Impact of Sept. 11 On Architectural Trends

A thoughful opinion by Mike Greenberg on the impact, if any, of September 11 on trends in architecture.

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November 16, 2001, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Times change and the World Trade Center towers represent a building style that is not likely to be replicated today. "We need an architecture that expresses where we are today - more complex in form, more layered and supple in surface, more engaged with the city, more extrovert and sociable, less symmetrical and programmed."

Thanks to Bill Barker

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