I believe I saw a documentary or special on Discovery (I think) about the building of the Burj Al Arab. They hired in a fancy designer to decorate the interior, and the Sheik or whoever was in charge, in all his vast knowledge, complained about the design being too bland and apparently forced her to redesign it.

I hate it when people who don't know what they are doing have a lot of power, and worse when they start telling people who do know what they're doing how to do it.