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Just a quirky example of novelty architecture? The

Just a quirky example of novelty architecture? The Teacup Dome gas station is an anything but kitsch reminder of a nasty scandal, declared the ‘high water mark of cabinet corruption’.

When architect Jack Ainsworth designed a petrol station as a teapot with a handle and spout in 1922 he wasn’t just nodding to a rock formation, a ‘geological structural uplift’ to be precise described before its erosion as having a ‘handle’ and ‘spout’, located close to important navel oil reserves in Teapot Dome, Wyoming. He was reminding everyone of its connection to a criminal trial and Senate investigation that gripped the nation and said to be of the magnitude of the Watergate scandal.

It saw Albert Fall, the Interior Secretary of President Warren G Harding’s administration sent to prison after awarding two of his friends leases to extract oil from Teapot Dome oil fields which held crucial naval oil reserves (alongside a bunch of other sites), and brought the Harding government down.

Today the teapot sits protected in the Memorial Park of the City of Zillah, Washington, after taking a bashing and caving in after being hit by car in the 1970s. It’s now restored and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Photo with thanks to @modtraveler

Niš Durlan, Serbia, architects Josip Osojnik and

Niš Durlan, Serbia, architects Josip Osojnik and Slobodan Nikolic. Completed 1981. Photo with thanks to @robthartfot

Public sauna created by the Berlin based group of

Public sauna created by the Berlin based group of architectures, Raumlabor in Frihamnen Gothenburg,Sweden. In contrast the interior which looks beautiful, is covered in larch and the shower room is decorated with recycled glass from the bases of wine bottles. Simple idea and very striking. Raumlabor which translates as Space Laboratory is comprised of a group of super imaginative and creative architects who came together in 1999 as they saw their home town change in part beyond recognition. They describe their work as ‘in between the fields of architecture and public art’ and ‘create projects based around events, performance and theatre. Collaboration is a key part of their strategy with specialists including engineers, sociologists, local experts, ethnographers and citizens, being brought together around specific projects’. They are big fans of Yona Friedman, Buckminster Fuller and Haus-Rucker, Paris based Exyzt and Urban Catalyst.

Brutalist great spot with thanks to @Anderswenngren

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