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In many ways, the words of a forumer come easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we must face is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a architect truly risks something and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. With this tower, we experienced something new, an extraordinary creation from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the building and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine architecture is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. To many of us have forgotten what fine architecture is about. It is about towers such as this. |
I must be one of the very few people who unironically loves this. To me it represents the perfect wedding of the little angel and devil on our shoulders.
The angel wants us to be selfless, to help others and be righteous and all that. The devil wants us to be selfish and push others down to get what we want. This building would be built for selfish purposes, but it would also be a gift to the architectural community; no longer would we be hamstrung by the same tired old stylistic thinking. Modernist, postmodernist etc. Instead we could literally build anything provided somebody wants to pay for it. |
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