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Originally Posted by rlw777
Just a general comment but the more I think about it the more the whole description of designs like the Tribune design as "East Asian" bugs me. I get the reference but the style is not an East Asian vernacular and the use of the description seems meant to express a negative connotation in lieu of real criticism.
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Yeah that's been bugging me too. It definitely sounds like it's supposed to be a negative...as if East Asia is lesser in some fashion.
Odd thing is that so many of those buildings being referred to in East Asia are designed by the same firm that designed these buildings.