English Explanatory Dictionary

architectural duck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A structure built in the style of duck architecture.

Word forms

architectural duck

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.

Synonyms

duck building duck
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