Anything Over 50 Stories Is All About Ego

There is a trade-off between our need for skylines and the impracticality of buildings over 50-stories.

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September 23, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

Neither Rahimzadeh nor other engineers or architects had any criticism about the design of the World Trade Center. But in those crucial moments, Rahimzadeh said, 'if someone had consulted a construction engineer, he would have told them what was going to happen.' ... 'There's a saying among architects that's still true,' Rahimzadeh said. 'Fifty stories is high enough. Everything after that is ego.'"

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism

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