-Caveat Lector- <><>Wouldn't buildings be considered only ONE of the many examples?<><> >From Yahoo! in Asia News Tuesday December 8, 12:42 PM World's tallest building condemned as giant Australian phallic symbol MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec 8 (AFP) - Government-backed plans by an Australian developer to construct the world's tallest building in Melbourne were ridiculed here Tuesday as proposals for a giant phallic symbol. Melbourne University professor of architecture and urban design Kim Dovey likened the 120-storey skyscraper planned by builder Bruno Grollo to "a giant erection". "I think it's a sort of boys own game that we really should have grown out of," he added. Grollo's 1.5-billion dollar (930-million US) plan for a 560-metre (1,850-foot) tower was approved Monday as a key element of the Victorian state government's redevelopment plans for Melboure docklands. It will include a 320-bed luxury hotel, 450 apartments, shops and offices. If completed according to current plans, Grollo's obelisk-shaped tower would be more than 100 metres (330-feet) taller than the current holder of the world's tallest title, the 452-metre Petronas Towers in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Toronto's CN Tower stands at 554 metres, but that includes a communications antenna. Before construction can begin, however, Grollo has to prove he has the necessary financing and persuade Australia's federal government to change a sporadically-used flightpath over the proposed building site. Grollo, who has been pushing the highly controversial plan for four years, said he was confident he could get over both hurdles, predicting construction could start within a year and be completed in a further five. "My gut feeling is that it is going to be the tallest building in the world for a long time," Grollo said on Monday. "But then again it doesn't matter. For a moment of time it will be the tallest building on this planet and for Victorians and for Melburnians I think that is a good thing." Dovey said that while the skyscrapers of the early 20th century were pioneering architecture it was now "the architecture of arrogance." "I think it's become a kind of architecture of power which is really about domination and intimidation and to some extent a kind of a quest for immortality. "They are phallic symbols too. I don't think you can separate from that -- they're sort of giant erections. Heritage Victoria chairwoman Catherine Heggen complained that the development would destroy most of the heritage buildings on the site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
