Any skyscraper is a contradiction.
The tall tower is architecture's most famous building type and also the one most clearly at odds with the profession's roots. Fundamentally, architecture is shelter, a concession that we're afraid to face the elements without protection. A skyscraper is vertical hubris.
— latimes.com
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So is CCTV a greater or lesser example of hubris than the next-temporarily-tallest tower?
Donna, according to Hawthorne I think the CCTV would be a greater example of the hubris of indifference.. in the totalitarian states application of power. He writes in the piece, "The building is the most unmistakable representation of state power and government indifference that I've ever seen. If you want to feel really small — really ant-like — don't go stand in front of the Chrysler Building or the Park Fifth Tower in downtown L.A. Stand in front of CCTV."
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