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Guess the Architecture for 9/4/2018

Posted September 04, 2018 2:00 PM by MaggieMc

Can you guess this week's building?

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09/04/2018 2:06 PM

https://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/23/cultural-centre-two-moon-hoon-concrete-concave-facade-seoul-south-korea/

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09/04/2018 2:42 PM

Two Moon Hoon....

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09/04/2018 3:16 PM

Although yours fits, I prefer my pic....

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09/04/2018 3:29 PM

I wonder what influenced the architect?

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09/04/2018 4:18 PM

Well those look like constellations and moons...

...so I'm going to say a "B" movie from the 80's....

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09/04/2018 7:15 PM

"That's no moon"...….

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09/04/2018 6:20 PM

Oh I think it was cleavage furrow.

dancing on the balcony?

...is that two doors?

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09/08/2018 12:20 AM

"I wonder what influenced the architect?"

Bad drugs?

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09/08/2018 6:19 PM

or good drugs...I'm sure he got paid.

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09/04/2018 6:11 PM

Six minutes from posting. I wonder if that's a record?

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09/04/2018 6:53 PM

no

that's six minutes

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09/04/2018 7:35 PM

OK, wise guy.

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09/08/2018 6:24 PM

It could have been quicker, It was easy but took me 2 searches to find it. I didn't start a search till 2:04.

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09/08/2018 10:28 PM

You should get 2 GA's each- 1 for being right, and 1 for doing it before SE....
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09/05/2018 3:01 AM

Madness I am well late but wouldn't have had a scooby. However I have less excuse than most, this building is approx 200m from my desk as the crow flies. I shall have to go take a look

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09/05/2018 10:19 AM

Haha....Lucky it's not the actual building you are in, that would really be a gotcha'....what are the odds...

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09/05/2018 11:07 AM

Is it an office, store or home ? Either way it's distracting to the eye. I could imagine the stumbling by pedestrians and those preambulating.
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