Racist Architect, this couldn't be an accident (pic)

[Kenny B!]

I was checking google maps around a condo I'm looking at picking up near ASU and saw these 2 buildings which are a company by the name of Lab Corporation. Not only did they design the 2 buildings in the shape of swastikas they lined the roof in what seems to be copper so anyone with a view from above won't miss it...

[Harmon]

Here is a picture of the architect


In all actuality, they probably did it to save property space man. Oh yeah, and swastikas mean peace in many countries.

[L-Pink]

The architectural firm of Eichmann, Goebbels and Goering does nice work.

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[stephane76]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvery/143053448/

[~Ray]

arizona state university?

[Kenny B!]

Originally Posted by ~Ray

arizona state university?

Yep it's less than 10 miles from the ASU campus!

[Best-In-BC]

Well thats what happens when your country makes deals with the devils from Germany

[gleem]

a little nazi architecture never hurt anyone.... assuming there's no big smoke clouds coming out of it ;)

[96ukssob]

look at that cross on the left! how dare they mix religion and architecture!!

[Sly]

I would think it's those ceramic tiles and not copper.

[PR_Glen]

Originally Posted by Sly

I would think it's those ceramic tiles and not copper.

especially in AZ.

[Kenny B!]

Originally Posted by Sly

I would think it's those ceramic tiles and not copper.

Yeah tiles makes a lot more sense than metal that would become hot as hell.

[Phoenix]

there are a bunch of buildings like that
i wonder if the design makes sense

[ReggieDurango]

wasn't the symbol now known as the swastika actually a Budest, or some other peaceful symbol, before the Nazi's came and bogarted it?

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by ReggieDurango

wasn't the symbol now known as the swastika actually a Budest, or some other peaceful symbol, before the Nazi's came and bogarted it?

I'm not certain about any of this because it's been a very long time, but I *BELIEVE* many cultures have used the same or similar symbol over a long period of time and well before the Nazis did.

As far as I recall it spans back thousands of years, even predating the Egyptian Ankh. As I remember it, it first shows up in and around ancient Troy some 1000 years BC.

[Kenny B!]

Originally Posted by ReggieDurango

wasn't the symbol now known as the swastika actually a Budest, or some other peaceful symbol, before the Nazi's came and bogarted it?

Yeah it was but the Nazi party had better branding than the Buddhists and kinda ruined it for them. It's all about branding

[Shey]

It's in a couple of my favorite Indian restaurants, no skin heads working there

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by ReggieDurango

wasn't the symbol now known as the swastika actually a Budest, or some other peaceful symbol, before the Nazi's came and bogarted it?

yes budhists use the symbol
you can see it everywhere in korea
although it faces the other way

[JamesGw]

I doubt anything nefarious is going on.

[Moose]

Its not the only one, there are more. Here is a Navy building in San diego.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/us/27swastika.html

[Roald]

Originally Posted by Kenny B!

Yeah it was but the Nazi party had better branding than the Buddhists and kinda ruined it for them. It's all about branding

haha damn

[MaDalton]

met a girl in thailand who had that tattoed on her wrist and ankle, which freaked me, as a german, out for a moment. but she had never even heard about nazis (which made me think about the school system in Thailand).

[baddog]

It goes back to biblical times.

[marketsmart]

jesus was a nazi...

most people dont know that...




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[LAJ]

Regardless of how far back the swastika goes... I think it's pretty safe to say those buildings were built after the late 1930...

[baddog]

The point being, that not everyone sees that as a swastika.

[scottybuzz]

a swastika is one way peace symbols are the other way

[porno jew]

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swa...ikahistory.htm

[pornguy]

Originally Posted by WarChild

I'm not certain about any of this because it's been a very long time, but I *BELIEVE* many cultures have used the same or similar symbol over a long period of time and well before the Nazis did.

As far as I recall it spans back thousands of years, even predating the Egyptian Ankh. As I remember it, it first shows up in and around ancient Troy some 1000 years BC.

Yes it was a symbol of peace not death.

[MetaMan]

Originally Posted by Kenny B!

I was checking google maps around a condo I'm looking at picking up near ASU and saw these 2 buildings which are a company by the name of Lab Corporation. Not only did they design the 2 buildings in the shape of swastikas they lined the roof in what seems to be copper so anyone with a view from above won't miss it...

you clearly have race issues if you look at a building and see that.

you're 100% a RACIST.

[baddog]

[Chosen]

Originally Posted by Kenny B!

I was checking google maps around a condo I'm looking at picking up near ASU and saw these 2 buildings which are a company by the name of Lab Corporation. Not only did they design the 2 buildings in the shape of swastikas they lined the roof in what seems to be copper so anyone with a view from above won't miss it...

You surely haven't been to asia and have no knowledge of ancient asian culture and religion, have you?

[arock10]

racist nazzzis

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by Chosen

You surely haven't been to asia and have no knowledge of ancient asian culture and religion, have you?

dont the Asian swastikas point in the opposite direction? Or maybe some do and some dont. I think I have also seen the swastika as an ancient native American symbol as well.

oh yeah, found it on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

so not necessarily racist although I think it most widely recognized as a symbol of the Nazi's and probably not in the best taste as an architectural form

if you want to see these buildings on google maps the address is;
Ste E5, 5620 W Thunderbird Rd
Glendale, AZ 85306

[woj]

actually seems like an efficient design...

[bean-aid]

Originally Posted by Kenny B!

Does anybody see the upside down smiling robotic face? That is more prevalent then any swatch watch

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by beaner

Does anybody see the upside down smiling robotic face? That is more prevalent then any swatch watch

you see a lot of bunnies and boobies in the clouds dont you?




just kidding ya a bit

[Kenny B!]

Originally Posted by Chosen

You surely haven't been to asia and have no knowledge of ancient asian culture and religion, have you?

I think you should show everyone how proud you are of your knowledge of ancient Asian culture and religion and walk around wearing a swastika anywhere in North America or Europe and see how you fair.

That symbol has been re-branded to something far different than it's original intent, there aren't many people in the southern united states that realize it's origin.

[harvey]

I only see a big black cock at the bottom of the picture, that's reverse racism against whiteys like me

[nikki99]

Originally Posted by harvey

I only see a big black cock at the bottom of the picture, that's reverse racism against whiteys like me

[Anthony]

Does he look like a skin head to you?

[Kenny B!]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Does he look like a skin head to you?

Nope and this guy doesn't either, but something tells me he's not up on his ancient asian symbols either...


Then again I'm making a racist assumption!

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by Chosen

You surely haven't been to asia and have no knowledge of ancient asian culture and religion, have you?

there is no asia... it's just all lies from the illuminati

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Kenny B!

That symbol has been re-branded to something far different than it's original intent, there aren't many people in the southern united states that realize it's origin.

Now you are definitely being racist.

[Kenny B!]

Originally Posted by baddog

Now you are definitely being racist.

Nah just an asshole

[cherrylula]

Originally Posted by Kenny B!

That symbol has been re-branded to something far different than it's original intent, there aren't many people in the southern united states that realize it's origin.

And architects and designers have been EDUCATED to the fact that it is a design element, like a cross or circle. That shape has been used for centuries in design.

When you see it as a racist symbol, you are supporting one jerk's use of it (hitler/swastika) and further continuing to give him credit for it. It's NOT just his symbol. It is a design element, especially used in architecture for wings of a building. It creates a solid structure that way, nothing to do with racism. Nothing.

Now quit being so racist by giving credit to racists. Learning is good.

[John-ACWM]

He sure is proud of his work.

[Kenny B!]

Originally Posted by cherrylula

And architects and designers have been EDUCATED to the fact that it is a design element, like a cross or circle. That shape has been used for centuries in design.

When you see it as a racist symbol, you are supporting one jerk's use of it (hitler/swastika) and further continuing to give him credit for it. It's NOT just his symbol. It is a design element, especially used in architecture for wings of a building. It creates a solid structure that way, nothing to do with racism. Nothing.

Now quit being so racist by giving credit to racists. Learning is good.

Yeah, yeah, ancient peace symbol, blah, blah blah makes for a solid structure, whatever... I found buildings shaped like swastika and thought it was amusing and wanted to share it.

As far as giving the hitler and the nazi party credit for the swastika, he did a much better job at branding it than anyone else so he get's the prize.

[arock10]

people need to bring back the hitler stache