Maki’s 4 WTC is shimmering perfection: architecture review

Japanese architect’s tower is one of the best buildings to rise in NYC in some time

4 World Trade Center
4 World Trade Center

From the April issue: If proof were needed of the sad state of architectural criticism in New York City and beyond, look no further than the limited reception that 4 World Trade Center has received to date.

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Surely this building, the first to open for business at the new World Trade Center site, has been covered as a real estate story. But no high-profile New York City publications have written a truly critical appraisal of the project yet. There was a time when any new building of such consequence in New York City (and many of far less consequence) would have received front-page coverage in the New York Times. Those days, sadly, are long past. [more]