The Towers in Korea: What Humanity? – UPDATED

I saw this yesterday and wondered if it was a hoax:

The designers of the towers, Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, have responded to the controversy by quickly publishing an apology in English. “It was not our intention to create an image resembling the attacks,” the designers insist, “nor did we see the resemblance during the design process.”

They did not see the resemblance during the design process? The problem with this assertion – apart from its inherent implausibility – is that they have admitted the contrary in Dutch. Thus Jan Knikker of MVRDV told the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, “I have to admit that we also thought of the 9/11 attacks.”

If this is real, it suggests that humanity has strayed so far from itself — its origins; it’s Creator — that it is in touch with something bestial and fiendish. I wonder when we finally finish ourselves off?

UPDATE: The designers apologize.