I'm a big fan of modern architecture, and I understand where you're coming from. That said, I think the main argument for sticking to the traditional design tha

I'm a big fan of modern architecture, and I understand where you're coming from. That said, I think the main argument for sticking to the traditional design that architectural consistency trumps modernism. There are countless examples of old buildings being retrofitted with a modern one, and it rarely works well. You usually end up with this kind of cyberpunk Borg look of old tech merging with new tech, with some futuristic augmentation sticking out like a sore thumb rather than blending in organically. Of course, maybe someone could have come up with something that would have worked, if given time. The one design submission I quite liked was Vincent Callebaut's faceted glass roof and spire, but the other submissions were not great. The Sagrada Familia is church built completely from scratch, so it's not really a fair comparison. It's also not a modern design; Gaudi was pretty unique even in his time, but design was ultimately a product of a particular age.