Sunday 11 December 2011

Korean towers exploding WTC

Korean towers exploding WTC - The unveiling of pictures of planned luxury residential towers scheduled to be built in Seoul, South Korea, has sparked instant controversy. The reason is obvious. The towers, which include a so-called “cloud” feature connecting them around the 27th floors, clearly resemble the World Trade Towers in the process of collapsing following the 9/11 attacks.


The designers of the towers, Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, have responded to the controversy by quickly publishing an apology in English. korea apartment twin towers,

“It was not our intention to create an image resembling the attacks,” the designers insist, “nor did we see the resemblance during the design process.” mvrdv,  korea towers world trade center exploding,

They did not see the resemblance during the design process? The problem with this assertion – apart from its inherent implausibility – is that they have admitted the contrary in Dutch. Thus Jan Knikker of MVRDV told the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, “I have to admit that we also thought of the 9/11 attacks.” mvrdv the cloud,

Source: weeklystandard

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