Ugliest buildings in the world: The Carbuncle Cup, awarded to “the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months,” was doled out to the hapless recipient this year. Thankfully the Cup is bestowed upon an inanimate building so no one’s feelings are hurt; well, except the architect’s…
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The “victor” of 2015 was a building dubbed by Londoners as “The Walkie-Talkie” – real name 20 Fenchurch. The building has been known to burst nearby objects into flames, thanks to a concave face and a sky garden that has been referred to as “an airport terminal.” With such gleaming accolades, enough to burn a hole in it’s shining façade, below is a look at some of the world’s other structural carbuncles on the landscape!
14. People’s Daily Newspaper HQ – Beijing, China
This is a building that should maybe have a NSFW warning attached to images of it! This structure, which houses the offices of the People’s Daily Newspaper in China’s capital, certainly makes a “proud” statement.
Penetrating the Beijing skyline, surely this building is a good example of perhaps the architect needing to take a step back, looking at the blueprints a bit more carefully and taking the time to consider removing the cap from this mushroom? China is at the cut and thrust of global economics and their modern renaissance may indicate they are not necessarily thinking with the brain department when erecting buildings…
13. Sharp Centre for Design – Toronto, Canada
A rectangular block peppered with painted squares like a decimated Tetris game complete with pencils and other stick-like stationary for legs, this awkward building exemplifies being entirely out of place in it’s surroundings. This piece almost resembles a Star Wars war machine that’s been camped up!
Comprising the Ontario College of Art and Design, the far edge is lightly perched on an older building as though it rests from spreading it’s kitsch all over Canada’s biggest city. All art is definitely subjective, so you’d expect this from a building housing art students. Whoever was the architect’s muse was definitely on something when the inspiration came.
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