Posted
4:40 PM
by Gene
How many at Chinese state television will be imprisoned for being afraid to occupy certain sloping walls or "unsupported" floors in Mr. Koolhaas's alleged masterpiece?Here's betting in time this work of genius sags at its foundation, or proves top-heavy. Here's further betting it wouldn't survive a moderate
earthquake. Here's further betting it has a high cost of maintenance. I want to see workmen fix something on that underside -- or people avoiding the building on their commutes. (Let us not forget the impact of
substandard construction practices and materials on such masterworks.) Here's further betting many of the architectural marvels going up in London and Dubai and Beijing will prove economically self-gutting.