What looks ‘ugly’ today could very well look great in five years. The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco debuted to reception as an eyesore, but now it’s one of the main icons if the city. Weird is almost always good in my opinion. If it looks weird, that indicates it challenges assumptions and pushes the envelope forward.
A very similar building was put up in North Korea and only stopped being an eye sore after a facade was put over it.
Weird can be fashionable forward thinking but it's not always and I'd argue it's not usually unless there's a forward thinking artistic vision behind the weird that sees something new. Those electronic shirts that show wifi strength from a few years ago will never be fashionable but they definitely are weird. A government spec sheet is not a forward thinking artistic vision.
