tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1690840451584272824..comments2024-03-28T05:04:12.280-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The ugliest buildings in the worldPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56172442526526576442014-04-09T05:43:44.197-05:002014-04-09T05:43:44.197-05:00On the one hand, they're fantastic triumphs of...On the one hand, they're fantastic triumphs of architecture and modern construction.<br /><br />On the other, the North Korean and Beijing ones tell you exactly what their governments do to people.<br /><br />On the gripping hand, it'd probably have been better if the designers had been restricted to brick and mortar.Coconutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67170467033218063362014-04-09T03:41:57.785-05:002014-04-09T03:41:57.785-05:00Looking at that building in Kosovo, all I could th...Looking at that building in Kosovo, all I could think was "I hope someone is working on a cure!"Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68729187465530088932014-04-08T21:03:02.192-05:002014-04-08T21:03:02.192-05:00The Aldar headquarters building puts me in mind of...The Aldar headquarters building puts me in mind of a giant magnifying glass, as seen in <i>The Tick</i> episode "Ants in Pants!", or possibly <i>Calvin and Hobbes</i>.<br />That Barclays Center has the permanently-under-construction look, which I suppose was intentional...?<br />And I was wondering whether they'd include the huge virus that is the main library at UCSD! Looks like they've added some sort of trench or wall around it since I was there.<br />(Also, once upon a time, there was a church visible from the freeway, south of San Francisco if memory serves, that was commonly known as the Giant Washing Machine Agitator. No idea if it's still there. Not <i>quite</i> as WTF as the collection.)<br />Indeed, that collection includes quite a variety of WTF. Might lead one to wonder what those who paid for it were thinking... but most of those were funded with Other People's Money, so any folly is perfectly fine, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com