A queer appearance
Astragal is far too clean minded to search for phallic symbolism in Morphosis’ tower design for La Défense in Paris (see www.ajplus.co.uk ). So what is it doing appearing on the Towelroad website ‘a blog with homosexual tendencies’ at www.towelroad.com ? Described as ‘Unusual erection to rise on La Défense in Paris, featuring a rooftop wind farm’, it nestles between items on South Africa’s Civil Union ...
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