People say architecture is like literature, and if so, then language is crucial. Which makes you wonder who didn't spot the weird connotations of this development in China...
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=14744
especially as its designed by a British architect, who you would expect not to be able to keep a straight face while drawing a massive phallic building, called the Kinky Tower...
it reminds me of another Chinese development, this time on a much smaller scale, that I came across drunk one night in Helsinki... funnily enough, the name of the restaurant didn't entice us in (we had a Finnish doner kebab, if memory serves). I still have that T-shirt.
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=14744
especially as its designed by a British architect, who you would expect not to be able to keep a straight face while drawing a massive phallic building, called the Kinky Tower...
it reminds me of another Chinese development, this time on a much smaller scale, that I came across drunk one night in Helsinki... funnily enough, the name of the restaurant didn't entice us in (we had a Finnish doner kebab, if memory serves). I still have that T-shirt.
You think that's phallic - try this!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=187
...and people wonder why I'm so cynical about the world and architecture of these times...