The Empty Burj Khalifa as Metaphor for the Year in Architecture

We think we’ve made our general attitude about ceaseless year-end lists abundantly clear. But like always around this time of year, we reluctantly slide a little and wind up posting one or two. In this case, it’s architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne‘s great wrap-up, which we found interesting in particular because he spends most of it talking about the recent view from the ground at Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s largest tower. You’ll recall that, after delays