Carbuncle Cup
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FeaturesCivil Justice Centre joins Carbuncle Cup longlist
Denton Corker Marshall's Manchester court building is nominated for the Carbuncle Cup
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Building StudiesOrion Building, Birmingham by BBLB Architects with John Rocha
"I'd like to nominate the Orion Building," writes Deb Adams. "It’s crude, vulgar and does nothing to enhance the city's architectural reputation." Her nomination is seconded by ex-Cabe commissioner Les Sparks who said: “The Orion Development by Crosby Homes in Navigation Street is a massive
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Building StudiesKX200 by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, London
Reclad office tower for developer First Base to create a mixed apartment block on London’s Pentonville Road. Nominated anonymously: "This building says: ' Hey - I'm so now and hip' just because the architect has had the very unoriginal idea of cladding it in various shades of blue. Horrible but
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Building StudiesOpal Court, Leicester by Stephen George and Partners
A student and key worker housing block near Leicester city centre.Richard L posted his support for this anonymous nomination. “It’s symptomatic of the kind of rubbish being built in leicester at the moment, especially around De Montfort. Leicester is quickly developing an idendikit city centre
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Building StudiesSkydec apartments, London by Edward Potter Associates
Alan Riley has nominated Edward Potter Associates’ Skydec apartments in south west London, a development of 14 flats in a conservation area of two storey Victorian housing.
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Allies and Morrison's 1 Bankside an "oversized lump"
Allies and Morrison's south London office building for Land Securities is nominated by Derek Davis for our cup.
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Building StudiesHoliday Inn Express, Westhill Aberdeen by Peter Redhead Architects
“It is the most hideous building, totally out of scale and massing with it’s location, with scant heed to local architecture or materials,” writes nominator Marie-Louise Dunk. Dunk names another Aberdeen shocker: a new housing estate by Betts on the A944 into the city. “We’ve watched with horror
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Building StudiesMore London office development by Foster and Partners
Edwin Heathcote, architecture critic on the Financial Times, has nominated Foster's More London for our Carbuncle Cup
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FeaturesBristol block of flats nominated for the Carbuncle Cup
Andrew Lynch has nominated Wallace Place on Granby Hill in Bristol. Originally designed by HLN of Cardiff, it was finished off by ESHA Architects. The developer was Edward Ware Homes."This block of flats is a carbuncle that diminishes the Regency terrace next to it," Lynch writes. "Poor detail
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: The spotlight shifts to Birmingham
Deb Adams has nominated two Birmingham buildings, David McLean's Masshouse and John Rocha's Orion building