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Originally Posted by Hed Kandi

Like the great coin-operated profit Zoltar, I will predict the future. The following events will happen more or less in the following order:

1) The new art gallery design will be unveiled in the coming months.

2) There will be no international competition held. The City of Vancouver however will announce that a paltry local firm has 'won' the contract to design the new art gallery. The city will then boast that this building will be the 'Greenest Art Gallery in the World' and will be certified Lead Platinum. It will incorporate more pine beetle tree wood, as to where I do not know.

3) The design will be insipid and safe. The architects who believe themselves to be progressive will throw in a last minute splash red or yellow paneling to the building, believing it to be both 'bold and ingenious' and 'exactly what Vancouver needs to break up the monotonous green/blue glass'. Little do they remember that they were responsible for designing those buildings.

4)After seeing the design for the first time, I will stumble on here, feeling very nauseous and I will then compose a diatribe on this utterly worthless piece of so-called architecture. I do hope that DLeung and other cynics join along in the fun.

5)Jlo and Leftcoaster will then seek to reprimand me and enforce the notion that this architecture is sensible and reasonable for Vancouver. They will also make their monthly recommendation that I book a one way flight to Dubai - and perhaps I just may.

6)Our pinhead premier will give one of his usual speeches about the legacy that this building will create, though I'm not sure it's one we will want to remember. The media will approach the project with caution, criticism, and slight praise. And of course they will raise the ever controversial 'Vancouver Issue' about how funds would be far better spent on social programs, housing, and the all the children in Africa, etc

7) It will continue to piss rain for months and years on end.

8) The design will come of fruition and it will win zero international design awards. When tourists visit Vancouver, they will continue to comment on its remarkable beauty. The mountains, the sea, Stanley Park. But never will they mention the architecture.

9) Finally, I will gaze upon this monstrosity with my own eyes, await with anxious hope that one day great design may be bestowed upon this city.

... Ain't it the truth!! Quintessential "Vancouverism"!!