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Why the Twin Towers architect would hate the World Trade Center complex design Made of concrete and featuring tiny, slit-shaped windows, the design of the Twin Towers reflected architect Minoru Yamasaki's penchant for gothic design and his fear of heights. But critics hated it -- especially the New York Times' Ada Louise Huxtable, who penned a harsh review of the towers in 1973. Yamasaki responded to Huxtable's review in a letter that was recently found by the Guggenheim Museum's architecture publication, CLOG and screenshotted by The Awl.  In his defense of the Twin...
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