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Architect: Building Is 'Very Phallic'
The Associated Press,

The developer said his design for a 40-story resident tower proposed as a gateway to downtown San Diego looks like a flower. A city consultant said it looks like a giant phallus.

"With its rounded forms and swelling of the uppermost floors...this building structure is very phallic," wrote Gwynne Pugh, a Santa Monica architect hired by the downtown redevelopment agency to review building designs.

San Diego-based Sandor Shapery's proposal for a 160-unit hotel and condominium tower was expected to go before the redevelopment agency for initial feedback this month. Instead Shapery has asked for more time to "revisit" and perhaps "tone down" the design because he does not want to offend anyone.

"If it looks like a phallic symbol, someone has a strange perception," said Shapery, who was trying to create an "organic form." "You can find sex anywhere if you want to...There's just some sick people out there."

The building's architect C.W. Kim of La Jolla said the goal was to create a unique building.

"You know, it's the mediocre buildings that anyone can do," he said. "Anyone can do a square building."

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Information from: The San Diego Union-Tribune,
Link (http://wbt.com/news/detail_ap.cfm?ap_id=D8Q99VRO0)

You know, the only thing that would make this funnier was if they built this phallic building in the gay district (Castro Street) of San Francisco. If this was being build in Castro Street, I would just die laughing! The story is pretty silly anyways and right now I am looking for pictures of this building.

I can't help but think that you only see an object as phallic if you have a subconscious obsession with penises.

Lol

I can't help but think that you only see an object as phallic if you have a subconscious obsession with penises.

I was about to post the same thing! :D

All towers are essentially penises. Some are just a little more honest about it than others. :)

This thread is useless without pictures.

;)

This thread is useless without pictures.

;)

Well if you want to go search for a phallic building, be my guest, I've already searched and haven't found anything but p0rn.

This thread is useless without pictures.

;)

QFT

Well if you want to go search for a phallic building, be my guest, I've already searched and haven't found anything but p0rn.

This is a problem?

This is a problem?

It is if you're straight. Not that I have a problem with gay porn, it's just not my kind of porn.

Link (http://wbt.com/news/detail_ap.cfm?ap_id=D8Q99VRO0)

You know, the only thing that would make this funnier was if they built this phallic building in the gay district (Castro Street) of San Francisco. If this was being build in Castro Street, I would just die laughing!

That would call for two buildings shaped like penises, surely?

That would call for two buildings shaped like penises, surely?

Hmmm, why not a vagina shaped building?

It is if you're straight. Not that I have a problem with gay porn, it's just not my kind of porn.

LOL, alright then. However usually when you see one part of the human anatomy you see the corresponding part. So wasn't suggesting gay porn or anything.;)

I'm just going to assume the building's innocent enough, until it's built or a picture of a model is posted. I'd believe it, though. :p

They certainly aren't in a rush to release the architect's sketch, so there might just be something to this ...

*checks that safe search is off in Google*

Hmmm, why not a vagina shaped building?

Wembley Stadium ?

http://www.wembleystadium.com/NR/rdonlyres/ACAFE164-4EF0-4E16-8BB5-D52DEA4D491D/116358/OW_small.jpg

I'm just going to assume the building's innocent enough, until it's built or a picture of a model is posted. I'd believe it, though. :p

You know, I was going to explain all of the parts of the Phallus Maximus(As I will henceforth call said building) in excruciating detail, but I'm thinking that that would break something in the Terms of Service.

Hmmm, why not a vagina shaped building?

They tried this in Chicago. It doesn't matter, a tower is still a tower.

Wembley Stadium ?

http://www.wembleystadium.com/NR/rdonlyres/ACAFE164-4EF0-4E16-8BB5-D52DEA4D491D/116358/OW_small.jpg

Works for me. and of course I think we all know which building is the boob building.

http://z.about.com/d/godc/1/0/3/2/uscap.jpg

A boob building filled with boobs. :p

They tried this in Chicago. It doesn't matter, a tower is still a tower.

Found it:

http://www.epstein-isi.com/portfolio/office/graphics/office_smurfit1_big.jpg

Works for me. and of course I think we all know which building is the boob building.

http://z.about.com/d/godc/1/0/3/2/uscap.jpg

A boob building filled with boobs. :p

It gets quite cold in the Capital, doesn't it?

It gets quite cold in the Capital, doesn't it?

LOL! Ahh that's just great, you win a slice of cheesecake.

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/BDX/BDX433/bxp163685.jpg

I found a picture of the penis building.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/images/tower250.jpg

nice:cool:

Eh, look at the Petronas towers in Malaysia
http://architecture.about.com/od/skyscrapers/ig/World-s-Tallest-Buildings/Petronas-Towers-.htm

They look rather phallic - two of them (2nd tallest towers, 2nd to Taipei 101)

Found it:

http://www.epstein-isi.com/portfolio/office/graphics/office_smurfit1_big.jpg


You know why they have a vagina shaped building in chicago? -gets ready to have a good time-

Because:

-Chicagoans are pussies
-Chicago smells like **** (seriously i hate the smell of that city)
-Chicago is full of Douche Bags
-Chicago is full of dicks (think about it) :p
-The suburban people are a bunch of twats
- Any time you go into chicago, you get screwed
-Chicago, like vaginas, is close to some assholes, namely wisconsin and indiana.


ahhhh that felt good :D

Can you say "penis" in a title?

Can you say "penis" in a title?

Penis is the correct scientific term for the male reproductive organ, so I don't see anything wrong with it.

-The suburban people are a bunch of twats

..

Are you speaking badly of thy holy Ferris Bueller?

Penis is the correct scientific term for the male reproductive organ, so I don't see anything wrong with it.

Do you not remember "slut"?

Do you not remember "slut"?

But slut could be used as a derogatory term, penis cannot.

But slut could be used as a derogatory term, penis cannot.


It could be seen as inappropriate for a political forum.

..

Are you speaking badly of thy holy Ferris Bueller?


No, I am talking about the rich suburban kids at my school. How I wish a bus would accidentally veer off course and hit one of them, to make my day a bit better.

No, I am talking about the rich suburban kids at my school. How I wish a bus would accidentally veer off course and hit one of them, to make my day a bit better.

Very well.

*bribes bus driver*

So, would they call it a... cock tower?

*ba-dum-pish!*

pics or stfu

So, would they call it a... cock tower?

*ba-dum-pish!*

Notice how they didn't say the building was Erected.

Notice how they didn't say the building was Erected.

Nor did they talk about the hard substance it would be made out of, or how many elevator shaft it would need.

I'll be good now.

Notice how they didn't say the building was Erected.
Yunno, since its in san diego, right near naval bases, I wonder if we will see lots of seamen coming out of it.

Yunno, since its in san diego, right near naval bases, I wonder if we will see lots of seamen coming out of it.

LOL!

LOL!

Whew, im glad it was funny to someone. It took me 5 mins to think of that :p

30 St Mary Axe? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_St_Mary_Axe)

30 St Mary Axe? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_St_Mary_Axe)
Lol....there's even rings near the top. Nice find. As for the building in San Diego...perhaps the Navy will put a payroll office there. Then it could be a seaman bank.

Lol....there's even rings near the top. Nice find. As for the building in San Diego...perhaps the Navy will put a payroll office there. Then it could be a seaman bank.

'Find' isn't the right word. Go to London. You can't miss it. ;)

So California will now have at least two, I suppose. This is the Hoover Institution, on the Stanford campus in Palo Alto.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/82/Hoover_Tower.jpg

If there's a more penis looking building, I haven't seen it.

Hmmm, why not a vagina shaped building?

Because we call them tunnels.

This thread is useless without pictures.

;)There's one in the following version of the article: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/news_1m7tower.html

But slut could be used as a derogatory term, penis cannot.Sure it can, you penis.
;)

All towers are essentially penises. Some are just a little more honest about it than others. :)

There are two towers (the Gemini Center) in Lorenteggio, a peripheral suburb of Milan, that I dubbed "The Twin Cazzes", where "Cazzi", in italian, means "Dicks".

http://old.centrometeolombardo.com/foto/nevicate/2000/milanese/Milano/Dicembre/25-12-00-26.jpg

You can see them in this picture. The rounded part on the top looks really like the tip of a penis.

There's one in the following version of the article: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/news_1m7tower.html

Hah! Well, they might perhaps have a point there...

There's one in the following version of the article: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/news_1m7tower.html

That tower is fugly. I swear, architects must have all their creativity surgically removed as part of their graduation ceremony or something.

There's one in the following version of the article: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/news_1m7tower.html

That's fucking ugly.

That tower is fugly. I swear, architects must have all their creativity surgically removed as part of their graduation ceremony or something.

The problem is architecture isn't just about beauty. You have to take into account structural integrity, the need for windows in various places, and so on and so forth. It's actually quite difficult to make a beautiful building so architects ought to be praised, not bemoaned.

The problem is architecture isn't just about beauty. You have to take into account structural integrity, the need for windows in various places, and so on and so forth. It's actually quite difficult to make a beautiful building so architects ought to be praised, not bemoaned.It's still ugly.

The problem is architecture isn't just about beauty. You have to take into account structural integrity, the need for windows in various places, and so on and so forth. It's actually quite difficult to make a beautiful building so architects ought to be praised, not bemoaned.Well that architect was ranting on about originality and crap so :p

Besides. I know of far too many buildings that have structural integrity problems. Like som idiot architect who forgot to factor in the weight of the books that library would have to bear. Or the Leisure centre that had to close 6 months after openning because the architect had designed the roof poorly and that meant that water was collecting on the roof and the roof wouldn't be able to bear the weight if the amount of water on the roof rose about a certain amount.

edit: and several idiots who forgot to factor in the wind. So one terrace that was meant to catch the sun and be good place to locate pubs and cafes became a wind tunnel. And other has to have it's windows permanently shut. When the building first openned someone openned a window on the top floor and all the windows on the other side of the floor blew out.

The problem is architecture isn't just about beauty. You have to take into account structural integrity, the need for windows in various places, and so on and so forth. It's actually quite difficult to make a beautiful building so architects ought to be praised, not bemoaned.

I know I wouldn't pay for that pile of concrete. The architects that should, and are, praised, are the ones who make a masterpiece while thinking of the interior.

With the new style of buildings, windows aren't a major issue..

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/th_DSCF2069.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/DSCF2069.jpg)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/th_DSCF1975.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/DSCF1975.jpg)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/th_DSCF1957.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/DSCF1957.jpg)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/th_DSCF1891.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/DSCF1891.jpg)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/th_DSCF2096.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/june30/DSCF2096.jpg)


Ask yourself, is that building in the OP avant garde, or a disaster?

So California will now have at least two, I suppose. This is the Hoover Institution, on the Stanford campus in Palo Alto.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/82/Hoover_Tower.jpg

If there's a more penis looking building, I haven't seen it.

With respect, it's ... square? Except at the top?

*checks pants*

Square is normal ?

There's one in the following version of the article: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/news_1m7tower.html

Ugh. It's ugly, no matter what it's shaped like. It's like the guy decided to remake the Marina Towers or something. :p

With respect, it's ... square? Except at the top?

*checks pants*

Square is normal ?
Yes, didn't you know?

With respect, it's ... square? Except at the top?

*checks pants*

Square is normal ?It depends. Some people have square penises, some have circular ones, and others have triangular shapes. Whilst women come in these various shapes too. Life is just one big game of whacking the square blue brick through the red circular hole.

Oh, yes, it's ugly most certainly. I just wouldn't want you guys to be ignoring architectural demand for the sake of beauty.

Oh, yes, it's ugly most certainly. I just wouldn't want you guys to be ignoring architectural demand for the sake of beauty.

Why would you design a building like that for the demand? I think they were just drunk.

Oh, yes, it's ugly most certainly. I just wouldn't want you guys to be ignoring architectural demand for the sake of beauty.

There's that much demand for hideous retro-60s architecture? :p

Oh, yes, it's ugly most certainly. I just wouldn't want you guys to be ignoring architectural demand for the sake of beauty.I don't believe commenting on what looks like a ribbed condom that has been rolled on top of a building is ignoring architectural demand. I honnestly don't recall many buildings that needed ribbed condoms to help keep them standing.

There's that much demand for hideous retro-60s architecture? :p

It looks like Vegas spit up the Aladdin..

It looks like Vegas spit up the Aladdin..

I'm not sure what to compare it to exactly - it's just bad. :p

Glad I don't live in San Diego.

I don't believe commenting on what looks like a ribbed condom that has been rolled on top of a building is ignoring architectural demand. I honnestly don't recall many buildings that needed ribbed condoms to help keep them standing.

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That's hilarious!

But seriously, it's just that most of the time when I hear complaints about how ugly this building or that building is, the people who are complaining know jack shit about architecture and would make elementary mistakes like not taking into account book weight, or rain water weight, or the wind, and so on.

So consider it having been more of an automatic reaction.

It depends. Some people have square penises, some have circular ones, and others have triangular shapes. Whilst women come in these various shapes too. Life is just one big game of whacking the square blue brick through the red circular hole.

HAHAHAHAAHA!

*blood flows to brain*

So, six girlfriends. (2/3)^6 = 9% chance I haven't got it right yet.

Uh, what's that about the colours ?

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That's hilarious!

But seriously, it's just that most of the time when I hear complaints about how ugly this building or that building is, the people who are complaining know jack shit about architecture and would make elementary mistakes like not taking into account book weight, or rain water weight, or the wind, and so on.

So consider it having been more of an automatic reaction.Ah, well, I'm just used to living in a nation of idiots. How it ever came to rule over most the world I have no idea.

Like how in Bradford, the University of Bradford and Bradford College were merging together. The management decided it would be prudent to consult some consultants over a change of name. After three months of deliberations their suggestions were: University of Bradford; The University of Bradford; or Bradford University. And all they charged was the measley sum of £20,000.

Ah, well, I'm just used to living in a nation of idiots. How it ever came to rule over most the world I have no idea.

Like how in Bradford, the University of Bradford and Bradford College were merging together. The management decided it would be prudent to consult some consultants over a change of name. After three months of deliberations their suggestions were: University of Bradford; The University of Bradford; or Bradford University. And all they charged was the measley sum of £20,000.

At least the end result made some sense. Not nearly as bad at the olympics logo. :p

Anyone seen the Tower at the National Space Centre in Leicester? Now that is phallic...

This HK's attempt at the world's biggest phallic display:
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/13855/ifc.jpg

I tend to think of it as more of a dildo than a dick though.

This HK's attempt at the world's biggest phallic display:
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/13855/ifc.jpg

I tend to think of it as more of a dildo than a dick though.

Oh yes, the 403 Plaza.

Oh yes, the 403 Plaza.I think DH means this
http://www.orientexpat.com/hong-kong-expat/images/two_international_finance_centre.jpg
It's even a got a urethra. Top notch I say.

Anyone seen the Tower at the National Space Centre in Leicester? Now that is phallic...

Nope. That is a huge translucent larva.

Perhaps the British secret space program? "We will build an enormous space BUTTERFLY, wnz th US, Rushians 'n Chinks n their puny rokits!"

I think DH means this
http://www.orientexpat.com/hong-kong-expat/images/two_international_finance_centre.jpg
It's even a got a urethra. Top notch I say.
yup. that's the one.
At night they even shoot laser beams out the top. For added symbolism I assume.

But slut could be used as a derogatory term, penis cannot.

No, no, no...I'm afraid I could call you a penis in a quite derogatory manner. What we're looking for here is intent.

Some people think that missiles and bullets are an extension of man's penis in a deadly game of penis supremacy, but have you ever tried to shoot anything vagina-shaped across a field let alone halfway round the world? Go ahead, try bear-hunting with a quiver full of vagina-shaped arrows.
:headbang:

I think DH means this
http://www.orientexpat.com/hong-kong-expat/images/two_international_finance_centre.jpg
It's even a got a urethra. Top notch I say.

I can't see the notch in that pic ?

Actually, it makes perfect engineering sense. Less weight at the top means less weight below to support it.

Ideally, a tall structure (not constrained by real estate costs at ground level) should look like the Pyramid of Cheops. Or a conical version thereof.

No, no, no...I'm afraid I could call you a penis in a quite derogatory manner. What we're looking for here is intent.

Some people think that missiles and bullets are an extension of man's penis in a deadly game of penis supremacy, but have you ever tried to shoot anything vagina-shaped across a field let alone halfway round the world? Go ahead, try bear-hunting with a quiver full of vagina-shaped arrows.
:headbang:

:headbang: I'll play!

*shoots the old alba minimally with a cowardly yoke*

See, you like that, don't you? Can't help yourself, can you?

I reckon the bear would probably like it, too!

EDIT: No really. Neutralizing targets would be much simpler if we could only invent the vagina-bullet. When properly aimed, it inflicts sudden and irresistable pleasure on the target, causing them to drop their weapon and go "aaaah, yeah, yeah, oh, wow!" whereapon we cuff them and throw them into the darkest depths of vagina-prison, to serve out the rest of their days in helpless pleasure!

EDIT: No really. Neutralizing targets would be much simpler if we could only invent the vagina-bullet. When properly aimed, it inflicts sudden and irresistable pleasure on the target, causing them to drop their weapon and go "aaaah, yeah, yeah, oh, wow!" whereapon we cuff them and throw them into the darkest depths of vagina-prison, to serve out the rest of their days in helpless pleasure!

Sign me up. Which law do I need to break?

:headbang: I'll play!

*shoots the old alba minimally with a cowardly yoke*

See, you like that, don't you? Can't help yourself, can you?

I reckon the bear would probably like it, too!

EDIT: No really. Neutralizing targets would be much simpler if we could only invent the vagina-bullet. When properly aimed, it inflicts sudden and irresistable pleasure on the target, causing them to drop their weapon and go "aaaah, yeah, yeah, oh, wow!" whereapon we cuff them and throw them into the darkest depths of vagina-prison, to serve out the rest of their days in helpless pleasure!

And they say crime doesn't pay.

The national space center is definetly a larvae rather than a penis, unless you have an odd shaped one that is.

It is if you're straight. Not that I have a problem with gay porn, it's just not my kind of porn.


i hate how everyone has to put in disclaimers nowadays. im not attacking you wilgrove, but had you said : "it is if youre straight. gay porn is not my kind of porn", that would have been enough (without the "not that i have a problem with...")

not a sermon, just a thought.

And they say crime doesn't pay.

It really doesn't. After a week or so, you'll be begging to be allowed to stub your toe.

It's like a "stress position." Involving your genitals.

i hate how everyone has to put in disclaimers nowadays. im not attacking you wilgrove, but had you said : "it is if youre straight. gay porn is not my kind of porn", that would have been enough (without the "not that i have a problem with...")

not a sermon, just a thought.

And out there somewhere is a rolling donut, or rolling sausage (depending on your gender) just waiting for your attention.

Go forth and fructify, I say !

EDIT: Why do I get so drunk? I think I may have relevance deprivation. I will think about it.

For one week.

I leave NSG for one week with this thought: if there was a public meeting to garner opinion on this proposed building, and the design was shown to these members of the San Diego public, many of whom later spoke out about its "innapropriateness" ... where are the pictures?

I personally googled for a half-hour, and for another half-hour examined the San Diego websites. I was genuinely curious as to what might be considered too phallic in a highrise building. I learned that San Diego already has some truly gross architecture.

I found nothing. Nor, apparently, has any other poster determined to "win the thread." The design was apparently publicly displayed, yet not one camera-phone owner has blogged it or youtubed it, nor any competing media outlet offered them money for their crappy phone picture.

We are probably chasing a baseless mud-slinging press-release by some lackey of a vested commercial interest in San Diego.

I have very high expectations for NSG, I have a lot of respect for the culture of this place. But I ask myself: how do I get sucked in by shit like this ? Why do I take it seriously ? Am I a little boy still ?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Is he blind?

Besides. I know of far too many buildings that have structural integrity problems. Like som idiot architect who forgot to factor in the weight of the books that library would have to bear. Or the Leisure centre that had to close 6 months after openning because the architect had designed the roof poorly and that meant that water was collecting on the roof and the roof wouldn't be able to bear the weight if the amount of water on the roof rose about a certain amount.

edit: and several idiots who forgot to factor in the wind. So one terrace that was meant to catch the sun and be good place to locate pubs and cafes became a wind tunnel. And other has to have it's windows permanently shut. When the building first openned someone openned a window on the top floor and all the windows on the other side of the floor blew out.

The weight of the books, the roof slopes, and the weight of water on the roof structure are part of the scope of work of the structural engineer, not the architect.

Wind turbulence around a building is also part of the structural design, though an intelligent architect would have asked the engineer about it, or hired a specialised consultant depending on the size of the job.

Air pressure within a building is part of the mechanical engineer's mandate, not the architects's.

Hope that clarifies things. As for the OP, the building does look slightly more phallic than many high rise buildings. I think the architect should make the head more bulbous. And purple.

... where are the pictures?

I personally googled for a half-hour, and for another half-hour examined the San Diego websites. I was genuinely curious as to what might be considered too phallic in a highrise building. I learned that San Diego already has some truly gross architecture.

I found nothing. Nor, apparently, has any other poster determined to "win the thread." The design was apparently publicly displayed, yet not one camera-phone owner has blogged it or youtubed it, nor any competing media outlet offered them money for their crappy phone picture.

We are probably chasing a baseless mud-slinging press-release by some lackey of a vested commercial interest in San Diego.

I have very high expectations for NSG, I have a lot of respect for the culture of this place. But I ask myself: how do I get sucked in by shit like this ? Why do I take it seriously ? Am I a little boy still ?
You obviously need to brush up on your browsing through the thread skill, lost no doubt during your week-long sojourn into the real world:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12861082&postcount=47

here's a picture of the offending proposed building (to save you clicking):
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/images/tower250.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb115/nipeng_bucket/apm.jpg
Sorry, couldn't resist. It's worse than this dead crustacean, Millennium Dome.

Lol

agreed haha

It depends. Some people have square penises, some have circular ones, and others have triangular shapes. Whilst women come in these various shapes too. Life is just one big game of whacking the square blue brick through the red circular hole.

You're rude

Hah! Well, they might perhaps have a point there...

Yeah. When I said before that all towers are penises but some are just more honest than others... this is probably the most honest tower I've ever seen.

"Sometimes a cigar is a cigar." ~ Sigmund Freud.

I found you a peekture!

http://10e.org/samcimg/penis_building.jpg

Hopefully noone else posted this first.

I can't help but think that you only see an object as phallic if you have a subconscious obsession with penises.

I've always thought that myself.

There's one in the following version of the article: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070707/news_1m7tower.html

You know, when I looked at that picture, my initial thought was "gee, that looks like it's straight out of GTA: Vice City"

By and large that's not something an architect should take as an accolade.

Hmmm, why not a vagina shaped building?

That's called a sports stadium :)

Don't people have anything more important to complain about?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.no, Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder. :p

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/82/Hoover_Tower.jpg

If there's a more penis looking building, I haven't seen it.http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/242796713_e4c0d242b3.jpg
mine is bigger than yours :D

Bah. Any large construction that happens to be longer than it is wide is supposedly a phallic symbol, these days - from carrots to cars, from breadsticks to buildings.

Nature has a habit of reusing practical shapes. If you wanted to, you could see a vulva in every arched door, or tunnel entrance as someone else said. Frankly it says more about the person making the observation than anything else. ;)

Some people think that missiles and bullets are an extension of man's penis in a deadly game of penis supremacy, but have you ever tried to shoot anything vagina-shaped across a field let alone halfway round the world? Go ahead, try bear-hunting with a quiver full of vagina-shaped arrows.
:headbang:

Obviously they are the wrong shape. However, you'd be mistaken if an invagination (literally, a form resulting from infolded tissue) cannot and has not been used as a weapon - what do you think a mouth is? Would you feel comfy with one of these coming at you? :)

http://myfwc.com/fishing/images/fish-pic/lamprey-mouth.jpg

Obviously they are the wrong shape. However, you'd be mistaken if an invagination (literally, a form resulting from infolded tissue) cannot and has not been used as a weapon - what do you think a mouth is? Would you feel comfy with one of these coming at you? :)

http://myfwc.com/fishing/images/fish-pic/lamprey-mouth.jpg

Star Wars. ;)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/242796713_e4c0d242b3.jpg
mine is bigger than yours :D
If you turn that pic upside down it looks more like the inner workings of a woman's sexual organs.
You got the ovaries connected to the uterus.

You're rudeDo you consider that to be a good thing or bad thing?

The weight of the books, the roof slopes, and the weight of water on the roof structure are part of the scope of work of the structural engineer, not the architect.

Wind turbulence around a building is also part of the structural design, though an intelligent architect would have asked the engineer about it, or hired a specialised consultant depending on the size of the job.

Air pressure within a building is part of the mechanical engineer's mandate, not the architects's.

Hope that clarifies things. As for the OP, the building does look slightly more phallic than many high rise buildings. I think the architect should make the head more bulbous. And purple.So what's the point of an architect then? What are they then, just some jumped-up interior designer who's into Feng Shui? In the good old days (read as: Classical antiquity) architects were meant to sort out the structural crap as well.

Do you consider that to be a good thing or bad thing?

So what's the point of an architect then? What are they then, just some jumped-up interior designer who's into Feng Shui? In the good old days (read as: Classical antiquity) architects were meant to sort out the structural crap as well.

Depends on the size of the job. The smaller the job, the more the architect does. For single family residential units, the architect can design the structure. For a phallic monstosity, the architect would coordinate the structural engineers work with the other consultants.
These days, on big jobs, the architect works primarily as a coordinator. Eventually, everything gets organised by the architect.

Depends on the size of the job. The smaller the job, the more the architect does. For single family residential units, the architect can design the structure. For a phallic monstosity, the architect would coordinate the structural engineers work with the other consultants.
These days, on big jobs, the architect works primarily as a coordinator. Eventually, everything gets organised by the architect.That sounds suspiously like delegation of responsbility, but not really pay to me.

That sounds suspiously like delegation of responsbility, but not really pay to me.

Well, architecture doesn't really pay, so...

Well, architecture doesn't really pay, so...Well in that case the architects and the criminals should team up together. Together they can make both their professions pay. And handsomely too.