Back to the Sunken Place? Kanye May Have to Tear Down His Weird Dome Houses
Kanye West likes to build things that I would charitably describe as “ugly as s**t.” For example, take a look at the shoes he designed.
Those look like slippers your Grandma knitted for you. Why are people wearing those in public? You know other people can see them, right?
Kanye is taking this keen eye for design and applying it to low-income housing, which is great, except for the fact that poor people will have to live in houses designed by Kanye West based on Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru’s moisture farm on Tatooine. Seriously.
TMZ has exclusive pictures of Kanye’s Calabasas development, and you really need to see them. These houses seriously look like a beehive crossed with Warhammer 40K terrain pieces. Also he wants to potentially put them underground, like he’s building homes for fucking hobbits. Hold up.
The problem is that because Kanye didn’t get permits, he’s going to have to tear them down.
The Dept. got another call from a neighbor a week ago, again complaining of construction noise. The inspector came out again, and saw the domes were sitting atop a concrete foundation. For that and several other reasons, the inspector determined the structures did not appear temporary. As a result, plans and building permits are required, and Kanye and Co. never applied for them.
So, the Dept. of Public Works is now demanding that Kanye and Co. submit plans and get building permits within 45 days, or else. The “or else” — tear them down.
What I want to know is did he even try just waving his hand in front of the inspector’s face and saying “You don’t need to see my building permits.”
I don’t think they’re finished but by God are they ugly. Design is not Yeezy’s strong point.