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I’ll take Speer any day of the week over this.

At least its not a thinly disguised arabic structure like that pickle building. Lots of ugly ass buildings in London, the kind that make James Likeks wax brilliant in his columns.

Frankly, being the ignorant country hick I am, I could do without ever seeing a building over 10 stories. I know they’re hot shiite and all that kit but they’re just not my speed. I’ll pass and admire the skyline from the treeline, thanks.

Still, you do find some interesting things to write about Swease, you surely do.

I know: don’t call you Shirley…

I’m with you, Sandman – it’s a bloody abomination and built with filthy money from Qatar. They must really enjoy throwing our own oil money back in our faces and desecrating the landscape in the process.

I’d hope they rot in hell but they’re already there.

I watch Selling London. They gut these beautiful old homes and decorate them in puce with marble. They look like hotels. Blech.

Didn’t Kim Il-Sung build that in Pyongyang?

It looks like a Klan hat.

I think it looks like something the singer Madonna (remember her?) bought for her boyfriend to match her bra.

Bet it isn’t up to earthquake building code standards

Finally, some positive thinking from Oceania.

I’m with Sandman on the max number of floors a building should have.
I was just whinging about my dislike of gigant-ifices, since The Husband insisted that we visit Las Vegas. Ugh, what an abomination. We did go see the Titanic Exhibit that you mentioned a while back, Stoaty. It was quite interesting, and there were a lot of people paying the $35 per head to see it. All of the recovered items were nicely displayed, with detailed descriptions. It was amazing to see all of the glassware and ceramic that survived the sinking. There were even postcards and paper products that survived and sustained little damage. It was all very dramatic and thoughtfully presented.

It was only slightly ruined by the constant references to the James Cameron movie overheard, and of course DVDs of it for sale in the gift shop.

Otherwise, I hate Las Vegas and can’t wait to head up to the gorgeous mountains surrounding it!

EZnSF stole the essence of my comment. That would be considered ugly and weird even in Dubai.

Looks like Margaret Cho’s dream Dildo.

Stoatie, have you ever thought of doing a graphic of Zombie Reagan walking away from a bunch of blubbering MSNBC talking dicks muttering “No Brains”… ? Daily KOS is having a total cow right now about the pic of Reagan on a Velociraptor, like it was real or something…. LOL

(personally, I think they secretly hope that, if they make London ugly enough, the Islamists will all go back home…)

While I like the TransAmerica Building in SF (I call it the T&A bldg)– it and the other skyscrapers ruin the natural beauty of the hills. But nothing is as bad as the black monolith of the Bank of America bldg. What were they thinking??

Oh good grief—that Gherkin thing is oh-so wrong. It would look terrific in Houston—where they like rockety things, but poor London. This must be what triggered Prince Charles’s rant about modern architecture.

I love the buildings in Las Vegas! Not because I like the architecture – not at all – but because the place is such a perfect visual representation of the mental and moral attitude of Las Vegas … Every building is a slick fiberglass deliberately-vulgarized built-on-the-cheap, poor-last-night-rich-today-broke-again-by-sundown obviously faked copy of something famous. Think of a painted on black velvet reproduction of the Mona Lisa showing her with a big smile and her nipples showing.

( No, Weasel, NO! You must resist! Yes, you could do it better than anybody, and yes, it would make a great coffee cup BUT it’s your immortal soul we’re talking about here!

Yes, Weasel YES. You must do it. I have my credit card out and am hovering my cursor over the Zazzle link. I’ll even chip in a few bucks for a brand new mortal soul for you, and maybe something nice for Uncle Badger too.

Man, that pile gives off a sinister MiniPax or MiniTru sort of vibe.

What’s it called, again? The Orwell Building?

Excellent point, Mr. James. That building does look like it should house the Ministry of Truth.

Somewhere, Christopher Wren weeps…

It’s obviously an antenna, silly people. It’s meant as a beacon to guide the mothership during the alien invasion…kinda like Greenwich…it’s the fixed point 0,0 on their maps! If I had real estate there I’d sell fast!

Some Veg,

It definitely is what it is. I suppose that I had some vision of 1950s-60s Brat Pack type aesthetic (why? I have no clue). We’re staying in the po’ side of town, right next to Nellis AFB where the homeless get an airshow on a regular basis.
I don’t take issue with people gambling, I just hate casinos. The maze-like interior (so you cannot leave), the constant barrage of sound and light. The stench of desperation. It definitely doesn’t try to pretend to be anything else.

I love tall buildings and always thought it was a shame London didn’t have many real skyscrapers. When I was a kid the NatWest tower (now Tower 42) was about it. I think the Gherkin is awesome. I hope the Shard is followed by several 1000+ ft structures. So basically you’re all wrong.

The Gherkin and the Shard?

I think The Suppository and The Shank are more apropos.

Gherkin/Shard etc. are actually a precaution to make sure that London isn’t stepped on/sat on when gigantic Godzilla-style aliens invade Earth.

Like those pointy plastic mats people put on their gardens so cats won’t dig there.

“Don’t sit on the sharp pointy things! Go loll about on the nice comfy Cotswolds instead! Or go take a stroll on East Anglia!”

You made me think of the San Francisco County Jail, aka the Glamour Slammer to the locals. And their Costco looks like prison, especially the parking structure part.

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