The critic du jour of Architizer's "Angry Architect" series recently defended Norman Foster's upcoming NYC tower, tackling claims that it will diminish Mies van der Rohe's seminal Seagram Building: "[Foster's tower] rises from street level with simple elegance, displaying a height-to-width ratio that simultaneously complements and contrasts with Mies van der Rohe's classic." The architect continues, "how can we hope to create architectural landmarks in the future if we wrap all of our existing icons in the cotton wool of conservatism?" Read on. [Architizer]
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