Comments update: the developer of New York's Two World Trade Center tower is torn between BIG's design and the original proposal by Foster + Partners, prompting readers to take sides.
Tale of two towers: commenters stepped in to defend Foster's design, which features a slanted, diamond-shaped top. "The Foster plans were always the superior of the two," said Matthew. "I did hear that the 90s are cool again," agreed Kieran, perhaps ironically.
But others found BIG's proposal ? which consists of stacked boxes ? more exciting. "The 'bad' architect Foster with the old, Modern, boring architecture versus the new kid Bjarke with a new positive architecture!" said Rob ten Napel. "Hopefully the client will choose innovation and risk, and not safe, we've-seen-it-all-before architecture." The rest weren't convinced by either tower. "Both are rigid, non-inventive and sterile," said one reader. "The drama is unbearable," claimed another.
Which proposal do you prefer" Let us know in the comments section »

Ive made it: fewer designers seem to be interested in creating things by hand, according to Apple's Jonathan Ive, encouraging readers to debate the shifting priorities in design education.
"As someone who has spent seven uninterrupted years in the workshop at college, I do agree," said one reader. "Now students have to book workshop time and think that a design is a design if they can ...