Animal house! Buildings around the world made to look like all sorts of creatures from cats to koalas

16.09.2016 15:08

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Not content with designing conventional buildings, imaginative architects across the world have been creating structures shaped like animals.

Pet-lovers can visit hotels, churches and museums resembling dogs, cats and even elephants while on their travels, the Daily Mail reports.

The awe inspiring structures, designed by a variety of animal enthusiasts, can be found in countries such as the United States, India and Germany.

One of the oldest animal structures is Lucy, a 65ft elephant in New Jersey, which was built in 1881 as a landmark for the town of Margate.

Meanwhile the Trojan Horse hotel room in Durbuy, Belgium, even has its own lowering bridge, with each room following a fantasy theme.

Other animal buildings include the Big Sheep in New Zealand, a former wool and craft shop, the Giant Koala tourist complex in Australia, The Big Duck, a duck shop in New York and The Cat School in Germany.

Lucy the 65ft elephant structure in Margate, New Jersey, which is considered a historic landmark after it was built in 1881

In Belgium, guests can stay at the Trojan Horse shaped hotel in Durbury, where each room has a lowering draw bridge

Koala tourist centre in Australia

heep and Ram are one building in Tirau, New Zealand. The sheep building used to contain a wool shop that is no longer open. The ram was designed by Steven Clothier and the sheep was designed by a local builder

A cat shaped building in Karlsruhe, Germany was built especially for a place for people to take their cats to be looked after

The Dog Bark Park Inn is in Cottonwood, Indiana, USA. It was created by couple Frances Conklin and Dennis Sullivan, as a dog themed hotel in the shape of a Beagle for dog lovers

The dog building in Tirau, New Zealand designed by Steven Clothier of Corrugated Designs. It functions as a tourist information building and public toilets

Two strategically windows and a roof means that a church on the coast in Tampa, Florida looks exactly like a chicken

The Martin Mere Harrier Hide Bird Observatory located in Burscough, Lancashire at the WWT Martin Mere Wetlands Centre

The Shrine to Anglers building is in the shape of a jumping Muskie fish at the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin

The space-age like fish building serves as an office for the National Fisheries Development Board in Hyderabad, India

The Universum Science Center is a clam shaped building in Bremen, Germany.It is a science museum built in the shape of a clam that originally opened in September 2000

The Kakadu Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru, Australia is in the shape of the reptile and has even been built using green materials