Big Duck
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The Big Duck is a 20-foot-tall ferrocement building in the shape of a duck: a canonical example of novelty architecture. Built in 1931 in Riverhead, New York, United States, it was moved several times
Big Duck in 2018
US Trademark 296,767: The Big Duck Ranch
Moving the Big Duck, 1988
Historic site marker on New York State Route 24 before the Duck
Novelty architecture
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Novelty architecture, also called programmatic architecture or mimetic architecture, is a type of architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes for purposes such as adv
Big Duck
…The Big Duck is a 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) ferrocement building in the shape of a duck: a canonical example of novelty architecture. Built in 1931 in Riverhead, New York, United States, it was moved several times to various locations on eastern Long Island, ending up in Flanders in…
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