Tag Archives: SOM

SOM stole kid’s WTC design?

Posted on October 16, 2019 by David Brussat

The kid, Jeehoon Park, was a student of architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1999 when he designed for his senior thesis a building that looks like 1 World Trade Center, opened in 2014. It overtook Chicago’s Willis … Continue reading →

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Review: 1 WTC’s biography

Posted on November 28, 2016 by David Brussat

The new World Trade Center reflects what was worst about the old WTC towers and their brethren demolished by terrorists on 9/11. The Twin Towers were sterile, inhumane structures that epitomized the crushing brutality of urbanism at its worst in … Continue reading →

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God’s eye on Burj Dubai?

Posted on November 14, 2014 by David Brussat

Above is a photograph, unadulterated I assume, from one of those emails with long strings of beautiful, adorable, humorous, salacious or otherwise remarkable photos, usually unattributed to any photographer. At least I can thank Leon “Big Lee” Juskalian for sending … Continue reading →

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