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A cube-shaped house on Vancouver’s Golden Mile that drew mixed reviews while it was being built is hitting the market Friday with an asking price of $14 million.

The 2,280-square-foot house on Point Grey Road has been described as “hideous” and a “box with a skirt” because of its shape, the stark, galvanized-steel exterior on the second-storey and the lack of windows on the south facade.

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“If there’s just one window on that facade, there won’t be any comments,” said architect Tony Robins, with a chuckle.

Much of the criticism he received about the house was centred on the absence of windows, he said, during a tour of the completed home Thursday. “It was an affront to many, a challenge to their preconceptions of what a house is.”

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But Robins said he’d argue there are more windows on this house than other houses, gesturing toward the generous bank of glass walls on the ground floor.

Even the second floor, which houses two bedrooms and two bathrooms, is unexpectedly bright, thanks to strategically placed windows and a large skylight.