The worst building in the world

[canadapower 0]

Montparnasse, hands down, without a doubt the stupidest thing ever built. It was a so-so idea to build a tower there in the first place, then it was made worse by the fact that it's just and enormous brown tower that looks so jarring on the skyline.

this pic (which I won't post cause it's huge) pretty much explains it:

ugly.

[Skyfire2275 23]

The Montparnasse is mostly just a blah looking tower, but I find that it is the tower's location that make it such an eyesore! What a dumb spot for a tower like that!

[Englishandproud 0]

I live in Nottingham, England, and although it may not be the worst building in the world, this building on Maid Marion Way couldn't be placed in a worse place. (The one to the upper left of the picture)

The building behind the Salutation is part of a lot of buildings in this area of the city that ruin the area. For anyone who knows Nottingham, The People's College is terrible too, which they decided to build right beneath the Castle. It's surprisingly difficult to find pictures of these eyesores, people only seem to take pictures of the nice bits of the city.

[darthtator 0]

hmmm... worst? ATT Longlines building! I get physically sick every time I see it

[Camaron 1]

Originally posted by: canadapower Montparnasse, hands down, without a doubt the stupidest thing ever built. It was a so-so idea to build a tower there in the first place, then it was made worse by the fact that it's just and enormous brown tower that looks so jarring on the skyline.

this pic (which I won't post cause it's huge) pretty much explains it:

ugly.quote>

 

I have to say, the building from that picture really dosen't fit into its surroundings. That building could have had potential else where but not there, definitely not there.

[beebs 129]

Edmontons full of ugly architecture, sadly enough.

CN Tower

Park Square

City Hall (With CN Tower in the backround)

 

Delta Hotel on the way to downtown from the Airport.

This.... thing.. is among the first things you see coming into to the city from the airport. It's quite possibly the ugliest building I've seen in Edmonton so far.

[MarcosMX 222]

wait a sec, I have seen that builfing on memphis, Tennessee. It is the tallest on the city. Ugly BTW

[beebs 129]

You whaat? Don't tell me there's a clone of that somewhere.

[danza3343 1]

I live in NOTTINGHAM too, hehe the college is terrible as you said Englishandproud, yeh lol its true how only a few nice pics of nottingham are around considering like 90% looks terrible at times

[Derben 0]

concrete. everything build out of these obnoxious, ugly, grey concrete blocks. I mean sure it's cheap and sturdy. But it is ugly. Especially after a couple of years. I mean wow. Ugly.

Example:

Soccer Stadium in Basle/Switzerland

They ruined a perfectly fine stadium/mall with this fassade. WHY? WHY???? It's even more ugly if you get close.

[Swaj2191 0]

I found this one when looking to see if Sacramento was ready to start developing after 14 years of stagnancy and they decide to build this! http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=236203

  hideous!

[Skyfire2275 23]

Here's some ugly buildings in Ottawa:

The old city hall... now a Federal Government Building... just too much stuff going on, what a mess of various architectural styles...

And another Federal Government building... which happens to be next to the above building, across the Rideau River... Just brutalism at its worst.

Brutal.

[MarcosMX 222]

beebs: sadly, yeah there is a clone. I think it is called Main Street building.

[Englishandproud 0]

Originally posted by: danza3343 I live in NOTTINGHAM too, hehe the college is terrible as you said Englishandproud, yeh lol its true how only a few nice pics of nottingham are around considering like 90% looks terrible at times quote>

 

I think theyre knocking that college down soon and rebuilding it....and the Market Square will be rebuilt soon too. At least we have the City Ground though.....You Redsss

[HandsOff 0]

Funny, nobody mentioned the Stick in the Mud called the BT Tower in London's West End..

[beebs 129]

Originally posted by: MarcosMX beebs: sadly, yeah there is a clone. I think it is called Main Street building.quote>

Wow.. that makes me sad. I feel for them.

Edmontons downtown is only saved by the river valley. Without that... ugh... I don't even want to imagine it.

[miket0924 0]

As a fellow Canuck I'm always disturbed by architects here.

They always seem to go for the cheap and disposable.

The amount of historic buildings that seem to go under the buldozer to build  another disposible box is astounding.

[josefmayor 8]

what happend to old school city halls?

[billyjeanboyke 0]

The New concerthall in Bruges Belgium, Terracotta extravaganza and the inside looks as bad as the outside. Just type in concertgebouw brugge in google image search and see for yourself.

[Alexzero77 3]

I don't care if the Mulan Rouge is famous. I still think it's an ugly piece of crap:

[dede89 0]

Huh nice buildings^^

here have a look at this ugly thing...

It's the Ihme-Zentrum in Hannover, Germany about 95meters tall and the 3rd tallest building in the city... brrrr

Dede

[eQ-B 1]

Funnily enough, probably every millenium building ever made.

Wales, Cardiff's millenium centre:

And of course, the ugly piece of crap in London, the millenium dome!

[st louis dude 6]

You forgot the Freedom tower and Fordham Spire.

[YukiEiriKun 29]

Ok, there has been some pretty horrible building here, so I'm not sure how "well" my suggestions rate, but personally these are the most horrid one's in Helsinki:

original image from Taivasalla.net: 

http://taivasalla.1g.fi/2005/2005-11/img/051108_1437_1024x768.jpg

This is residental area of "Merihaka", it's located right next to Helsinki center (about 2 km from the center.) It's not bad or poor neighbourhood, but just plain ugly. Prime example of the 70's architecture.

Here's another nice view from Merihaka:

Original image: 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Merihaka%2C_Helsinki_in_winter_1.jpg

[p4p3rc1ip 2]

Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth was Britain's worst five years running, before being knocked down...

Go here and sum up your own conclusion: http://images.google.com/images?q=tricorn%20centre&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&sa=N&tab=wi

[Red1530 1]

The Orange County Government Center is one of the worst bulidings in the world.

[octaves 4]

Ick.  That is ugly..Looks like Cement boxespiled on top of each other in a haphazard way..

Im not sure what this one's called, but its in Germany and its dang ugly.

Then there's the Centennial Building in my hometown, Fredericton NB Canada:

[T Wrecks 10,210]

I might have posted this before, I don't remember...

Anyway, this is the so-called Hercules-Hochhaus in Cologne (Köln), Germany.

Architects + LSD = Bad idea.

Not only is it fugly, but it's also located at a really inappropriate spot, and to top it off, those obnoxious coloured tiles keep breaking and falling down... the building has won the Golden Lemon for Bad Architecture at least once.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

Great. Another pageflip.

[Jasoncw 11,949]

lol, the red blob at the top looks like it's eating the purple, and the black windows look like eyes. It reminds me of pac-man.