It's a pretty building.

But it looks so out of place in London.

They're just shooting down the Sycorax ship before it can cause damage.

yes, but what about the friggin sharks?!

Bunnyhat: It's a pretty building.

But it looks so out of place in London.

Maybe this is why?

The £1.5billion project has been financed by Qatar.

someone should photoshop that into this

It's going to look amazing shrouded in fog!

fusillade762: Bunnyhat: It's a pretty building.

But it looks so out of place in London.

Maybe this is why?

The £1.5billion project has been financed by Qatar.

This.

I find the lasers to be quite annoying, good thing it's in the UK

Damn, two Doctor Who references already...just came in to say that for some reason it reminds me of a Dalek.

Hello from the future. It's 2079 and the world is still around. There has been a monumental change in.... I can't tell you or it will affect your timeline. Will call in two years..... incoming message....plan not as seems..

Bunnyhat: But it looks so out of place in London.

The history of architecture in London is a series of buildings that looked out of place in London.

WhyteRaven74: Bunnyhat: But it looks so out of place in London.

The history of architecture in London every farking settlement on Earth since the dawn of time is a series of buildings that looked out of place in Londonevery farking settlement on Earth since the dawn of time.

FTFY

phalamir: every farking settlement on Earth since the dawn of time

There are people on Earth whose native architecture has experienced no shifts for untold centuries, in some cases to back before the Greeks even thought it would be cool to ring a building with columbs. Not every culture goes about figuring out how to make different looking structures as an exercise unto itself. Also, some things have come and gone and come back again...



That's a rendering of what ancient Romans called an insula, it's what we call an apartment building. Doesn't look too far different from apartment buildings you see being built even today. Funny thing is, while a Roman from 2,000 years ago would have no problem getting what a modern apartment building is, the average European from 800 years ago? Whole other story.

At least it doesn't look like some of the artistic abortions in Toronto, like the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, or the OCAD. Strangers still see the OCAD for the first time, and think it's some kind of practical joke.

adeist69: Damn, two Doctor Who references already...just came in to say that for some reason it reminds me of a Dalek.

Me too, I came all the way here just to post a picture of the building with the lasers and say "EXTERMINATE!!"

hardly seems worth it now

At first I was going to congratulate the UK but then I read this piece of gem. Sad really.. UK or for the most part western Europe is slowly being colonized by Muslims form the middle east and northern africa.

The £1.5billion project has been financed by Qatar. Abdullah Saoud al-Thani, Qatar Central Bank governor, said: "It's a symbol of Qatar's belief and commitment to London both today and in the future."

Seems like old news, been seeing this thing on TV for what seems like days. And the headline is...as dull as the event.

End, begin...all the same.

It's attacking the city!

WhyteRaven74: Bunnyhat: But it looks so out of place in London.

The history of architecture in London is a series of buildings that looked out of place in London.

Penis/dildo building.

Good to see the English sense of humour is alive and well.

Clearly Nod technology.

They never believed me when I said Necrons would be OP in 6th ed.

Tallest building in London? Isn't that like being the tallest man in Japan?

filter: Tallest building in London? Isn't that like being the tallest man in Japan?

Tallest building in Europe.

SuperNinjaToad: At first I was going to congratulate the UK but then I read this piece of gem. Sad really.. UK or for the most part western Europe is slowly being colonized by Muslims form the middle east and northern africa.

The £1.5billion project has been financed by Qatar. Abdullah Saoud al-Thani, Qatar Central Bank governor, said: "It's a symbol of Qatar's belief and commitment to London both today and in the future."

This word 'slowly' you keep using. I don't think it means what you think it means

I went to see this, and it was rubbish. A picture in the newspaper a few days before showed a whole array of lasers lighting up central London in all directions. In actuality there were three, and they only illuminated one side of the building with coloured floodlights. Probably got prevented from doing an epic laser show by some archaic British health & safety law.

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Clearly Nod technology.

Came for Nod, left satisfied.

/Peace
//Unity
///Brotherhood
////KANE LIVES!

That giant cocktail fork would have been so much better if they had built it with a giant green olive skewered on the end.

What's with all the Qatar-hate, Fark? You know where the money came from, right?

AlwaysRightBoy: WhyteRaven74: Bunnyhat: But it looks so out of place in London.

The history of architecture in London is a series of buildings that looked out of place in London.

Penis/dildo building.

The Gherkin?

I find it amusing that the official unveiling of the tallest building in a country whose ass we kicked twice used a song by an American composer.

Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: I find it amusing that the official unveiling of the tallest building in a country whose ass we kicked twice used a song by an American composer.

Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man

I liked Civilization better when that was the theme song. Sublime.

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: I find it amusing that the official unveiling of the tallest building in a country whose ass we kicked twice used a song by an American composer.

Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man

I think you'll find it's because we recognise a good piece of music when we hear it, whoever wrote it.
Wit. Our Lord of the Dance (school hymn) was an adaptation of a USian song.