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Nothing to do with genitals

I haven’t got the slightest idea if Rem Koolhaas was or wasn’t thinking of genitalia when he designed the new CCTV building.

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Likewise, no one has ever proved that church doors were built with the same thing in mind.

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And I certainly wouldn’t dream of suggesting anything about the Monument to the People’s Heroes in the middle of Tiananmen Square.

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This was written by rob. Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009, at 11:54 am. Filed under China. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

2 Comments

  1. jdmartinsen wrote:

    And the 红军烈士纪念塔 shouldn’t suggest anything obscene to a pure-minded observer.

    Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 10:13 pm | Permalink
  2. Fan of Buildings wrote:

    Iconic buildings always mean something. Your picture does suggest an erect male genital waiting for a lowering bottom when the two buildings set together in this angle

    Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 10:05 pm | Permalink

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