He insists on calling it a Palace, or rather The Light's Palace (Palais Lumière), but many Venitians keep using other names: the Cardin's Tower, or, as did world famous architect Vittorio Gregotti, the Spaceship. Here is what two English language publications wrote about it.

The Wall Street Journal
The Sunday Times

The Guardian issue of October 29, 2012, contains a detailed article by Tom Kington about the protest caused in Venice by the more and more numerous cruise ships entering the Venice lagoon every day and passing right in front of the delicate buildings of the city's monumental center. The local environmental committees denounce the dangers of accidents, the water and air pollution and the excess of tourist crowds; the city and port authorities oppose a supposed income for 5.000 families of workers depending on the cruising business.
The article can be found on the Guardian's site at this address.