Alien Architecture: Setting

[penthius]

Imagine the expression of a goldfish taking flight upon the instant that his safe water balloon is punctured, and you will understand what happened to modern architecture when the K'rath descended from the heavens in their ships of towers and turrets, inlaid with semi-precious gemstones in arching, recurring patterns that resembled nothing so much as a Moroccan mosque. I imagine that in the Far East, most people watching the broadcast nodded their heads in agreement that the aliens at least appeared to have good taste. Not so in the West. Instead, taste-makers (who are, by their own nature, fortune tellers of a sort)--

Inspiration: Pinterest photos of 1) a water balloon bursting with something orange coming out of it, 2) a Moroccan tiled arch, and 3) Trump tower in Dubai.
Story potential: Low.
Notes: Eh. Those I like remembering the pop culture/architecture influence as a grace note in