From idiosyncratic statements of pure creativity (Antonio Gaudí's Sagrada Familia church and Ferdinand Cheval's sculpture garden Le Palais Idéal) to shaped buildings that reflect their purpose (the Big Duck in Flanders, New York, and the bulldozer-shaped offices of the United Equipment Company), this album celebrates some of the world's most unconventional buildings.

Here too are masterpieces like the Sydney Opera House and Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue, and modern marvels of engineering like Oscar Niemeyer's cocktail glassshaped Museum of Contemporary Art in Rio de Janeiro.