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Does a Frankenstein Building Symbolize Architecture's Endemic Social Negligence?

Kaid Benfield muses on the question of whether architects are more interested in making statements than serving people, a topic raised in a recent commentary by Christine Outram. He uses Toronto’s deconstructivist “Crystal” as an entry point.

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