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Architects are trying to kill us

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Architects are trying to kill us.... There's this architect called Rafael Vinoly that designs very striking and curved buildings that have curved people's perspective on buildings. He has top tier clients like Vdara and 20 Fenchurch. Now if those clients wanted to generate solar power for thier buildings and surrounding commmunities it would be praised and awarded on so many fronts, however this is not the case, as instead of generating enery they are generating a hot mess of melted cars, carpets, shopping bags, cups, and swimmers! The first building is the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. A high end resort hotel that has all the high end amenities including thier very own "death ray", as called by employees. If you want to have the full sensual spa and luxury experience and then wanna "end it all" after loosing millions in Vegas why not go out by a stylish pool? Also check out this film someone made of it!! The second building is...

MGM Grand review 6.6.13

MGM Grand review 6.6.13 Intro: Check-in went pretty smooth and no issues. Hotel layout is very strange though and there is a very long walk from one thing to the other. it could have been designed better. Room detail (negative): The room itself looked very nice and had a nice feel to it. However, the rooms lack a mini fridge and microwave to reheat stuff and also there is no coffee pot in the room as well. WARNING: DO NOT USE THE 'MINI FRIDGE' AS A FRIDGE! IF YOU TAKE THE STUFF OUT TO PUT YOUR OWN IN THEY WILL CHARGE YOU FOR USING IT. They did give us a notice that we can ask housekeeping for one for 35 bucks, however they did not tell you a notice before we got into the fridge! Also the plug for the laptop on the lamp is broken and the plug slides in and the laptop does not indicate being on AC power.The bathroom faucet was very loud and my sis's ears were ringing.  Room detail (positive):The wifi did connect right away and there is no login needed. They also recently ...