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Old 03-23-2017, 04:43 PM   #2201 (permalink)
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Zaqarbal have you seen this guy
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I miss pretty architecture. With curvy slopes and pretty accoutremountes, arches and columns that didn't look like rundown freeways. I guess those would be nicer with colors other than gray and black... So depressing and drab.
As long as modern architecture is in the hands of Freemasons, there's no hope.



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Old 03-24-2017, 07:16 PM   #2202 (permalink)
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Old 03-26-2017, 01:12 PM   #2203 (permalink)
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Default Awesome skyscraper

New York could be getting the longest building in the world, the Big Bend






Longest, not tallest. Because....


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Old 03-26-2017, 01:14 PM   #2204 (permalink)
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"Hey, architect, skyscrapers are pretty great phallic symbols, but not great enough. You got anything for me?"
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Old 03-26-2017, 02:12 PM   #2206 (permalink)
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I think that guy was riding too long.
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Old 03-26-2017, 05:22 PM   #2207 (permalink)
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He's back with his pal Jermain lads.

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"Hey, architect, skyscrapers are pretty great phallic symbols, but not great enough. You got anything for me?"
Phallic architecture or Jihadi magnet?
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Old 03-26-2017, 05:45 PM   #2209 (permalink)
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Phallic architecture in all its splendor.

Norman Foster in London:




Jean Nouvel in Barcelona:

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That London one is nice, known as The Gherkin. They have odd names for their high rise buildings in the City. The Cheesegrater, The Walkie Talkie...
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