View Full Version : Anyone know what this building is?
Big Don
08-19-2010, 08:43 PM
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/19/article-1304497-061C76CB000005DC-302_468x312.jpg
It looks like a giant zipper pull, doesn't it?
Big Don
08-19-2010, 08:52 PM
Oh, was that not what you meant by "Ask Questions?" :)
Jade Tigress
08-19-2010, 09:08 PM
Shanghai World Financial Center?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/18/world/main951754.shtml
Big Don
08-20-2010, 12:04 AM
Shanghai World Financial Center?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/18/world/main951754.shtml
Nah, that one looks more like a giant bottle opener...
Jade Tigress
08-20-2010, 08:49 AM
Nah, that one looks more like a giant bottle opener...
LOL! We're looking for a zipper pull dammit! :D
Yeah, I wasn't sure, it was the closest thing I could find.
Xue Sheng
08-20-2010, 09:37 AM
It is in Saudi Arabia (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1304497/Saudi-man-paralysed-countryman-cleaver-faces-having-spinal-cord-severed-eye-eye-punishment.html)
Big Don
08-20-2010, 09:42 AM
It is in Saudi Arabia (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1304497/Saudi-man-paralysed-countryman-cleaver-faces-having-spinal-cord-severed-eye-eye-punishment.html)
Yeah, but, how do I find out what the hell it is? Google "weird looking buildings in Saudi Arabia?"
Xue Sheng
08-20-2010, 10:15 AM
Ask the people who posted it, I found a place on the page to ask questions
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/feedback.html
CoryKS
08-20-2010, 10:23 AM
Four Seasons Hotel, Riyadh (http://www.goldcoast.com.sa/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109:four-seasons-hotel-riyadh&catid=36:our-luxury-hotels-1)
Update: I loves me some Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=four+seasons+kingdom+centre+riyadh&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.273371,79.277344&ie=UTF8&hq=four+seasons+kingdom+centre&hnear=Riyadh,+Ar+Riyad+Saudi+Arabia&ll=24.711126,46.673323&spn=0.00498,0.013765&t=h&z=17).
Xue Sheng
08-20-2010, 10:38 AM
Shanghai World Financial Center?
Four Seasons Hotel, Riyadh
For the record
I’d rather be in Shanghai
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ccr/blog/shanghai1.jpg
Than Riyadh
http://www.ksau-hs.edu.sa/English/LifeInCampus/Activities/PublishingImages/riyadh-3-large.jpg
:D
CoryKS
08-20-2010, 10:40 AM
You and me both.
Big Don
08-20-2010, 02:35 PM
Thanks! It is just such a neat looking building.
Xue Sheng
08-20-2010, 04:41 PM
Here is a neat looking building
http://2008gamesbeijing.com/images/cctv-building-beijing.jpg
The new CCTV building in Bejing
Which replaced the old CCTV Building in Beijing
http://www.beijingimpression.com/UpdateImage/BImg/cctv-tower-100.jpg
Big Don
08-20-2010, 06:40 PM
Here is a neat looking building
http://2008gamesbeijing.com/images/cctv-building-beijing.jpg
The new CCTV building in Bejing
Designed no doubt, by Escher?
Big Don
08-20-2010, 08:46 PM
Another neat looking building (http://oviedo.for91days.com/2010/08/20/calatravas-palacio-de-congresos/). Too many pictures to choose from
CoryKS
08-21-2010, 10:17 AM
Another neat looking building (http://oviedo.for91days.com/2010/08/20/calatravas-palacio-de-congresos/). Too many pictures to choose from
The first picture: what do you get when you cross a potato chip with the starship Enterprise?
Xue Sheng
08-23-2010, 08:44 AM
Designed no doubt, by Escher?
Yes, and inside it looks like this :D
http://www.globalgallery.com/prod_images/600/esc-e6.jpg
Big Don
08-23-2010, 11:38 AM
Yes, and inside it looks like this :D
http://www.globalgallery.com/prod_images/600/esc-e6.jpg
Must drive the maid nuts
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