Architects frequently take their design cue from nature , but while some favor the curves of bud flowers or the sturdy power of desert mesas , others give their construction reaching tentacles , high , squid - like tower , or the occasional smattering of what looks like suckers . Here are a fistful of buildings and design concepts that remind us of the noble class Cephalopoda .
This swim luxury resort will containe offices , a maritime park , underwater nautical galleries , a cardinal towboat with a bird’s-eye restaurant , and swim waterways .
The tentacles will boast 80 floating rooms complete with submersed view decks .
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This business building , opened in 2009 , is very similar to the Selfridges Building in Birmingham , UK , but it has a cheerful devilfish word form .
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This Phnom Penh watershed Art Deco edifice was build in 1937 . Before 1935 , the field was a lake . During the Franco - Thai War , Thai aircraft bombed the market , draw it to temporarily close , and after the end of WWII , the four arms were rebuilt .
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This post building was design by MAKE architects in 2009 for the Chiswick suburban area of London . It will be open by the natural spring of 2015 .
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In 2007 , the famous designer Jan Kaplický won the design competition for the Czech National Library with his design named “ Eye Over Prague . ” The projection was target for windup in 2011 , but was cancelled in 2008 . Kaplický authorize away in 2009 .
This building has 9 base , 200 written report domain , an hugger-mugger depository that hold up to 10 million books , and a scheme for render a book from the repository to the librarians within 3 minute .
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design by the Chinese PTW Architects , and built between 2000 and 2009 , this is a super 5 - ace luxury hotel with 180 - level sea prospect rooms and an submerged restaurant . It will open in 2013 .
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The tentacle - same temporary PVC tents with red , blue , and pink ventillation circles will make its next show in the Commonwealth Games 2014 , in Glasgow .
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The bright Zaha Hadid designed this tentacular building as a propose residential district center for Elk Grove , a suburb of Sacramento .
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