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Title: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: BattleHymn on September 09, 2012, 07:40:36 PM: Quote

British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese

It was billed as Chinaâ€™s answer to the Arc de Triomphe â€” a spectacular Â£445m British-designed skyscraper paying homage to the Asian countryâ€™s turbo-charged economic rise. But even before the 74-storey Gate to the East is complete it has come under attack from critics who compare it not to the famous Parisian war memorial but to a pair of â€œgiant underpantsâ€.

Located in Suzhou, 45 miles west of Shanghai, the 270 yard-high skyscraper is the work of British architecture practice RMJM, founded in Edinburgh in 1956 by Sir Robert Matthew and Stirrat Johnson-Marshall.

According to the company bankrolling the project, Suzhou Chinaing Real Estate Co, the Gate to the East will be completed later this year becoming the largest gate-shaped structure in the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9520245/British-designed-skyscraper-resembles-big-pants-say-angry-Chinese.html

Gate shaped, right. Who says the British have lost their sense of humor? :rofl:
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: thundley4 on September 09, 2012, 07:51:22 PM: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/underpants-buildin_2328244b.jpg)

:rofl:
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: ExGeeEye on September 10, 2012, 05:50:44 AM: Hang a giant Levi's label off that bad boy.

If I was near my own computer I'd try to 'shop it.
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 10, 2012, 06:31:33 AM: It was going to be a giant Obama statue.....note the absence of balls.
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: Wineslob on September 10, 2012, 10:07:49 AM: All your pants are belong to us.
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: Gina on September 10, 2012, 10:22:05 AM: That is awesome!!! :yahoo:
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: obumazombie on September 10, 2012, 10:25:44 AM: Quote from: Wineslob on September 10, 2012, 10:07:49 AM
All your pants are belong to us.
It never gets old. I must come up with my own creative ways to employ this, it has legs, at least for 24 business hours.
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: Karin on September 11, 2012, 10:40:17 AM: :rofl: It looks like the beginning of a big Paul Bunyon statue!
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: Undies on September 11, 2012, 10:59:59 AM: Bow-legged Hip-huggers - what's to complain about?
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: WinOne4TheGipper on September 11, 2012, 12:07:31 PM: Quote from: BattleHymn on September 09, 2012, 07:40:36 PM

Gate shaped, right. Who says the British have lost their sense of humor? :rofl:

How's that for irony? China is complaining about the way another country makes things.
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: IassaFTots on September 11, 2012, 12:15:04 PM: Quote from: WinOne4TheGipper on September 11, 2012, 12:07:31 PM
How's that for irony? China is complaining about the way another country makes things.

Hi5!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: DefiantSix on September 11, 2012, 12:15:13 PM: Quote from: WinOne4TheGipper on September 11, 2012, 12:07:31 PM
How's that for irony? China is complaining about the way another country makes things.

Probably not enough lead, mercury or other things that kill/harm chilluns in it. :whatever:
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: Wineslob on September 11, 2012, 01:59:36 PM: [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkeAzqhlkNk[/youtube]
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: obumazombie on September 11, 2012, 10:16:04 PM: Maybe after they finish the squarepants, they can construct a SpongeBarak on top.
Title: Re: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: DLR Pyro on September 11, 2012, 10:23:01 PM: Didn't anybody in china review the plans before approving construction?
Title: Re: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: GOP Congress on September 13, 2012, 11:25:07 PM: Quote from: DLR Pyro on September 11, 2012, 10:23:01 PM
Didn't anybody in china review the plans before approving construction?

Shhh!! You'll spoil all the fun!! :rotf:
Title: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
Post by: NHSparky on September 14, 2012, 01:01:24 AM: So they're hanging the balls later?