Honestly, I'm not sure why they went for that style. With the sheer distaste people had for soviet style architecture after '89, they could have picked a number

Honestly, I'm not sure why they went for that style. With the sheer distaste people had for soviet style architecture after '89, they could have picked a number of far better choices than they did. It may have been a cost-cutting option, but iirc the project went way over-budget anyway.