EU to spend £135m building ‘dancing pregnant goddess’

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EU to spend £135m building ‘dancing pregnant goddess’
Nicola Smith



TO its Belgian architect it is a “dancing pregnant goddess” that symbolises the entry of women into politics, but to the layman it looks more like an Easter egg in a 120ft-high wood and glass box.
The latest £135m addition to a long list of expensive European Union constructions in Brussels has sparked controversy before the foundations have even been laid.

The building will be home to European ministers from 2013 when they come to Brussels for EU summits. Work on the project — which will be part-financed by British taxpayers — is to begin next April.

The new creation will use crystal glass and old oakwood frames from all over Europe to symbolise the “cultural patchwork” of the 25-nation bloc.

The design was chosen earlier this month from a list of 48 applicants by a panel of Belgian and European diplomats and the International Union of Architects. It is a joint Belgian, Italian and British creation.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1796445,00.html

[sasha031]

1. those pagan Europeans

why don't they keep it simple and have a 100ft plaque of the ten commandments. :sarcasm:

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4. How about 11 Commandments, including "Thou shalt not humbug"

and a statue/tribute to gay/lesbian clergy?

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2. That is a great idea. Afterall - how many phallic monoliths can one

planet take.

We were all once believers in the fertility goddess. Good for the EU.

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3. The roundness teaches cycles of life. We need more of that.