Social Media Critics about Daniel Libeskind's ROM Crystal



Because of the video limit, I uploaded the presentation to YouTube, 

Here is the link;  https://youtu.be/5moakXugTwo 




-The building was described as the 8th ugliest building on a travel page. After that, every news was announced its ugliness. However, as a professional, we never describe a building as ugly or beautiful. We generally mention positive and negative aspects and criticize the project through these aspects. Criticizing a building being ugly doesn't make any sense. It is very subjective and creates unreal discussions. 

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