"It looks like a Beluga whale's fanny" - architecture and design

"It looks like a Beluga whale's fanny"



In this week's comments update, readers are poking fun at the Zaha Hadid-designed stadium in Qatar, which will host matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Genital resemblance: readers think the Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar, designed by Zaha Hadid and Patrick Schumacher, looks like a vagina.
"It looks like a Beluga whale's fanny," joked Terry.
Kirsten agreed: "Poor old Qatar. Little did they realise when they chose this design that their World Cup would come to be overshadowed by a discussion centred on whether their landmark stadium resembles a Beluga whale's fanny."
"They missed a trick not having the roof retract down the centre into the sides. It would have worked well with the whole giant vagina look they've gone for," added Conan. "Zaha had a wonderfully wicked sense of humour," said Julia PJ. "She would have loved the idea of teams of fit young men playing with their balls inside her giant 'vagina', it would have been a hoot!"
One reader didn't think Zaha would've been amused:
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Notre don't: while some readers are amused by the outrageous design proposals for Notre-Dame Cathedral's roof and spire, others are simply over it.
"Please... just rebuild Notre-Dame as she was, and forget all this tosh," said Starcruzer.
"Imagine being French, losing a cultural artifact, and seeing this egotistical junk that mocks your heritage and loss," said bored millennial. ...
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