Lincoln plaza London
 

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4775/...f9036d4e_h.jpgDSC_0817 by .Martin., on Flickr

Carbuncle cup winner 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbuncle_Cup

Those are architectural abominations.

The architectural version of vomit, my stomach turns whenever I see that building.

Most of the Carbuncle Cup winners/nominees belong here. Here’s one of my least favourite buildings in Birmingham and Carbuncle Nominee, The Orion
Building
http://www.emporis.com/images/show/4...of-the-top.jpg
Emporis

https://www.emporis.com/images/show/...-queensway.jpg
emporis

https://www.corstorphine-wright.com/...CF001964-A.jpg
Corstorphine and Wright

Most of the Carbuncle Cup winners/nominees belong here. Here’s one of my least favourite buildings in Birmingham and Carbuncle Nominee, The Orion
Building

As Dolly Parton once said it costs a lot of money to look this cheap

kunsthaus graz austria
 

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/...388a0294_b.jpgGrazer Rieseneuter by Polybert49, on Flickr

Looks like an organ

Birmingham’s candidate for Clockzilla’s next battle, The Cube.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/...18803e7f_b.jpg
Flickr

It and Bullring are tied for worst in Birmingham imo (Orion’s a close second).

https://i2.wp.com/wp1079.hostgator.c...size=500%2C269

Holy shit! That’s actually real? What company would want that as their headquarters?

The Cube is nightmarish. It actually looks worse from the side believe it or not.
http://manchesterhistory.net/archite...010/cube10.jpg
manchester history

https://t-ec.bstatic.com/images/hote.../173988043.jpg
booking

It makes Campusone up here in Toronto look like the Taj Mahal! It’s the architectural equivalent of regurgitated vomit!

2015 Carbuncle Cup Award Winner, Hall of Fame, my personal fave

465 Caledonian Road p̶r̶i̶s̶o̶n̶ student Housing with a beautifully executed conversion of a historic building

https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/20..._road_sq_2.jpg
https://static.dezeen.com

https://i.postimg.cc/W4vNd5XM/cl.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013...39_306x423.jpg
https://i.dailymail.co.uk


Some of the 2016, 2017, 2018 shortlist:

http://dailybraille.co.uk/news/artic...shortlist.html


https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/p...30122005/2.jpg

http://mudabure.com/wp-content/uploa...gn_4404448.jpg
www.itv.com


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...2806181153.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...2806289658.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...2806308917.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...2806215912.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...2806254055.jpg
https://i.dailymail.co.uk
https://cdn.archpaper.com/wp-content...ing_657905.jpg
https://cdn.archpaper.com
https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/inco...nkly-Hotel.jpg https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/...I11CY4JQMC.jpg

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk...carbuncle1.jpg https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/u...cle_Cup_2x.jpg
www.designingbuildings.co.uk, https://weburbanist.com
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk...Carbuncle9.jpg https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/...pg?imwidth=450
http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk,...elegraph.co.uk
https://99percentinvisible.org/app/u...ia-city-uk.jpg
https://99percentinvisible.org
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017...4524784961.jpg
https://i.dailymail.co.uk

Don’t forget Opal Court!
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/...ndela-park.jpg
emporis

Drake Circus Shopping Centre is one of my least favourite buildings in Plymouth (also a Carbuncle winner). Look at how it looms over that beautiful old church. :gaah:.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._-_1702249.jpg

https://99percentinvisible.org/app/u.../carbuncle.jpg
99percentinvisible

winner! 2018 Stockport Redrock Development:

“sad metaphor for our failing high streets”
“garish, soulless, leisure shed architecture”
“awkward form, disjointed massing and superficial decoration”
"absolute monstrosity"
“one of the most horrendous architectural responses ever conceived for Greater Manchester”


According to Redrock: “a must-visit leisure destination”

http://www.scottishconstructionnow.c...-Stockport.png https://www.spencerharvey.co.uk/resi...es_314/0/480/0
www.scottishconstructionnow.com, www.spencerharvey.co.uk

https://d3rcx32iafnn0o.cloudfront.ne...332_858278.jpg

I mean, talk about 'value engineering':

https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnew...1__SED7009.jpg https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnew...ent_003JPG.jpg
https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/wp-...to-July-17.jpg
www.placenorthwest.co.uk

Yep, when I look at that building, I always think of prized, highly colourful gems of rare and brilliant intrigue.

University Sqaure in Essex.......self explanatory.
https://www.ths.co.uk/wp-content/upl...ity_square.jpg
THS

http://studentlifeguide.co.uk/wp-con...7_4f106630.jpg
studentlifeguide

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EHDCW0/uni...sea-EHDCW0.jpg
alamy

http://www.marshallarchitects.co.uk/...0430-136-1.jpg
Marshallarchitects

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5392...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5394...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5401...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5401...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5402...7i13312!8i6656

Looks like a giant bathroom!

What is the architectural definition of a carbuncle? I’ve seen it applied to everything from cantilevered boxes in the middle of towers, to irregular patterned facades, to glass crowns on top of standard walled buildings?

Between this and the cube I think you’ve found some worthy opponents for Clockzilla. One of the things I have come to detest the most with a lot of contemporary avant guard architecture is the use of hideously bright and offensive colours. I like colour when it’s well done. A pop of green or red or yellow with mostly white and grey colours can work really well. This thing on the other hand assaults your eyeballs. It’s obnoxious architecture.

Ikr, it’s Venetianesque. Both University Sqaure and it’s three clocks and “The Cube” could hold there guard quite well against clockzilla.