This Apartment Building Is Mario Kart-Inspired--If You Squint Hard Enough

From a distance, the new twelve-sided tower rising in Phoenix’s Arts District looks like it belongs in a futuristic cityscape--or maybe in the middle of a very enthusiastic geometry lesson. However, ask the designers and they'll tell you there's a wink and a nod to a certain beloved racing game: Mario Kart."To build buildings that are unique that people stop and say, 'Hey, what is that?' I think is important to any downtown," said Zac Cohen, creative director at Räkkhaus, the architec