A building in the Netherlands has some uncommon decorations worthy of the 21st century — instead of gargoyles, why not emoji cast in concrete?
Emoji have become ubiquitous nowadays, and there's a slew of emoji apps, keyboards, sticker packs, and what-not. Well, now they're on buildings too.
Emoji Architecture
Architect Changiz Tehrani thinks that emoji are among the most representative icons of the 21st century, so he decided to decorate a building in Dutch city Amersfoort using emoji cast in concrete.
"In classical architecture they used heads of the king or whatever, and they put that on the façade," Tehrani tells The Verge. "So we were thinking, what can we use as an ornament so when you look at this building in 10 or 20 years you can say 'hey this is from that year!'"
Emoji won the race, and instead of gargoyles, kings, or other symbols, they now decorate the unique building. The façade has 22 emoji in total, decorating one side of the building.
