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Didymus · Feb 27, 2003

interesting article on this archeticht in March Smithsonian magizine. Their site is si.edu. Hope it s ok to post that.

Ajnin · Feb 27, 2003

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues03/mar03/libeskind.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02/26/wtc.finalist.ap/

As opinion on the design, and I'm no expert, I think it looks like a modern interpretation of a crater or a hole in the ground. So no, I don't like it.

Didymus · Feb 27, 2003

I don t care for any of his building shown in that article except for the Jewish one in Germany. I don t know about the hole either but I find the concept of a wll that does not cast a shadow at the time of the attack intriguing. he is certainly a very creative man.

Aurelius · Feb 27, 2003

This design has absolutely no redeeming features at all. What is it trying to say? Where is its aesthetic appeal?

Are people honestly expected to pay money for this thing?

eldermike · Feb 27, 2003

DANIEL LIBESKIND

Born in Poland in 1946, the son of two Holocaust survivors
Came to the U.S. when he was 13; first sight of America was the Statue of Liberty
Became a U.S. citizen in 1965
Studied music before taking up architecture
Signature design is the Jewish Museum in Berlin

I would say that He is uniquely qualified to design this building.

Didymus · Feb 27, 2003

art is totally objective. what you love I hate and vice versa. But who pays for it is a good question. Ahh our tax dollars at work.

Aurelius · Feb 27, 2003

Nobody's doubting that he is uniquely qualified to design this building. But that doesn't make it a good one by default.

I preferred that other tentative design which looked like a rocket. That one had some real imagination behind it.

This other thing looks like Bauhaus on steroids.

Didymus · Feb 27, 2003

I haven t seen the rocket one. The hole wont remain just dirt fro long if nature is allowed to work. have you ever noticed how quickly grass and small plants start to cover bare dirt ?

ocean · Feb 27, 2003

This design shows no imagination at all. The other design was much better, IMO.

tom · Feb 27, 2003

it it will be interesting  it will beinteresting to eew how this new wtc buliding will look like when finished.

TheBear · Feb 27, 2003

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TheBear · Feb 27, 2003

It makes a nice desktop background.

My Higher Self · Feb 28, 2003

I don't like it myself.....I liked several of the other preliminary designs by different firms, but to me this one is too conservative height wise. To me it says "We are too scared to build something really tall again" Sure it has that single spire, but that doesn't really count.

IMO what we really need is another tall building that says "You have't broken our spirit".

But that's just me.

ocean · Feb 28, 2003

I think it is too conservative, it needs to be taller. It also needs to be more practical and pragmatic, instead of just a glass tower.

O'Mara · Feb 28, 2003

I think that it's the least gaudy of the competition, though, I'm not particularly fond of it either.

MetalBlade · Feb 28, 2003

I seen the design at cnn and it looks pretty cool. They are leaving out the hollowed out portion as a memorium. Plus the symbolism between the hight of the buildings (1,776 feet) is pretty cool!

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