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duck: a standalone construct

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Architecture

a building whose overall shape is itself a symbol of its purpose, so that form and meaning are fused.

In architecture, duck refers to a building whose overall shape is itself a symbol of its purpose, so that form and meaning are fused. This meaning comes from Venturi (1972) in Learning from Las Vegas.[1]

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References

Venturi, R., Scott Brown, D., & Izenour, S. (1972). Learning from Las Vegas. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262220156

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