Ugliest Building In The World
 

Since the old thread is dead I thought I would start a new one. Please post the biggest eyesores in your city or country. I'll start with the worst building in Toronto, Bloor Dundas Square.
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BlogTO

And the Grand Harbour Condo.
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irmaeibich.com

:yuck::yuck::yuck:

Too subjective.

There are people in my city who didn't want to tear down a burnt out husk of a former grain silo because they thought it gave the city some sort of cyber/steampunk panache.

The buildings you highlight are fine. I mean, they're ugly but no uglier than any of a million other buildings. People today are raving about the latest iteration of glass boxes and yet, that's all that they are. They don't even necessarily have pretty glass...they're just taller glass boxes and look like little more than a direct update of sixties Brutalism. Ugly buildings are exactly like ugly people: What you find ugly may well not be what I find ugly and vise versa.

It is subjective yes, but this thread is for posting things you find ugly in your city or something you find ugly you saw on a trip. If you disagree with a building posted as ugly please debate, I would love to hear your points :).

I absolutely despise the Symphony House in Philadelphia. It definitely has a spot in the Ugly Buildings Hall Of Shame as worst building in Philadelphia for me.
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https://altusprecast.com/wp-content/...l-Cladding.jpg

New Jersey’s Xanadu mall:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../50/Xanadu.JPG

Woo boy that’s awful, didn’t they take those fugly panels off?

I thought the developers of West Edmonton mall took it over after it sat abandoned for years. I have no idea how it looks today.

Yeah someone took it over. It’s currently called “American Dream” or something along those lines.

The "Green Mansion" of Green Man Brewing in downtown Asheville:

http://brilliantstream.com/wp-conten...-1024x683.jpeg
Source.

I detest this building, primarily because it looks like the builders accidentally used drawings made by the architect's five-year-old son rather than those the architect himself drew up. No harmony of materials, no harmony of space or massing, random-ass window placement, shitty fake cornice, and that thing on the side that looks like an ambulance bay... which is only appropriate though, because they tore down an historic African-American hospital to build this eyesore. Plus, let's not forget that luscious moat of parking. This building is shit, and considering that this is a city which daily endures the presence of the US Cellular Center, not to mention a glut of ugly hotels cheaply constructed in the acclaimed Charlotte Boring style of architecture, that's saying a lot.

Dear god WHY!!!!

Hong Kong Central Library.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...brary_2008.jpg

I absolutely despise Birmingham’s Orion Tower.
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...-UK%282%29.JPG

This house in Virginia. Where is the entrance?

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Hey, all. Just a reminder when posting photos that are not your own to properly site them. Include a link to page of where these photos originate at least.

Mobile Alabama’s Goverment Plaza is atrocious.
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/74/51/36/...3/rawImage.jpg
Mobile Government Plaza On Flickr

^I'd say that's more goofy than ugly. But then that whole period of put parasols or hats or whatever on buildings was just a terrible terrible terrible period.

True it is rather goofy.

Asia hosts some pretty hideous buildings but here is the ugliest from My city:

https://goo.gl/maps/gtiuscXZar22

https://goo.gl/maps/JSGRYaG43ws

Ok this ones hardcore ugly so proceed with caution.....I present to you The Prado in Denver.
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its not to bad, just has a lot going on.

It's a little different experiencing it in person, IMO. Whenever I see it in person, it hurts my brain a little. And up close, it just looks so cheap. It looks like it's made of cardboard.

There are some uglier buildings in Denver though. I'll see if I can come up with some good candidates. :)

Oh my! I... I do not understand. How? How did this happen? lol

The worst building in Denver for me is that stupid One Lincoln Park thing that looks like it was designed while high.
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https://images1.westword.com/imager/...ncoln-park.jpg

https://images1.westword.com/imager/u/745xauto/6882565/feature-lincoln-park.jpg
Either that or the fugly Embassy Suites
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ion_Center.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Embassy_Suites_Denver_-_Downtown_Convention_Center.JPG

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8071...7i16384!8i8192

It seems heavily under renovation.

Also, can't be an ugly buildings list without Laval's clocktower:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7659/...3d437c52_b.jpgQuintessential Laval by Caribb, sur Flickr

How could one forget about Clockzilla? I hate that building the more I look at it :yuck:.

If we’re going to bring back “gems” from the Ugly Canada Thread we shouldn’t forget about the multicoloured vomit known as The Venetian.
https://cdnphotos.rmcloud.com/edmonton/4121152.000
https://cdnphotos.rmcloud.com/edmonton/4121152.000

The back view is the worst because all the colours congregate into one fugly mush.
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The giant Texan McCastle.
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https://img1.southernliving.timeinc.net/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2/public/image/2017/06/main/texas-castle-exterior.jpg

https://img1.southernliving.timeinc....le-kitchen.jpg
https://img1.southernliving.timeinc.net/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2/public/image/2017/06/main/castle-kitchen.jpg

https://img1.southernliving.timeinc....ining-room.jpg
https://img1.southernliving.timeinc.net/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2/public/image/2017/06/main/castle-dining-room.jpg

How is that ugly, it looks to be built in the late 1700s or early 1800s in the Jeffersonian style. Its a pretty good looking building to me, other than that balcony door which should be replaced with an historically accurate door.

Ah yes. That funny hat it's wearing is not only hopelessly out of style but it's a few sizes too big.

What about the Tetris Building? Oh man, I hate that building (although some people actually like it for some reason). And it also wears a funny hat:

https://picture.phorio.com/photo/217...mars/image.jpg
https://en.phorio.com/1800_larimer_s..._united_states

What do you guys think? Is it just me? Am I crazy? I think it's pretty hideous.

Yup I agree pure fugly mishmash that looks awfully dated, Birmingham UK has a Tetris Building as well.
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It’s the worlds tallest public bathroom!

LOL! That's still way better than our tetris building, IMO.

Although, apparently when a real estate company needs to lease some space, they're somehow able to come up with a photo that makes the building look kinda, sorta, almost attractive:

https://images4.loopnet.com/i2/dLFNK.../112/image.jpg
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1800...er-CO/4154912/

Denver's second class at most things. But we're first class at ugly buildings! :tup:

I believe that's called a "schlocktower"...

It seems to be that way :cheers:.

The Art Hotel in Denver also ain’t a work of art.
http://www.coloradohomesmag.com/ext%20long(1).jpg
http://www.coloradohomesmag.com/ext%20long(1).jpg

https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-conte...-Denver-00.jpg
https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-conte...-Denver-00.jpg

The insides fantastic but what the hell was the architect thinking when he designed the exterior.

Some ugly buildings in the UK.

St George’s Warf: London
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rges_Wharf.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rges_Wharf.jpg

Scottish Parliment Building: Edinburgh
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ol%2C_2017.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ol%2C_2017.jpg

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/me...parliament.jpg
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/me...parliament.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/7htgzYRN/Argentina.png

Quite literally a center for higher learning given its elevated position, the national library of Argentina is well known for its unappealing exterior.

:haha: yeah that’s abysmal. Why must all libraries look either ridiculous or like a jail (or in the one in Argentina’s case both). Here’s the national library of Kosovo
https://photorator.com/photos/images...vic--59025.jpg
https://photorator.com/photos/images...vic--59025.jpg

I would say kill it before it lays eggs but judging by the roof that ship has sailed.
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The Koltso Shopping Mall in Russia looks like the One Ring and The Cheesecake Factory’s Child.
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http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/02/22/06/56_big.jpg
http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/02/22/06/56_big.jpg

https://cdni.rbth.com/rbthmedia/imag...64525adc53.jpg
https://cdni.rbth.com/rbthmedia/imag...64525adc53.jpg

I believe we have a post potentially winning the worst photos ever. Bad HDR might be the worst fad introduced this century. Just stop it people. Just stop it.

HDR looks like vomit. I hope someone didn't get paid to take those photos. I don't see many people, even beginners doing that HDR junk too much luckily anymore. HDR was a huge fag though from like 2006-2012. I did it for about a month and everything just looked awful.

The HDR on those pictures is truly painful.

This description :haha::haha::haha:

Phoenix has a host of ugly government buildings. Some of the posts here are aggressively ugly. Phoenix's worst are generally more just depressingly, drearily ugly:

Phoenix Police Headquarters:

http://doney.net/aroundaz/celebrity/...nix_police.jpg
http://doney.net/aroundaz/celebrity/miranda_ernesto.htm

Executive Tower (holds state executive offices):
https://www.roguecolumnist.com/.a/6a...0b5b970d-800wi
https://www.roguecolumnist.com/rogue...disasters.html

Yuck, most Canadian Goverment Buildings are complete jails also.
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/...r-exterior.jpg
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/...r-exterior.jpg

Can’t be a discussion about ugly buildings in Phoenix without the castle.
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I’m so rich I live in this giant tacky castle in the middle of the desert.

The interior has the same level of taste as this Cowboy condo penthouse from Calgary:

https://luxuryresidenceca.files.word...jpeg?w=1200&h=

https://luxuryresidence.ca/2018/03/0...n-keynote-one/

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https://luxuryresidence.ca/2018/03/0...n-keynote-one/

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https://luxuryresidence.ca/2018/03/0...n-keynote-one/

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https://luxuryresidence.ca/2018/03/0...n-keynote-one/

It could be yours for $5.5 million!

Looks like Edmonton's castle has some competition.

Wow that’s very....tacky.

I have a feeling Russia could give all other countries a run for their money in the ugly and tacky category. There's a reason most of Donald Trump's clientele for his buildings are Russians (besides collusion of course).

Yeah this isn’t the last this thread has seen of Russia.