It's a fucking poop emoji
It seems to me that the freedom of modern materials and modern computer analysis have reduced high end architecture to little more than very public acts of masturbation.
Just look at some of the works by "Iconic" architect Frank Ghery.
This is self indulgent crap.
I generally don't care about ugly art, but architecture forces you to see it every time that you are there.
In case you are wondering, this is not some guy with photoshop.
The hotel is real, and people noticed how fucking ugly it was when it opened:
You can’t polish a turd, but you can clad it in bronze-coloured steel. Edinburgh’s new W Hotel is proof. Poking its faecal peak above the historic skyline, puncturing the globally cherished panorama of elegant stone steeples and spires, this shimmering pile is evidence that, despite all the Unesco World Heritage site protections, conservation group campaigns and lengthy planning negotiations, shit still happens.
Trumpeting the arrival of the £1bn St James Quarter retail-hotel-housing behemoth to the Georgian New Town, the bronzed coil now butts on to the horizon from practically every prospect of the Scottish capital. From some angles, it appears to squat on other buildings’ shoulders, like an unfortunate deposit dropped from on high. From others, it looms up in the background, standing as a menacing dung heap at the end of axial vistas (perhaps appropriately in the case of the Melville monument, providing a soiled backdrop to a man who delayed the abolition of slavery). Just when you thought you’d evaded the gilded mess, its pert tip rears up above the rooftops with a mocking flick.
Yes, I know, Oliver Wainwright does a far better job of excoriating the job than I do.
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