Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
Why are we even discussing cities in the northern part of the Western Hemisphere? This is not where architecture happens. Of course no one said New York was proliferating brilliant works either; it's not. But there are cities that are far smaller, far less "world-class", or on-the-map or whatever you want to call it, that are doing far better than Boston. This building shouldn't even come into a conversation about architecture, because it simply isn't. Snooze. World class architecture, since you ask, probably means a work that sincerely contributes something to the greater social good of its locale, while also contributing something to the overall canon of architectural works in the world and in history. It has nothing to do with how many millions or billions were spent on its construction, how tall it is, how much curtain wall it has, etc. These metrics are not for measuring architecture. It is, unfortunately, a pretty rare building that joins the ranks of world-class architecture.
. layered flatness is marginally better than flat flatness 
