The ugly, the shameful and the downright hideous in British building has been named and shamed in a competition devoted to taking the ego out of architecture. Building Design’s Carbuncle Cup, named after Prince Charles’ famous 1984 “carbuncle” speech, is the country’s only competition for shining examples of bad architecture nominated by readers.
This year’s winner is the Liverpool Ferry Terminal (pictured above) by Belfast-based Hamilton Architects, “building so ugly it can turn human flesh to stone or at the very least make grown men cry,” says Building Design.
Readers nominated buildings with the final decision made by three judges, BD’s buildings editor Ellis Woodman, architecture critic Owen Hatherley and architect Sean Griffiths of Fat.
Above: Liverpool Ferry Terminal by Belfast-based Hamilton Architects, Below: Make’s Amenity building for Nottingham University; Queen Margaret University campus, Lothian, by Dyer Associates.
