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  • Worlds Most Creative Buildings - Oddee.com (buildings, architecture)

    The Sam Kee building is situated at 8 West Pender Street. It runs from the corner of Pender and Carral to the lane at the halfway point of the block. It is two storeys tall and 1.5 meters (six feet) deep. The story behind the building is as exotic as the structure with several intriguing twists... more

    Reviewed by MisplacedDreamer Jun 23 2008, 07:37pm ( 36 reviews ) • oddee.com

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  • Rated by caruthes on Jul 23 2008, 11:05pm

    Oddities website: crazy buildings

  • Rated by iamyellow on Jul 23 2008, 2:02am

    The worlds most creative architecure around - inspirational.

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  • Rated by silensmotus on Jul 10 2008, 5:19am

    Polish architect of the Crooked House, Szotynscy Zaleski, was inspired by the fairytale illustrations of Jan Marcin Szancer and the drawings of the Swedish artist and Sopot resident Per Dahlberg. The most photographed building in Poland, the 4,000 square meter house is located in Rezydent shopping center in Sopot, Poland.

  • Rated by eudora on Jun 26 2008, 8:04am

    I havn't words enough !!!But is pretty amazing ,yeee...

  • Reviewed by MarieJeanne on Jun 25 2008, 3:31am

    Kansas City Library has one seriously cool façade. Local residents were asked to nominate influential books that represent kansas city, humungous versions of the winning nominations were then used as the exterior of the library car-park.

  • Rated by roslyn217 on Jun 24 2008, 10:11pm

    http://www.oddee.com/item_94046.aspx Unique Buildings Around The World. From The Page: This unique piano house was built recently in An Hui Province, China. Inside of the violin is the escalator to the building. The building displays various city plans and development prospects in an effort to draw interest into the recently developed area.

  • Rated by MisplacedDreamer on Jun 23 2008, 7:37pm

    The Sam Kee building is situated at 8 West Pender Street. It runs from the corner of Pender and Carral to the lane at the halfway point of the block. It is two storeys tall and 1.5 meters (six feet) deep. The story behind the building is as exotic as the structure with several intriguing twists and turns included in its telling. The City of Vancouver provided the original owner, Chang Toy, with a challenge when it expropriated all but two meters of his property as part of an expansion of Pender Street. No compensation was provided to its owner who was left with what most believed to be a useless property. In a creative turn of events fuelled by spite and some say a bet an architect was hired to design a building to fit the remaining property. The rest is history in more ways than one. This building was home to 13 businesses at one time. It was the only place in Chinatown for residents to enjoy hot baths. There is a tunnel beneath the building that was used as an escape route from raids on Opium dens situated on neighbouring Shanghai Alley. The building is also fronted by the only remaining glass sidewalk in Chinatown. As part of the ongoing history of this structure, issues still arise between the owners and the city with respect to encroachment and overhangs. In spite of each side having an element of right it seems to boil down to the proverbial "tit for tat". It makes for an interesting study in civics.