Vdara Death Ray, Duck, Billboard Thing...

Every now and then a story comes along that just makes me laugh. This is definitely one of those times! This building BURNS people - okay its not that funny, sorry but actually it is! If you are sitting pool side in Las Vegas at this hotel you get extra heat due to a reflection off the curved glass facade.  The heat has been measured at 160 degrees! Yes we have a bunch of sitting ducks! Vegas is already as hot as hell - add to that the death ray and a few margaritas and it is literally death by architecture. 

Look at this picture! it is a plastic bag with the name of the hotel SINGED right into it!  I do not make this stuff up, the actual building reflection melted through this bag. Talk about branding - this marketing department took that term a bit too literally, Wait a minute - Maybe it is  GENIUS, I never thought of using the actual building to brand my clients - Ha ha ha....  I wonder if anyone has actually gotten a burn with the name on their back- that would be awesome! Numerous guests have complained about the problem and the folks that work there jokingly call it the "Death Ray".  I wonder how Venturi would categorize this new Strip Phenomenon, you have the duck, the billboard and now drum roll please..... the Laser- Think it will catch on?  Maybe I can have a symposium at Yale about it! Come on folks you can allocate some of the project budget to shade structures at the pool.... Who Built This Shit!

And this thing is in a NICE neighborhood

You have to wonder, you really do.  So we are in a recession now and have been for YEARS. In that time you have seen thousands of really good architects lose their jobs and beg for work.  We used to work for practically nothing but since the recession happened we have been known to work for free - even if we have years of experience and are licensed and are assuming liability and on and on and on... All of this just makes me wonder - why in a BUYERS market when there are MYRIADS of great architects working for next to nothing do homeowners still choose to hire home designers that are this bad! Hire an Architect folks!  I cannot describe to you how much this "home" insults my senses.  It is REALLY BAD!!! The sad thing is the colors are okay colors just not placed in the way they placed them and seriously people what is the deal with this ski chalet window treatment?   and what the F is this stupid little chimney tower with windows ... i get it you were trying to fix your AWFUL elevation so you stuck a hat on it... did you not realize that the problems were much more fundamental... you would think there would be better NEW construction in a recession - its cheap to hire Architects and its cheap to get things built - there is just no accounting for taste i guess -I blame the client on this one too - you know they requested half of this shit from some bad grocery stand magazine that offered crap advice for $3.99- WHO BUILT THIS SHIT!!!!