Carbuncle Cup – Page 6
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup nomination — Cutty Sark renovation by Grimshaw Architects
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup nomination — ArcellorMittal Orbit, Olympic Park, London, by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup nomination — Park House, Oxford Street, London, by Robin Partington
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup nomination — Victoria Hall Student Accommodation, Wembley, by CZWG
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup nomination - The Hive, Worcester, by Feilden Clegg Bradley
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NewsMediaCityUK wins 2011 Carbuncle Cup
Amid strong competition, the Salford media hub is voted this year’s worst UK building in BD’s annual Carbuncle Cup competition.
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Media City Salford by Fairhursts, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre
“There’s an emptiness here that the architects have desperately tried to compensate for”
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Newport Station by Grimshaw and Atkins
A quick tour around the Carbuncle Cup nominated station with judges Hugh Pearman and Ellis Woodman
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The Museum of Liverpool: 3XN's Kim Nielsen defends his design
The Museum of Liverpool opened to the news it had been nominated for this year’s Carbuncle Cup.
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OpinionBloated icons and dreary sheds go head to head in the race for the Carbuncle Cup
Clunky slabs and botched “landmarks” battle it out to win the coveted title of worst building of the year.
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NewsCarbuncle Cup citation: One Hyde Park by Rogers Stirk Harbour
“What is shocking is that, after five years in the making and a £500 million construction cost, it is quite so bad.”
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NewsCarbuncle Cup citation: Newport Station by Grimshaw and Atkins
“The suppposedly “iconic” form of the building can only be appreciated by seagulls”
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NewsCarbuncle Cup citation: Phoenix High School by Bond Bryan
“Seems to have been built in Jenga blocks by someone who is colour blind – in a conservation area”
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NewsCarbuncle Cup citation: Museum of Liverpool by 3XN/AEW
“Like giving a pretty girl a black eye, knocking all her teeth out and saying ’smile you look lovely’”
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NewsCarbuncle Cup citation: Ebenezer Chapel and Housing Development by Molyneux Architects
“These mediocre buildings that damage our cities more than bolder failures”
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NewsCarbuncle Cup citation: Media City by Fairhursts, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre
“For an organisation with high cultural aspirations it is hard to see how the BBC could have sunk much lower”
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NewsCarbuncle Cup 2011 — view all the nominated projects
Schemes by Rogers Stirk Harbour, Jean Nouvel, RHWL, Broadway Malyan, Wilkinson Eyre and Bond Bryan among nominees
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NewsFirst Carbuncle Cup nominations revealed as deadline looms
Submit your 2011 carbuncle by 15 July
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NewsCarbuncle Cup opens for nominations
Today sees the launch of the call for nominations for the sixth Carbuncle Cup, BD’s annual award presented in recognition of the ugliest building completed in Britain in the past 12 months
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NewsFrom New Zealand to Ukraine, Carbuncle Cup receives global coverage
BD’s Carbuncle Cup attracted headlines around the world over the weekend, as well as pieces in the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent and Daily Mail.