Well spotted, oda!
I see the SUP yoga is getting a better response than I expected. Maybe all Torontonians are closet Vancouverites? Maybe that's the problem?
Nevermind. I give you:
Vancouver manifests crapulous real estate hubris in grotesque paean to post-apocalyptic capitalism
How else is this monstrosity possible? How else does this become a real thing that real human beings meticulously designed and said to each other, "yes, let us put it here" in good faith and in all seriousness? Michael Kluckner dubbed it "The Icepick," apparently after Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. The "building" (sic) itself is terrifying, in a Fritz LangMetropolis kind of way. But the way it fits into the existing urban landscape (the 1914 Waterfront Station building, a heritage site, is next door) is much like it must have looked when Cthulhu awoke from his slumber and prepared to swallow the world.
In his defences of The Icepick, Vancouver's director of planning and development Brian Jackson has insisted that "provocative" architecture is necessary for a modern and "mature" city like Vancouver. I guess. If your idea of "provocation" is walking into a house party with a white t-shirt with the words "I AM SO RICH" printed on it. While draped in a headdress of solid gold.