WTC from my window
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The originals became a symbol of NY, and significant in that sense, but as architecture they were terrible. Both in design and in function. If you are interested in reading the details about it and the competition read the recent Architecture Record.
It will not be the tallest building in the world. The Sky Garden has already been compromised (thank the money hungry developers, Mayor, etc.). I am sure there will be much more value engineering before it is completed. These are the joyous realities of architecture.
If you look at the skyline rendering for Libeskind's design, it is the complimentary to the NYC's existing skyline. Many of the others created a monolith along the lines of the original (far better looking - at least Foster's was- but too tall).