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Originally Posted by Sight-Seer
I remember the excitement of the design contest. The final design doesn't look anything like the winner. Does it resemble any of the entries? It's too bad we ended up a such an ordinary-looking building.
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That original design was absolutely disgusting. It looked like a great big bird cage, the final third of the way up, with nothing but wasted space. The final design is excellent, mainly because the very top floors are usable for the observation decks and the restaurants. The height of it only matters when there are usable floors, that were the same height as the originals. Now as far as it being , just an "ordinary" looking building, that's all it should be. Just as the twin towers were. They weren't the most spectacular buildings around, as far as character was concerned, but they were icons. This one, along with the others will be because of their size and I'm sure the designs and shapes will grow on people. Liebeskind's style is not what fits skyscrapers. His is more for short rises like the new art museum, here in Denver. Even that is kind of a bizarre looking edifice, but interesting. Not the type of architecture that works for skyscrapers, that's for sure.