The Shape Of You! North China University of Water Resources (Image: AFP) is referred to as the 'Giant Toilet University' and no prizes for guessing why. The building has garnered a lot of attention and ridicule.



Giving the structure company are some other weird buildings...

Insect Inspired A common name given to the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Building is the Beehive. It is so called because of its resemblance to a traditional woven form of beehive known as a "skep". The heritage 10-storeyed structure was inaugurated in 1977 by Queen Elizabeth II.



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Superhero Fascination In Nashville, US, the office of telecom giant AT&T is unofficially tagged as the 'Batman building' because of its tinted glass façade that resembles the dark mask of the superhero. It also has two narrow towers on each side of the building that resembles Bat's ears.



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Oomph-Worthy The 'Marilyn Monroe Towers' in Canada is offi cially named Absolute World. The two buildings earned the nickname because of their curvy, hourglass-like design. Interestingly, it was designed by a Chinese fi rm, which won the rights to design them from the over 92 submissions made for this project.



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