architectural duck en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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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.
2020s, “Suffolk County, NY”, in Suffolk County, NY:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| architectural ducks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |