Critic's notebook: Skyscrapers remain powerful symbols, post 9/11

"Any skyscraper is a contradiction.

The tall tower is architecture's most famous building type and also the one most clearly at odds with the profession's roots. Fundamentally, architecture is shelter, a concession that we're afraid to face the elements without protection. A skyscraper is vertical hubris."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  Los Angeles Times
On:  09/04/11
Website:  http://www.latimes.com

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