That's some pretty whimsical architecture. It's be nice if a future retailer looking for some initial buzz picked up the habit. Their "distressed" facade, looked even more distressed after it was undressed[1].

On a side note, it reminds me of (at least) houses in Greece not getting technically completed on purpose to avoid taxation of some form[2].

Also, they are whimsical, even avant guarde designs, but I wouldn't call it apocalyptic.

[1]https://web.archive.org/web/20060827012947/http://www.texasc...

[2]https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/27662/do-greeks...