“The European Central Bank, seeking a home worthy of its growing stature in the financial world, on Thursday awarded the design of its new headquarters here to a Viennese firm, Coop Himmelb(l)au, which proposed a bold pair of twisted towers linked by a soaring atrium… Design professionals were pleasantly surprised by the choice, saying that the bank’s headquarters would be a landmark on Frankfurt’s skyline – perhaps even a powerful symbol of Europe’s economic integration – provided it was not watered down too much during the building process.”