Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas) - Page 102

stevanford1 · #**2021** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 9:53 PM**

How has The Rogers Building in Montreal not been nominationed? Looks like a vertical trash heap.

vid · #**2022** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 2:56 AM**

Didn't that building burn down in Tehran a couple years ago?

MolsonExport · #**2023** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 3:37 AM**

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How has The Rogers Building in Montreal not been nominationed? Looks like a vertical trash heap.

Rogers is a synonym for shit. With or without the fugly building.

Franco401 · #**2024** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 3:57 AM**

That's a very OK midcentury building in need of a reclad or deep clean. This, to me, is fundamentally no different from a beautiful old Victorian warehouse that needs renovation.

SkahHigh · #**2025** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 12:25 PM**

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That's a very OK midcentury building in need of a reclad or deep clean. This, to me, is fundamentally no different from a beautiful old Victorian warehouse that needs renovation.

Yeah, the only problems are it’s very visible and has needed a reclad for the past 15 years...

stevanford1 · #**2026** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 12:36 PM**

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Yeah, the only problems are it’s very visible and has needed a reclad for the past 15 years...

I agree with that.

stevanford1 · #**2027** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 12:44 PM**

The Mcconnell Library in Montreal deserves a mention here.

MolsonExport · #**2028** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 1:50 PM**

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The Mcconnell Library in Montreal deserves a mention here.

I hate that building. It is like a bathroom turned inside out.

O-tacular · #**2029** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 5:05 PM**

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The Mcconnell Library in Montreal deserves a mention here.

You mean to tell me that's not a maximum security prison?

O-tacular · #**2030** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 5:06 PM**

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I hate that building. It is like a bathroom turned inside out.

That is a perfect description.

stevanford1 · #**2031** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 2:12 PM**

Speaking of Prisonlike University Buildings I nominate the Schmon Tower from Brock University.

It even has ugly art to “make it look happier”.

MolsonExport · #**2032** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 2:34 PM**

Even otherwise beautiful universities like UBC, Western, and McGill have horrible concrete piles. I work in one. The only saving grace is that when I look out of my corner window, I don't have to see it.

stevanford1 · #**2033** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 2:41 PM**

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Even otherwise beautiful universities like UBC, Western, and McGill have horrible concrete piles. I work in one. The only saving grace is that when I look out of my corner window, I don't have to see it.

Yeah University Of Toronto has the, Graduate House, The Athletic Center, and the Wolfond Center. Otherwise it’s an amazing looking campus. The Wolfond Center in particular looks like they tried to slam to many details into a tiny package.

niwell · #**2034** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 4:16 PM**

Big Universities are more likely to experiment with architectural trends. On the whole this is a good thing I think, but can also lead to “what the hell were they thinking” in certain cases. I’m glad we ended up with polarizing buildings like Robarts instead of playing if safe.

O-tacular · #**2035** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 4:28 PM**

UBC has some brutalist fuglies iirc.

stevanford1 · #**2036** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 5:09 PM**

Memorial University has quite a few fugly's. Presenting the sj Carew Building.

And its equally depressing interior.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5748...!7i5472!8i2736

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5751...!7i5472!8i2736

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5747...!7i5472!8i2736

Future engineers don't need natural light.

stevanford1 · #**2037** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 5:16 PM**

If we are going to talk ugly university architecture Waterloo reigns. Here is a post I made a while back with a couple highlights.

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O-tacular · #**2038** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by stevanford1

Memorial University has quite a few fugly's. Presenting the sj Carew Building.

And its equally depressing interior.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5748...!7i5472!8i2736

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5751...!7i5472!8i2736

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5747...!7i5472!8i2736

Future engineers don't need natural light.

Reminds me of the Arts department at U of C. I had a hard time finding my first drawing class as it listed the location as the Arts parkade. I thought there had to be a mistake. It turns out the Arts department is situated on top of the parkade. Depressing AF. Could the U of C give less of a shit than that? They literally shoved it on top of a parkade in a windswept corner of the campus.

stevanford1 · #**2039** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 5:42 PM**

Ryerson University Library is very ugly. It’s also pretty visible in the area it is in (near Dundas Sqaure).

FrAnKs · #**2040** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 5:55 PM**

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Yeah University Of Toronto has the, Graduate House, The Athletic Center, and the Wolfond Center. Otherwise it’s an amazing looking campus. The Wolfond Center in particular looks like they tried to slam to many details into a tiny package.

This is like Donald Trump's hairs dropped on a house.