Ugly Beautiful - Source Drawing, Architecture

I began this project by drawing 'ugly' architecture in Dundee city centre. I explored different materials such as gouache, pen and ink, ink applied using a stick or pipette, charcoal, fine liner and water colour. I did some drawings with my left hand (as i am right handed) and some without looking at the paper in order to create slightly more abstract drawings.

Below are some of my initial drawings with a little more development in the last image which is a mixed media piece.

A Boeing 727 Hotel Suite

Below is a link to a recent news article I read about a Boeing 727 being turned in to a 'luxurious new hotel suite' in Costa Rica. http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-3311477 I personally think the hotel is not only ridiculous but also very ugly. I can see that it is a recycled plane that was otherwise going to be scrapped but surely it is now an eyesore, which simply attracts people due to its unusual appearance? The article reads ‘Jutting out from a hillside, the Boeing offers views of the ocean and the jungle from balconies built on each wing’. Why put something so ugly in a beautiful setting, I think a luxurious property, which was eco-friendly and blended in to the natural environment would have been a lot more tasteful.