architectural duck
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architectural duck
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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 ducks
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A structure built in the style of duck architecture.
With Suffolk County's Big Duck, as with other architectural ducks, the building itself is the signage, a colossal, three-dimensional, representational advertisement.
Similar: duck building, duck
Talk about this word "architectural duck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/architectural%20duck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. architectural duck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/architectural%20duck "architectural duck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/architectural%20duck.Cite this
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