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Seattle's Best (and Worst)What happens when architecture pays attention to its surroundings (and when it doesn't).

By Witold RybczynskiPosted Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 12:56 PM ET

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Witold Rybczynski is Slate's architecture critic. His latest book is My Two Polish Grandfathers: And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life.
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