Sex in Architecture  

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Brings up a bigger question of why we describe some design as being sexy, what is it in the aesthetics of the object or building that...well you know what I mean, I'm tired.
And of course it needen't be so obvious as...

Where is that?
I can't di...
Where is that?
I can't discredit your post as it is relevant. Perhaps sexual or sensual elements seep into design not intentionally but as a natural translation of attraction?
I'm horrible recollecting quotes, but there's one about Architecture being a mirror of a civilization. If we compare ancient architecture to modern, we see opposites. Ancient being male orientated modern female orientated. So if the modern conscious were more masculine, so would the design. I don't mean phallic, I mean masculine.

Only
masculine is sexual ? Can't there be a sexy feminine architecture ?
Since leaving behind her pointy hard-edged work, Zaha Hadid has done feminine (?) curvaceous forms that some might describe as sexy.
For me, a more subtle sort of extension-form is what I have always thought of as sexy architecture:

I think there is usually an...
I think there is usually an element of theatre in a sexy object or design, for me this Nervi stadium is sexy.
Personally I don't find Hadids work sexy, I think its a little bit too sterile for that.
The phallic towers are in Cappadocia and are a result of natural weathering, at least I think they are, I know much of the landform has been carved out for housing but those three towers I'm not so sure.

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When i saw the header i also thought of Niemeyer, and Saarinen.
TWA terminal.

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I also find Cor-ten steel very sexy. Saarinen used it in his John Deere HQ's.
Very handsome.
Concrete, steel, wood. Three very beautiful materials.
Letting the materials speak for themselves without much ornament,
or 'make-up'...i find very attractive.
Sexy is not often applied to buildings. Interesting. Very often cars are spoken
of in sexy slang. 'that's a sexy set o' wheels buddy'
I don't recall using 'sexy' much on an entire structure, but i overuse it on
various individual parts.

This may be of interest
'The Erotic Object' at MoMA
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/960

Good examples,
for me too.
Isn't "sexy" just a synonym for whatever we find excitingly beautiful, with perhaps a quality of going "all the way" (!) in a particular direction. . .

Do you mean
that when you hire an architect, reupholsterer or decorator, you're suppose to bed the person before the work is done?
I'm confused....I think. Perhaps, not.
Seriously, I usually do not connect sex with architecture. I also do not not think of chocolate syrup with I see a nice chair, either.

Maybe
the term is no longer current ?
I can't say I hear it often, nowadays. . .
Oh, well.

I think it is with vehicle...
I think it is with vehicle enthusiasts.
I wonder why its not used as much? I like the 'all the way' idea, sexy buildings don't seem to compromise.

Maybe
Barry has just never had . . .good "building" before. . .

you have
no idea

"Sexy Architecture"
I think that using the adjective "sexy" in describing Architecture is difficult because of the scale. It's much easier to use it to describe smaller objects of design. The curvaceous hour glass shape of the Cherner chair for example: