[echotango]

I agree with you, but only because you seem to have missed the crux (no irony intended) of Ayn Rand's ideology. She hated how even the style of the buildings around her embodied a people and culture she saw as a threat to her vision of the world and wanted to tear down. She would have no "homage" to it at all.

[mannykannot]

We are under no obligation to regard Rand as the last word on anything, fortunately.

[echotango]

Agreed. It's pretty questionable to tell a Frenchman he shouldn't be proud of the Eiffel Tower because he didnt personally design it.

[yorwba]

Then why do you keep bringing up Rand's opinion on architecture only to state that you disagree?

[echotango]

Because an earlier post misunderstood Rand's position and I wanted to clarify it. I guess I should have been more clear. My appologies.