Maybe it's nothing more nefarious than the pernicious influence of Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and their ilk, but it sure seems like a lot of iconic architectural projects--or at least, what people clearly intend to be iconic architectural projects--are alike principally in that they share the following three characteristics:
Sometimes a big shiny tower is just a big shiny tower.
They aren't sitting on their laurels with Gaudí. I guess you've got to roll B-S-S if you wanna' be like us...
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Perhaps instead of being big, shiny, or silly tower - this is just a phallic symbol of the virility of Barcelona.
And the big shiny towers don't just end in Europe. Winston-Salem, NC has it's very own phallic symbol, as well. What is with these architects?
http://www.planefunaviation.com/images/w-s_skyline2.jpg
Thanks for the reference, monkeygirl! It's amazing how popular BSS is...
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