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stevanford1 Mar 12, 2019 5:58 PM

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.
https://www.blogto.com/upload/2010/0...loorDundas.jpg
BlogTO

And the Grand Harbour Condo.
http://www.irmaeibich.com/images/126...or-Perfect.jpg
irmaeibich.com

:yuck::yuck::yuck:

Spocket Mar 12, 2019 6:55 PM

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.

stevanford1 Mar 12, 2019 7:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Spocket (Post 8503172)
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 :).

stevanford1 Mar 12, 2019 7:07 PM

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.
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/...oad-street.jpg

https://altusprecast.com/wp-content/...l-Cladding.jpg

O-tacular Mar 12, 2019 7:58 PM

New Jersey’s Xanadu mall:

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

stevanford1 Mar 12, 2019 8:00 PM

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Originally Posted by O-tacular (Post 8503281)

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

O-tacular Mar 12, 2019 8:04 PM

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Originally Posted by stevanford1 (Post 8503288)
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.

stevanford1 Mar 12, 2019 8:06 PM

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Originally Posted by O-tacular (Post 8503291)
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.

hauntedheadnc Mar 12, 2019 8:06 PM

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.

stevanford1 Mar 12, 2019 8:30 PM

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Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc (Post 8503294)
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!!!!

stevanford1 Mar 12, 2019 10:10 PM

Hong Kong Central Library.
http://www.csci.com.hk/Uploads/201410/543b484e3d4ba.png

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...brary_2008.jpg

stevanford1 Mar 13, 2019 2:35 AM

I absolutely despise Birmingham’s Orion Tower.
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KR3EE8/the...and-KR3EE8.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...-UK%282%29.JPG

O-tacular Mar 13, 2019 2:38 PM

This house in Virginia. Where is the entrance?

https://www.cca.qc.ca/img/J4ZMIUtgn0...lJef_Fig_5.jpg

LMich Mar 13, 2019 3:47 PM

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.

stevanford1 Mar 13, 2019 4:51 PM

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

HomeInMyShoes Mar 13, 2019 4:55 PM

^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.

stevanford1 Mar 13, 2019 5:08 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes (Post 8504295)
^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.

Obadno Mar 13, 2019 6:10 PM

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

https://goo.gl/maps/gtiuscXZar22

https://goo.gl/maps/JSGRYaG43ws

stevanford1 Mar 13, 2019 6:48 PM

Ok this ones hardcore ugly so proceed with caution.....I present to you The Prado in Denver.
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/...-southeast.jpg
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/558041-Large-the-prado-denver-co-usa-usa-exterior-exterior-view-from-the-southeast.jpg

https://archinect.imgix.net/uploads/...press%2Cformat
https://archinect.imgix.net/uploads/kl/klasb1jaxzffmnt9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat

Obadno Mar 13, 2019 7:48 PM

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Originally Posted by stevanford1 (Post 8504462)
Ok this ones hardcore ugly so proceed with caution.....I present to you The Prado in Denver.
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/...-southeast.jpg
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/558041-Large-the-prado-denver-co-usa-usa-exterior-exterior-view-from-the-southeast.jpg

https://archinect.imgix.net/uploads/...press%2Cformat
https://archinect.imgix.net/uploads/kl/klasb1jaxzffmnt9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat

its not to bad, just has a lot going on.


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