Kicking Legos

Molly Cotter, reporting for Architizer:

Can Bjarke Ingels do no wrong? The “It Boy” has won numerous awards, gotten a big profile in The New Yorker, and wowed spectators around the world with his impeccable design and fun personal touches. (He’s also an A+ Awards juror!) Ingels continues to astonish with his latest project, the Marina Lofts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida—a 1,072-unit condo complex with two 36-story buildings that resemble a giant assemblage of LEGOs torn down the center. Aimed to be situated on the town’s New River (no, it’s not “new,” that’s just the name), the project is just short $250 million in funding. But for now we can sit and dream.

Really? A building my two year old could design with his Legos and a frustrated kick deserves that kind of breathless praise? Right, everybody loves buildings that look as if some unknown force has violently attacked.