Except that Foster's More London buildings - whatever you think of them as design objects - aren't wrecking the old historic city, since they're built on land that lay undeveloped for decades. Think of the West Don Lands or East Bayfront as a local comparison - George Brown+Corus+Pier 27+Sherbourne Park Pavilion for instance - buildings that are also as distinctively ours as Foster's More London cluster is distinctively theirs ( a point of comparison that maestro and yyzhyd have both alluded to ).
I agree that large architectural firms have a different dynamic from small firms. Beyond a certain size it can be difficult to maintain control and consistency and a sense of common creative purpose. I've heard that from a Foster architect, too, and nobody should be offended by the idea.
Oh, I didn't mean Foster is responsible for wrecking old buildings; rather the "view." It's like placing a 50 storey tower on your street US--it destroys the setting.
When I drove by on Friday it looked an awful lot like they had skids of curtainwall loaded up on the second or third floor (hard to see, I was on the Gardiner). I think we might see some wall up next week
Looking at those pics above-- the podium on Infinity is actually of a very nice scale-- the only issue is the overhang above the retail which stifles the openness of the first level.