Ab Architectural Critics..you Will 'love' This One

[DTCwordfan]

Yes, apparently, this is the quarters (I can not use the term HQ can I?) for the Chinese People's Daily.

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/05/dezeen_China-newspaper-headquarters-resembles-huge-penis_1a.jpg

The Chine authorities are trying to suppress photos of this 'structure' from being taken - no bloody wonder and this must be one good reason to have censorship.

Imagine working here!

Your views and wise cracks....?

[2sp_]

My word, what a fine erection.

[emmie]

a right co ck up

[emmie]

saw a photo of a small housing estate, from the air it looks just like a Nazi swastika

[jno]

nah... it's not really like that at all; the photo's just one angle, taken when there was some scaffolding on it.

This appears to be it from a more flattering angle

http://vault.starproperty.my.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1382402171763_188.jpg

and here's some yonic architecture...

http://www.dezeen.com/2013/11/18/zaha-hadid-unveils-design-for-qatar-2022-world-cup-stadium/

[Psybbo]

Oh dear!

[sandyRoe]

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: A vast and trunkless **** of stone
Stand in the desert. Near it, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal ****, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.[4]

[Baldric]

Was the Designer called Richard?

[aelmpvw]

reminds me of a knitted willy warmer i got for christmas one year

[Mamyalynne]

The Al Wakrah Stadium in Jno's link has gained the nickname 'The Accidental Vagina' which I am ashamed to say makes me giggle.

[pixie373]

Lol. That's a great building!

[DTCwordfan]

The architects surely know....

Here's one near here, from the air, and they don't know? Come off it.....
And it is appropriately called the Scarlet Hotel.....

http://surfnation.typepad.com/.a/6a00e553c82f3b8833019b00121fb8970c-pi

[emmie]

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/16/council-block-shaped-like-swastika-found-on-google-maps-4189039/

[boxtops]

The swastika is, of course, an ancient Indian symbol......

[emmie]

i know, its been used long before the Nazis got their hands on it, but it will be forever associated with them

[DTCwordfan]

It's a shame - the ex (Jewish) was very uncomfortable when she saw the swastika in use on the Silla Dynasty temples in Kyong-Ju in Korea....

Talking of Adolf, there's the Hitler house in Swansea:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/29/article-1371091-0B62B82400000578-120_468x412.jpg

Google Hitler cats too; there are some that are a riot,
such as http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/31/article-1371854-0B6ABB3400000578-707_634x898.jpg

[Peter Pedant]

Even the chinese call it a ++++, dont they ?

[Peter Pedant]

If you dont like swastika, try fylfot or tetragamma.

Indian and Chinese cultures used for luck.

[DTCwordfan]

To be a pedant, Peter, it's 肉棒 rou bang......now that is relatively useless information

[tonyav]

Bloody hell, DT what nob designed that !.
our cat, Daisy not only looks like Hitler, she also acts like Hitler.