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[manyfranks]

Funny, I can still post on VCI in the most recent thread. (Don't worry, you're not missing out -- it's just me talking to myself.) Pilfering those posts and posting them here:

Since I’m talking to myself –

The other hilarious thing about the whole Laura McLaren debacle is the reception that the fictional design is getting. This design was done by FX40 Building Design Corporation. They are quick to point out that they are not architects but have a background instead in interior design — so presumably the interior design would be well conceived, even if the building isn’t expected to remain free-standing as designed?

The UK Daily Mail was one of the outlets mistaking the renderings for an actual building, and their commentary dug a pretty deep hole for FX40′s visionary expertise to climb out of:

Quote:This gaudy and decrepit looking seafront mansion in west Vancouver is the most expensive residential listing in Canada with an asking price of a quite staggering $37.9 million.

The 5,500 square feet mansion is described as a suburban waterfront palace but in reality look [sic] more like something from the land that taste forgot with hideous gold and white interiors and dated features including a dome and minarets rising from the roof.
[...]
The gaudy mansion in Vancouver is expected to sell for $38 million with property developers eager to pull it down and build several smaller and more contemporary properties instead.

Other descriptors include “monstrous” and “interior disaster”.

Journalistic mistakes or not, FX40′s images feature pretty heavily in the article and I doubt it’s the reaction FX40 intended to provoke.