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In Praise of the Anti-IconArchitecture that succeeds without showing off.
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, at 2:42 PM ET
Click here to read a slide-show essay about anti-iconic architecture.
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Christopher Hawthorne explored the modesty of some modern architecture. Jacob Weisberg explained how Frank Gehry became our greatest architect. Witold Rybczynski lamented Daniel Libeskind's experimental architecture and showed what iconic buildings are made of.
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