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Design and Architecture

9 Awesome Architecture-Inspired Halloween Costumes

Awesome Architecture Costumes!

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    KCRW placeholderBy Caroline Chamberlain • Nov 1, 2013 • 1 min read

    Awesome Architecture Costumes!

    1931: New York Architects Dress as Buildings they Designed

    From left to right: A Stewart Walker as the Fuller Building, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria, Ely Jacques Kahn as the Squibb Building, William Van Alen as the Chrysler, Ralph Walker as 1 Wall Street, DE Ward as the Metropolitan Tower, and Joseph H. Freelander as the Museum of New York.

    Courtesy of CurbedLA

    King Kong and the Empire State Building

    Storefront for Art and Architecture had an architecture-themed Halloween party in 2011, and this was one pair’s costume.

    Courtesy of Inhabitat New York City

    Starchitect

    Storefront for Art and Architecture also had a party in 2012. This is Alejandra Navarette as a Starchitect.

    Courtesy of Storefront for Art and Architecture

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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