London-based Iraqi architect under fire as pressure mounts for designs in Qatar and Japan to be scaled backOne looks like a futuristic bicycle helmet,stretched across its Tokyo site in an aerodynamic sweep. The other has been said to resemble a vagina, rising out of the Qatari desert in a much vulvic bulge.
Both are in fact sinuous sporting stadiums by the London-based Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, or who is facing calls for her exuberant designs to be scaled back.
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Source: theguardian.com