Feb13Written by:host
2/13/2009 12:29 PM 
 |
|
Feb 11
There's an uncanny, if unscientific, correlation between financial crises and efforts to build the world's tallest building. Look no further than Kuala Lumpur in 1997, Chicago in 1974, New York in 1930 and the Tower of Babel in biblical times. The human propensity for architectural overreach has been a surprisingly reliable omen. It's not a stretch to think of such projects as visual punctuation marks...more
|
Tags: