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| George K | Dec 10 2011, 05:10 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/proposed-s-korean-towers-resemble-exploding-world-trade-center_611802.html Proposed S. Korean Towers Resemble Exploding World Trade Center The unveiling of pictures of planned luxury residential towers scheduled to be built in Seoul, South Korea, has sparked instant controversy. The reason is obvious. The towers, which include a so-called “cloud” feature connecting them around the 27th floors, clearly resemble the World Trade Towers in the process of collapsing following the 9/11 attacks. ![]() The designers of the towers, Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, have responded to the controversy by quickly publishing an apology in English. “It was not our intention to create an image resembling the attacks,” the designers insist, “nor did we see the resemblance during the design process.” They did not see the resemblance during the design process? The problem with this assertion – apart from its inherent implausibility – is that they have admitted the contrary in Dutch. Thus Jan Knikker of MVRDV told the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, “I have to admit that we also thought of the 9/11 attacks.” |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 11 2011, 09:57 AM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Wow. I really don't have a sense of how deeply ingrained that image is for people in other countries, but it would seem someone would have noticed it before it got to that stage. On the other hand, can something positive come out of that image? Is it possible to employ it in that way? |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 11 2011, 10:00 AM Post #3 |
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MAMIL
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Cheap publicity for a couple of scumbag architects is pretty much all I can think of. |
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| sue | Dec 11 2011, 10:10 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Wow indeed. While I wouldn't expect the rest of the world to have the image of America's wtc as clearly ingrained in their minds as you guys, that is a really bizarre thing to do. |
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| Piano*Dad | Dec 11 2011, 02:34 PM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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This seems like a perfectly sensible explanation to me. Simple, direct, and completely compatible with an almost unselfconsciously amoral, self-centered, and self-indulgent ethos that seems increasingly common these days. Are we sure it isn't a joke? |
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