I didn't know they still used flying buttresses?
That one in Portland looks like a gold plated Capital Records building.
We've had some real eyesores proposed in Vegas (yeah, I know, and some built eyesores too).
Harley Davidson hotel shaped like exhaust pipes.
vegastodayandtomorrow.com
The Titanic resort would have a ship-shaped casino out front with a commie-looking hotel tower enclosed in an ice burg.
http://www.titanicresort.com/TMs.html
And then there was this gigantic 10,000 room hotel with a space/moon theme
http://vegastodayandtomorrow.com/moon.htm