multi-storey to be demolished
Bell & Compass pub
ugly Canada Water
Blavatnik's shining eyesore
sickly mauve co-op
architectural screech
Blavatnik - sorely in need of trees
hard as glass
Silicon Roundabout carbuncles
this collage could not possibly be as ugly as the…
An "Ugly" Postcard from Amanda Ench
high treason carbuncles
Sunset Over Yorkville, NY, USA, 2006
See also...
See more...Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
360 visits
architectural tsunami
ugly Walkie-Talkie Building looming over the City of London
HelenaPF has particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3170313/Down-draught-walkie-talkie-skyscraper-blowing-workers-over.html
www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/DisappearingLondon.htm</b?
It has singed shopfronts, melted cars and caused great gusts of wind to sweep pedestrians off their feet. Now the Walkie Talkie tower, the bulbous comedy villain of London’s skyline, has been bestowed with the Carbuncle Cup by Building Design (BD) magazine for the worst building of the year.
It looms thuggishly over its low-rise neighbours like a broad-shouldered banker in a cheap pinstriped suit.
From further east, its silhouette is reminiscent of a sanitary towel, flapping behind Tower Bridge. The headquarters of the Royal Institute of Town Planners stands two streets away. “It’s a daily reminder,” sighs one employee, “never to let such a planning disaster ever happen again.”
It is a challenge finding anyone who has something positive to say about this building,” says Carbuncle Cup jury chair and BD editor Thomas Lane. “The result is Londoners now have to suffer views of this bloated carbuncle crashing into London’s historic skyline like an unwelcome guest at a party from miles away.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/27/londoners-back-skyscraper-limit-skyline
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QcbsedsGdA
Sign-in to write a comment.