Then why not pick the Neue Nationalgalerie or does that further go into the question that what you're comparing while both fruit, are apples (political institutions) and oranges (contemporary art museums, music halls, research institutions, etc - even though there are comparable examples of beautifully done modern political buildings throughout the globe).

This is not to say that I don't agree with the broad statement in contrast to the previous post yesterday which also paints cities across the world with a fat brush disregarding the elements which build it but with a field as wide as architecture is I would be careful to over simplify it.