>>1009160As with virtually almost any style of design, there is poor and quality design. Quality doesn't mean you'll necessarily like it, but more so the developer took a few extra steps to add some features to the building. This is a development about to go up in my city which I'm relatively pleased with, and differs from the rest of the apartments trying to break away from sterile, static surfaces and go the extra mile by making it's street wall curved.
As others said, these developments do allow for cheaper housing, as much as I'd like to see some varying architecture.