architectural duck

English

Etymology

From architectural +‎ duck. The term was coined by architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown in 1968; inspired by the original "Big Duck" building in Long Island, New York, built in 1931 to sell ducks and duck eggs.

Noun

architectural duck (uncountable)

  1. (architecture) A structure built in the style of duck architecture.
    Coordinate term: duck architecture
    Synonyms: duck building, duck
    • 2020s, “Suffolk County, NY”, in Suffolk County, NY‎[1]:
      With Suffolk County's Big Duck, as with other architectural ducks, the building itself is the signage, a colossal, three-dimensional, representational advertisement.
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