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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. Likewise, no one has ever proved that church doors were built with the same thing in mind. And I certainly... ...full story at Black & White Cat

from Black & White Cat on Sun, Aug 30 2009

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17 Feb 08		cctv headquaters 200802 » YouTube videothe CCTV building in Beijing CBD area, Designed by OMA/Ole Scheeren and Rem Koolhaas. Filmed in Feb 2008, now the steel structure is nearly completed.
18 Oct 09		They built something outside my flat » Black & White Cat Half of it seems to have ended up on my window. How close is that building that wasn’t there a few months ago? This close: There isn’t much light in my living room anymore. Good job I’m moving, really.
27 May 09		Living without trust » Humanaught This is really a topic I’ve been thinking about since back in December/January when our dog Addie died. I wasn’t sure how to put to words my feelings about it and so have shelved it until now. I don’t know that I’m any closer to...
01 Nov 08		Beyond Chinglish and gyfieithu » Black & White Cat I can’t speak, read or write Welsh, so I haven’t got the slightest idea what gyfieithu means. Neither did Swansea council when they put up this bilingual road sign: From the BBC: When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign,...
19 Mar 09		Starting again » Humanaught A Sleeping Button It’s been two and a half months now since our dog Addie died, and though it’s rare a day goes by that we don’t think of her and miss her terribly, we’ve started to feel there just wasn’t enough dog hair all...
28 Jun 07		My apartment living conditions in Shanghai, China (and depressed cat) » The China Expat I’m glad I didn’t have to leave home for work today… there is a deep puddle of water leading out of my building (and as you can see from the watermarks, it was deeper a little while ago). I haven’t quite figured out how I will...

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