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Old Posted Mar 26, 2019, 9:04 PM
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This hotel in Bulgaria is also atrocious.

https://www.riuagents.com/agents/en/...e/index.jsp#18
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Bulgaria in general seems atrocious.
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It almost has its own vernacular of awful architecture.
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Old Posted Mar 26, 2019, 9:59 PM
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Enjoy stay in fancy hotel!



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It almost has its own vernacular of awful architecture.
Yup, usually defined by overuse of collums I have found. They’re also usually yellow in colour.
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This house in Russia might be one of the tackiest in existence.


The interior is even worse.
http://blog.asiantown.net/-/3871/gol...oligarch-house
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There’s also this tacky monster of an apartment (also in Russia)
https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/s...ld-2-moscow-mo
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It looks like that house came in pieces as a kit, but it didn't come with the instructions so they just glued all the pieces together however they could make them fit. I suspect a pile of left-over pieces was left in the alley.
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It looks like that house came in pieces as a kit, but it didn't come with the instructions so they just glued all the pieces together however they could make them fit. I suspect a pile of left-over pieces was left in the alley.
, The Messhaus as one would call it.

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Chongqing’s golden Sheraton Hotel which shockingly enough has never been a Trump Tower.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f3...d54/index.html


https://www.cybevasion.fr/sheraton-c...413160_en.html
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^^looks much better in the bottom pic
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Saint Paul Minnesota’s puke green Spruce Tree Centre.
What kind of builder/ developer says "yeah, let's go with this design."
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What kind of builder/ developer says "yeah, let's go with this design."
Looks like the main train station in Riga Latvia
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Old Posted Mar 27, 2019, 8:52 AM
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Copenhagen opera house

Half a billion dollars gets you this
Copenhagen Opera House by stephengg, on Flickr
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No list is complete without the secret intelligence service building london

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Old Posted Mar 27, 2019, 11:17 AM
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Half a billion dollars gets you this
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Looks more like a hospital than an opera house.
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Old Posted Mar 27, 2019, 11:27 AM
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And that’s a fact, The MI6 is one of worst of London imo.
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What is with Copenhagen and building hospitals for their main event centres? Here’s Parken Stadium, another building that looks like your average hospital.

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parken_Stadion
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Old Posted Mar 27, 2019, 12:56 PM
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weird architecture

The Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer France
20171031 Cannes! - 04 november 2017 - 04 by Oskar Billig, on Flickr
The shark house Oxford
the headington shark by Crispin Semmens, on Flickr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headington_Shark
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