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The plans exhibit architecture at its most aggressive, aiming to find a form that will turn dollar signs into even more dollar signs, or in more relevant terms, architecture of the 1%.
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This statement is kind of bullshit. Saying that about some palatial chateau neo-mansion, but a gorgeous uplifting edifice in an urban environment, viewable by all social classes is a public good - it's beauty and generative emotion does not benefit the "1%" anymore than the "99%."
Remember when developers and financiers used expressions like "for the enjoyment of the city..." et cetera, et cetera?
Interior designers may cringe, but for me the privately held interiors of a commercial building are the back of the painting.