Experience bad architecture project. This looks like 500-foot robot threw up all over seattle.
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Chinese authorities have rushed to censor the country’s microblogging site, Sina Weibo, after users started mocking a picture of the new Beijing headquarters of the People’s Daily newspaper, which resemble a giant penis. A search on Sina Weibo for “People’s Daily” and “building” results in a message that says the keywords have been blocked “in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and policies, search results cannot be displayed”.
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The curvaceous, double fronted Bé-zier Apartments by architects TP Bennett are probably the only flats to be accused of ‘being shaped like a bum’ – the reason given for their nomination for the 2010 Carbuncle Cup, the annual award that highlights unattractive new buildings. Situated on Old Street’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’, so named because of all the web-based industries there, the imposing presence of the two buildings could just as easily be likened to a giant pair of breasts and nicknamed the ‘Silicon Implants’.
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