Comments by "Georgi Georgiev" (@gsilverstone) on "Why glass towers are bad for city life -- and what we need instead | Justin Davidson" video.

Architectural critic or not, his speech is college freshman level. Almost all of his "success examples" are of buildings that are not more than 10 floors high. The only good example he's giving (which includes copper details) is mainly glass covered tower. Glass reflects the sky and prevents the skyline to feel overcrowded and jarring (especially seen from street level). I live in NY and there are plenty of buildings which use other materials, but if the city had only them it would have felt overwhelming.
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