Beton Brut
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So this is of high design in your very valued opinion?
I like this question, so I'll give it a bash...
This might be the highest design possible, given the constraints of the Federal Government's requirements. The vertical white "fins" remind me of Oscar Niemeyer's work in Brazilia. It's definitely an "object in the landscape" building, innately and purposefully alien and anti-urban; what it is determines how it looks and how it behaves. In terms of aesthetics, there are far uglier buildings a stone's throw away.
No terrorists in the 21st century have their sights set on government office buildings; they have their sights set 100% on civilian soft targets.
I agree if we're speaking about international terrorists. Sadly, I think there are still plenty of would-be Timothy McVeigh/Terry Nichols-types out there.
(Also, as a total aside, remember when terrorism was a thing that we were supposed to be always thinking about and afraid of? It's crazy to think about the extent to which terrorism has disappeared from the national psyche and common cultural/political narrative in the last few years...)
To a large degree, those most susceptible to the Bush/Cheney-era of fear-mongering and (mostly) Islamophobia have migrated to fear of "bad hombres" crossing our southern boarder with Fentanyl and sex slaves.