The Ion building, Rice University's new high-tech hub for all things shiny and entrepreneurial, anchors a 16-acre innovation district-to-be. Does Houston need that? Is the building any good? And why are people so mad about it? 

Two City Cast contributors weigh in: Marcus Carter, tech recruiter and man-about-town; and Allyn West, architecture reviewer, and curmudgeon.

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