Basket Building
Basket Building
Building
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USA
Visit duration:
10 min
Description:
The head office of Longaberger Company, located in OHIO, United States is the exact copy of one of the company’s baskets. It was designed to replicate the basket, 160 times larger. It is one of the most famous examples of novelty or mimetic architecture, which is defined as buildings designed to represent or mimic the objects associated with their functions. The building cost 30 million dollars to construct and was completed in 1997, it is seven stories tall and topped by two steel handles, each weighing 75 tons. The company however went out of business in 2018 and the building is soon to open as a luxury hotel.
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