"elegant": new synonym for "boring"

it has a crown. apparently that's enough to make the new pei cobb freed-designed building both "elegant" and "dignified". but let's be honest - it's boring. another prime opportunity for architecture that actually defines the new downtown san diego, from i.m. pei no less - and we get this? couple that with the still-blah naval broadway complex nearby, and you have the new buzzword for early 21st century san diego architecture - "meh".