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British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« on: September 09, 2012, 07:40:36 PM »
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British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese

It was billed as China’s answer to the Arc de Triomphe — a spectacular £445m British-designed skyscraper paying homage to the Asian country’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 “giant underpants”.

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: 
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2012, 07:51:22 PM »


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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2012, 06:31:33 AM »
It was going to be a giant Obama statue.....note the absence of balls.
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2012, 10:07:49 AM »
All your pants are belong to us.
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2012, 10:22:05 AM »
That is awesome!!!  :yahoo:
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2012, 10:40:17 AM »
 :rofl:  It looks like the beginning of a big Paul Bunyon statue! 
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2012, 10:59:59 AM »
Bow-legged Hip-huggers - what's to complain about?
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #9 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.
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #10 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.

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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #11 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:
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2012, 01:59:36 PM »
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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2012, 10:16:04 PM »
Maybe after they finish the squarepants, they can construct a SpongeBarak on top.
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Re: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2012, 10:23:01 PM »
Didn't anybody in china review the plans before approving construction?
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Re: Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #15 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?

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Re: British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2012, 01:01:24 AM »
So they're hanging the balls later?
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