped elephant ? Of course not , so I have to thank the architect Ong-ard Satrabhandhu for the imagination ! The building stands landmark in Bangkok since 1997 ... Pig House / Texas, USA

Although no direct reference to a specific animal, the residence of architect Robert Bruno (1997) reminds effortlessly pig ! The four "legs " that put the architect in building added even for minimal interference with the natural landscape ... House - Whale / Brazil

Within the dense urban fabric of Belo Horizonte found a home in whale ! Nobody knows why, but seems perfectly fitting for Latin American district ... Chicken Church by the Sea / Florida , USA

No it is a temple of Angry Birds, but church in Madeira Beach , Florida ! The church , constructed in the 1940s , even claims that the fact that refers to chicken is coincidental , but the similarity is more than obvious ! Cat Kindergarten Wolfartsweier / Germany

And what kid would not want the school to look like a cat; This thought architects Tomi Ungerer and Ayla Suzan Yöndel when planning the 2011 daycare center Karlsruhe, the feline shape ideally be completed in the backyard, where the tail of "cat" is converted to slide ...