Now, if you’re a music know-it-all, maybe you can guess from the post title which classic offbeat structures we’ll be viewing this week.

Did you make a guess yet?

What sort of structure will it be? Let’s see…

Strawberry structures! Here’s the deal. I’ve been sort of obsessing over the Strawberry Fields Forever cover by Ben Harper; for like a week. This is odd because:

1. I usually hate covers (I like maybe five - ten cover tunes period).
2. It’s not like I hadn’t heard this song before. I heard it when it first came out a LONG time ago. In fact, I really like I Am Sam, the movie it comes from.
3. As far as Beatles tunes go, SFF rates fairly low on my list of favorites. I love the Beatles, but was never into this particular song one way or the other.

I have issues.

I figured this would make a good classic post though, so here we go; some offbeat classic strawberry structures…

To learn more about these strawberry structures, or to see even more fruity structures, visit the original Offbeat Homes post, Sweet Fruity Structures.

As an extra treat, here’s the album version of my song obsession, just in case you need to hear it. There are some live versions floating around too, but oddly, I don’t enjoy them.

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Does this building look a little like bubble wrap to you? I don’t know why, but I see it and think, “Hmmm, bubble wrap… pop.” Weird. It’s a cool building none the less.

Bustler has more info and plenty of photos of this J. MAYER H. Architects project; the An der Alster 1 office building.

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I’ve had this bookmarked for ages and ages, but never posted it, because frankly it’s not so offbeat. But man, I can’t keep bookmarks forever. I’ve wrestled with posting it, and due to the fact that I think it’s a head turner, I’m gonna.

How adorable, right? It reminds me of some tiny Berkeley homes I saw on my last visit to the Bay area. I would so paint my house like this.

I found this home randomly at Lloyd’s Blog. His blog will get you all lusty for California and easy going architecture. Right now he’s got this post Two Small Creekside Cabins in California Canyon up that’s very cool. There’s much more to see too. Check it out.

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If you’re a big ol’ fan of unique design, then it’s likely that typical ABC posters full of pastel bunnies, kittens, and bugs for your little one, make you cringe. I know I don’t like them.

If you have a little one on the way, or a toddler, this ABC poster I saw at Core77 is a must have. Of course, kids aren’t required. You could hang this in your own adult living space as well.

So awesome! I went to check out the above Alphabet of design classics at Blue Art Studio and found another ABC poster that I love even more than the classic design, the A-Z nero:

How great is this poster? Perfect for the nursery, or any other home space. I just adore it. See these and more posters at Blue Art Studio.

[images via Blue Art Studio]

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A while back, my pal Deb sent me a cool slideshow of random funky architecture. I’d seen most of the structures before, but among them was one neat house I’ve never seen (yay!). Take a look:

Somehow I don’t think my son, my records, and I would all fit in there. Still, this is pretty neat-o. This residential car-house in Austria is just 300 sq meters, but cost (get this) 1 million euros. In case you can’t tell, this little home was inspired by the VW Beetle, and has some eco-features too. It’s really hard to imagine how this looks on the inside. I have to hunt around for some interior images.

The entire World’s Wildest Architecture slideshow is worth seeing. They have a couple structures that I don’t think qualify as “wild” like the Guggenheim Museum - (still cool though). Overall though, it’s a great offbeat show with structures like Casa Batllo, the good old Haines Shoe House, Longaberger, and more.

[image via: World’s Wildest Architecture]

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