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The 2018 winner of the Carbuncle Cup is Redrock Stockport, a £45m leisure complex and car park designed by BDP for the local council. image: DBW website

A London office block described as a ‘bright red hideous mess’ has been named the UK’s worst building in the Building Design Magazine (BD) 2017 Carbuncle Cup.

Six buildings have been shortlisted for architecture’s least illustrious prize, courtesy BD (Building Design) – the Carbuncle Cup for the UK’s worst new building from the last year.

The IHBC’s Wiki-based platform developer, Designing Buildings Wiki, has offered its own take on Building Design’s renowned celebration of the dismal, the Carbuncle Cup! DBW writes On 7th September, Building Design awarded the dubious honour of the Carbuncle Cup for … Continue reading →

Building Design has revealed the shortlist for the Carbuncle Cup 2016, with six buildings being highlighted. Wikipedia writes: The shortlist of six was announced in August 2016, selected by a panel of judges consisting of Building Design editor Thomas Lane, … Continue reading →

Building Design’s (BD’s) Carbuncle Award, which ‘celebrates’ the worst in architecture and design, has announced its winner this week: Woolwich Central, a mixed-use 189 apartment and 7,800sq m Tesco development in south east London. BD writes: Our judges had nothing … Continue reading →

The UK’s most controversial architecture prize is back. Read more at: LINK

Sir Nicholas Grimshaw’s disastrously conceived restoration of the Cutty Sark is winner of this year’s BD Carbuncle Cup, tragically defiling the very thing it sets out to save, says BD! The sixth annual Carbuncle Cup winner was selected by a … Continue reading →

bdonline has released the current nominations for its ‘carbuncle cup’. Bdonline writes: You can influence the shortlist by sending a short paragraph explaining your nomination to bdonline@ubm.com. Current nominations include: ArcellorMittal Orbit, Olympic Park, London, by Anish Kapoor and Cecil … Continue reading →

The ‘Walkie Talkie’ in the City Of London’s Fenchurch Street has won the 2015 Carbuncle Cup organised by Building Design magazine to find the UK’s worst building.  BD online

Building Design magazine has launched a search for the UK’s worst building in the ‘Carbuncle Cup’, and Urban Realm have launched a search for the next ‘winners’ of the carbuncles in Scotland, all highlighting problem towns and architecture as they … Continue reading →