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From Reuters via Yahoo! - http://news.yahoo.com/dutch-architects-apologize-9-11-blast-look-alike-022518356.html
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This is SO strange. I am the last one to jump to paranoia about this kind of thing, but I simply don't believe this was an accident. If it's not, it's pretty breathtakingly disrespectful and exploitative. Honestly, what the hell were these architects thinking? It would be enough to prevent me hiring them for anything, since their judgment is so poor.
Dutch architects apologize for 9/11 blast look-alike design
SEOUL (Reuters) - A Dutch architectural firm has apologized for its design of twin skyscrapers in central Seoul which resemble the exploding World Trade Center towers in New York and have infuriated families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
The blueprint for the luxury apartment buildings was released last week and shows a structure which juts out at the middle to accommodate pools, restaurants, cafes and a gym.
Relatives of victims of al Qaeda's September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States have expressed outrage, according to U.S. media reports, saying the designers have no respect for those that died and branding the design a cheap publicity stunt.
Designer MVRDV said it had not intended to create an image resembling the attacks, and it did not see the resemblance during the design process.
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Here is the design in question:
This is SO strange. I am the last one to jump to paranoia about this kind of thing, but I simply don't believe this was an accident. If it's not, it's pretty breathtakingly disrespectful and exploitative. Honestly, what the hell were these architects thinking? It would be enough to prevent me hiring them for anything, since their judgment is so poor.