All The Carbuncle Cup articles – Page 2
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Greetham Street Student Halls, Portsmouth by Cooley Architects
This project takes the worst aspects of several former Carbuncle Cup contenders and combines these into one…
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Preston Railway Station Butler Street Entrance by AHR
The residents of Preston took to Twitter in droves to denounce Preston Railway Station’s new entrance
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Nova Victoria by PLP Architecture
This mixed-use development sets a new benchmark for urban horror
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OpinionWhy Lincoln Plaza won the Carbuncle Cup
Lincoln Plaza has won the 2016 Carbuncle Cup and is yet another shameful indictment of bad planning as well as bad architecture
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup 2016 shortlist unveiled
The six-strong shortlist was selected from 10 projects nominated by readers and represents some of Britain’s worst buildings.
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Lincoln Plaza, London by BUJ Architects
Yet another high-rise luxury London residential tall building opts for dubious cladding and incoherent form
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: 5 Broadgate by Make Architects
Big and brash, this building dominates the public space at the heart of London’s Broadgate development
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: The Fusion Building, Bournemouth University by BDP
This week’s nomination provides an unsettling pair of blasts from the past
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: The Tower, Southwark by Squire & Partners
This luxury residential tower may be on the thin side, but its poor design and inappropriate location wreaks urban damage that extends far and wide
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Poole Methodist Church extension by Intelligent Design Centre
The new extension to this church looks like a set of site huts
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: The Francis Crick Institute, by HOK with PLP Architecture
A popular contender for the Carbuncle Cup, for some this building is proof big doesn’t mean beautiful
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: One Smithfield, Stoke-on-Trent by RHWL Architects
Intended as a beacon for regeneration and a new home for Stoke council, this week’s contender instead caused a political storm
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Camellia House & Blashill Court, Poplar, by AHR
Robin Hood Gardens may have had its critics but they should take a look at its replacement, says the nominator of this week’s entry
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: The Diamond, University of Sheffield by Twelve Architects
Diamond by name, diamond by nature - Sheffield’s new engineering building features this overpowering three dimensional cladding
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Saffron Square, Croydon by Rolfe Judd
We kick off this year’s Carbuncle Cup with a multicoloured monster in Croydon town centre
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FeaturesIt should never have been built
The Walkie Talkie is a disaster for London and its planning system, says Ike Ijeh
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FeaturesHave we learnt anything from the Walkie Scorchie?
Behind the headlines ridiculing the Walkie Talkie for its death ray and wind scoop effects are serious issues that should concern us all, says architect and urban climatologist Julie Futcher
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup 2015 winner announced
Decision to award Carbuncle Cup to Walkie Talkie was unanimous
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup 2015 shortlist unveiled
Six of Britain’s worst buildings in the running for architecture’s wooden spoon