An Architecture of Human Anatomy?Critics have likened Zaha Hadid's design for the Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar as "a great vulvic bulge." "It’s really embarrassing that they come up with nonsense like this," Hadid told Time magazine . "What are they saying? Everything with a hole in it is a vagina? That’s ridiculous." We couldn't agree more. Take note: just as all skyscrapers are not phallic symbols, structures with holes in them are not all allusions to vaginas. (In good humor, the Daily Show covered—ie. satirized—the comparison.) Photo 10 of 18 in Architecture and Design: 2013 Year In Review by Diana Budds

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An Architecture of Human Anatomy?Critics have likened Zaha Hadid's design for the Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar as "a great vulvic bulge."

"It’s really embarrassing that they come up with nonsense like this," Hadid told Time magazine . "What are they saying? Everything with a hole in it is a vagina? That’s ridiculous."

We couldn't agree more. Take note: just as all skyscrapers are not phallic symbols, structures with holes in them are not all allusions to vaginas.

(In good humor, the Daily Show covered—ie. satirized—the comparison.)