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  • Carbuncle Cup 2018 winner

    "Soulless" leisure complex in Stockport wins Carbuncle Cup 2018 for worst UK building

    An entertainment complex in the northern English town of Stockport, designed by architecture firm BDP, has been named the UK's worst new building from the past year. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 7 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "Crass" London development wins Carbuncle Cup 2017 for worst UK building

    An angular pair of towers located directly outside London's Victoria station has been named the UK's worst new building from the last year. More

    Alice Morby | 6 September 2017 | 8 comments
  • Carbuncle Cup shortlists six contenders for worst building of 2017

    Six buildings have been shortlisted for architecture's least illustrious prize – the Carbuncle Cup for the UK's worst new building from the last year. More

    Jessica Mairs | 30 August 2017 | 28 comments
  • Lincoln Plaza named Britain's worst new building in Carbuncle Cup 2016

    Lincoln Plaza housing named Britain's worst new building in Carbuncle Cup 2016

    A tower block has been named the worst new building in the UK, after being described as "an open invitation to commit suicide". More

    Amy Frearson | 7 September 2016 | 21 comments
  • Carbuncle Cup shortlist reveals frontrunners for Britain's worst building of 2016

    Carbuncle Cup shortlist reveals frontrunners for Britain's worst building of 2016

    Six buildings have been shortlisted for architecture's most unwanted award – the Carbuncle Cup 2016 for the UK's worst new building (+ slideshow). More

    Anna Winston | 1 September 2016 | 16 comments
  • Walkie Talkie wins Carbuncle Cup 2015

    Walkie Talkie wins 2015 Carbuncle Cup for worst UK building

    Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London, which has so far melted cars and been blamed for powerful downdraughts, has been named the worst building in the UK this year. More

    Dan Howarth | 2 September 2015 | 11 comments
  • "Oppressive" Woolwich Central development wins Carbuncle Cup 2014

    "Oppressive" Woolwich Central development wins Carbuncle Cup 2014

    News: a mixed-use development in south-east London has been branded as the UK's worst building of the year. More

    Amy Frearson | 3 September 2014 | 12 comments
  • Vauxhall Tower by Broadway Malyan

    Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist announced

    News: a shopping centre that replaced an iconic Brutalist car park and a controversial tower beside the River Thames are among the six projects on the Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist for the UK's worst new building. More

    Anna Winston | 28 August 2014 | 15 comments
  • Carbuncle Cup 2013 winner - 465 Caledonian Road

    "Prison-like" student housing wins Carbuncle Cup 2013

    News: a student housing block in London with a retained brick warehouse facade has been named Britain's worst building of the year. More

    Kate Andrews | 29 August 2013 | 13 comments
  • Carbuncle Cup 2013 shortlist

    Carbuncle Cup 2013 shortlist revealed

    News: a 24 metre tall viewing tower that looks like a helter skelter and a student housing development in Oxford have been included in a shortlist for the ugliest building completed in the UK in the last 12 months. Update 29/08/13: the winner has been announced as 465 Caledonian Road by Stephen George & Partners. More

    Kate Andrews | 19 August 2013 | 1 comment
  • Cutty Sark by Grimshaw

    Cutty Sark wins Carbuncle Cup 2012

    News: Grimshaw architects' steel and glass cocoon containing the historic Cutty Sark tea clipper has been named the ugliest new building in the UK, with a juror describing it as "the final death of High-Tech as a design language worthy of respect." More

    Amy Frearson | 13 September 2012 | 5 comments
  • Carbuncle Cup 2012 shortlist announced

    Dezeen Wire: the ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture at the Olympic Park (above) and the restoration of historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark are included in the shortlist for the 2012 Carbuncle Cup, awarded by Building Design magazine to the ugliest building completed in the UK in the last 12 months. More

    Amy Frearson | 23 July 2012 | Leave a comment
  • Strata tower by BFLS wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup - Building Design

    Dezeenwire: the Strata tower  in south London by BFLS architects has won The Carbuncle Cup, awarded annually by Building Design magazine to the ugliest building completed in the UK during the past 12 months - Building Design

    Also on Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey's review of the Strata tower

    Rose Etherington | 12 August 2010 | 1 comment

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