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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:46:28 +0530
| the more things change....
| the story of Le Corbusier and the United Nations
| buildings retold?
The indestructibles
The Freedom Tower at Ground Zero could be the world's most attack-proof
building. Is this the future of urban design? Steve Rose reports
Monday September 11, 2006
The Guardian
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Gone, too, are Libeskind's asymmetrical Statue of Liberty references.
The design is sober and minimal - you could say conventional. Imagine
shaving the corners off one of the original Twin Tower blocks, so that
it gradually tapers as it rises, then cladding the whole thing in glass.
Childs describes it as an obelisk sitting on a base, like the Egyptians
built at Karnak, or the Washington Monument. "I think the pure
simplicity of this building will be seen as the proper symbol for the
memorial," he says.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,,1869596,00.html