An eco obscenity : Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline

It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this colossus is just the first of a new breed of bulky supertalls, is Britain next? Among the slender needles and elegant spires of the Manhattan skyline, a (…)