10 Ugliest Buildings in the World

[IIIrd Icon]

Islam's middle finger to the rest of the world.

 

[Pezzaturra]

Originally Posted by StephenHero

If you're looking for shell-like blob buildings, you might be interested in Shigeru Ban's Pompidou Center in Metz that's under construction.

Nice Eero Saarinen rip-off

 

[tagutcow]

Originally Posted by audiophilia

What is this, an egg museum? I don't think anyone was expecting it to be an architectural masterpiece to bein with.

Yeah, I know the cutsieness of the design won't win many fans here, but unlike many of the more high-minded ugly buildings in this thread, the artistic conceit here doesn't come at the expense of practicality, nor is the execution particularly overwrought. Trust me, when you spend days in a car driving cross-country, you come to appreciate kitschy roadside attractions like these.

What's next, are we going to start critiqueing such classics as The Big Duck?

(Note: inside The Big Duck is a gift shop where you can buy... merchandise about the Big Duck! My family even has a Big Duck Christmas tree ornament.)

Now this just looks like a bulding based on the doodlings of a kid who was bored in class.

 

[Mr. White]

La Mona in Tijuana, Mexico:

 

[StephenHero]

If buildings are to be ugly, they should at least be intelligently ugly. I approve of duck and basket buildings.

 

[softy]

Where is this pulled from?

 

[Reborn]

Originally Posted by tagutcow

Now this just looks like a bulding based on the doodlings of a kid who was bored in class.

Well, it was based on his masters thesis.

http://www.habitat67.com/

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

You just don't like those uppity arabs that stay there for 50k/night.

They wish they could get anyone to stay there for half that. The Abu Dhabi bailout was a foregone conclusion.

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

Originally Posted by SField

If those are an eyesore, please post a photo of what you do find attractive in an office tower?

i like em too. remind me of several park ave buildings

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

I had to live in this complex for two years. i think my school has scrubbed the internet of pictures of it. seriously. took 15 minutes to find this picture of any building in butler college.

 

[edinatlanta]

Bumping for a wonderfully ugly building in Medellin.

 

[w.mj]

Originally Posted by softy

Where is this pulled from?

It was some ghetto near/outside/in Hong Kong. Since been pulled down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

 

[Artisan Fan]

Originally Posted by IIIrd Icon

Islam's middle finger to the rest of the world.

Built by slave labor as well.

 

[Artisan Fan]

Originally Posted by donCarlos

I´m really interested what you think about this project of new national library in Prague overlooking Prague, which, fortunately, won´t be built.

FTFY.

 

[Pantisocrat]

Probably one of the ugliest structures I've ever seen. A close second is this glass marital aid: