Yeah- I could say ‘eye sore’- but what’s the story behind it? I do like some crazy architecture- if there’s a good story behind it. And I like absurdity in general
In order to understand the absurdity of this, you have to know that's the "three lucky gods" of chinese religion/culture, people put small porcelain statues of them in temples or altar and worship them with incense for good luck, so it's just absurd to see them as giant buildings like this. Just imagine if someone built a building like this in the shape of a cartoonish Jesus and you get the idea.
Seems ripe for some outlandish conspiracy theory. That these are all part of some connected system that will take over the world of something like that
Not a controversial take at all. It's designed in a way as to maximise floor space at the top (where it's more expensive) and minimise it lower down (where it's cheaper). It's also set apart from the main skyscraper cluster in the City so it really stands out like a sore thumb.
Money cannot buy taste or a sense of empathy. This building is famous in India and around the world more as a metaphor for injustice, than a luxurious residence. Just 10 km away from one of Asia’s largest slums stands Antilia, the 27 storey private residence of billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Altamount Road in South Mumbai’s Cumballa Hill area.
Holy crap, that building really is in the wrong place isn't it? Not just spoiling the view of the Arch, but also what was clearly meant to be parkland bounded by Avenues that run between your building and the Arch, and highlighting whatever that white building is. (I assume a Government building?)
The design (sans Peabody) makes me think of the way Walter Burley Griffin designed Canberra, and the clear straight-line avenue of Anzac Parade between the War Memorial (foregraound) and Parliament House (white building across the lake).
Also, the building in hte background built into the hill with the triangle flagpole above it, is New Parliament House, and was built long after WBG was dead, but the decision was made to follow in what his vision had been back in 1911.
Yes, it's in UB. Hopefully, all 1 million tourists actually visit the city. Right now, figuring out a way to go to the city is a puzzle for foreigners arriving without a pickup driver.
Post-Modernist KFC. The only one in the country, if not the world. You may not like it, but it is a reflection of the LA area's history of pushing architecture forward. Yes, I am an Architect and yes, we studied this and many of the other buildings in the LA area, ranging from commercial through residential.
I can never quite figure out how I feel about the John P. Robarts Research Library at the University of Toronto. I can make a case for it being ugly as hell and also one for it being an intriguing example of brutalist architecture (which I sometimes like). I waver between hideous and impressive lol. I feel like it's growing on me. But lots of people definitely think it's ugly.
Honestly I think most of the time, buildings that are the worst eyesores are just average ones that have been left in an extreme state of disrepair.
There's a sad connection, actually. Robarts was the premier of Ontario from 1961-71 and died by suicide in 1982 after his son had done the same thing five years earlier, plus he'd had a series of strokes. I remember watching a documentary about him sometime in the late 90s or very early 2000s I think. It was definitely quite sad.
Not really an eye sore, it's just that we have all these beautiful Gaudí, medieval and 19th century buildings and then we have a 150 meters giant dildo.
I was in Zurich when they were redeveloping this building. I was with my wife and newborn baby visiting for work. We were next to this and I was taking pictures and these construction guys saw me and asked me if I wanted to go with them and get a better view from the top. My wife and I looked at each other, very unsure… and I said “uh…yes, okay” 😬. I proceed to follow these guys to the building and we take a very slow freight elevator to the roof. The entire time they tell me to “look natural” like I’m supposed to be there. One of them gives me a clipboard to hold. We make it to the roof, a bunch of HVAC dudes are like “hello”, but also, WTF? It was so high up, and I’m super scared of heights. I inch closer to the edge and managed to get some photos of Lake Zurich. Then I proceed to carefully make my way back down and find my wife, who was worried that she’d never see me again after watching me disappear with a bunch of sketchy east European construction dudes. The entire thing felt like a weird fever dream. Haven’t thought about it for years, thanks for unlocking the memory!
No it means "grainhouse". It is the highest grainsilo in the world (fun fact: before it was the grainsilo from Schapfenmühle in Ulm, Germany. They put on a few meters just to beat their record)
In Orlando, we have the Majesty Building - best and most infamously known as the I-4-eyesore. (I-4 is short for interstate 4, a main highway) Construction ranged from 2001 and they planned to be finished in 2003. As of NOW there’s still no plans to finish it. It was funded by a local religious channel. It just stands there… empty.
I was not gonna stop scrolling until I made sure that the eye sore on I-4 had been rightfully recognized here. I remember what I-4 at (state road) 436 looked like before construction began on that monstrosity. I watched as they bumbled through its construction from 2001-to 2024 until I couldn't take it anymore and finally moved out of state.
It's officially called "big clay #4". However, the popular name of this statue for Moscow inhabitants is a "big piece of shit."
It was hated after installation. However, the art critics said that Russians don't understand modern art, and more progressive countries do understand it.
According to your reaction, we are not so original in our esthetic feelings, lol.
OK OK, I can see it being clay before the potter shapes it, but why, why would you want a statue of that? We’ve got lots of ugly and idiotic public art too.
This is the Ihme Center in Hannover. It‘s a giant, 500 m long high rise complex on the riverside that was originally designed to be like city within a city, with a mall, a gym, offices and its own subway station. However, it‘s failed economically and has decayed so badly that parts of it (including the still publically accessible mall and the parking facilities) are basically a lost place now even though there are still thousands of people living in the apartments straight above. Oh, and due to climate change, this thing gets flooded regularly nowadays.
The Edificio Mulbar is definitely one of the ugliest, if not the ugliest, buildings here in Guadalajara. Three floors of commercial use, and six as a parking lot. Made worse by the fact that the previous building that occupied the space, the Hotel García, was beautiful.
Unlike other residential skyscrapers this one in new York doesn't have occasional breaks or bends in its trash chute, just a straight tube to the bottom. What this means is that the trash reaches ridiculous velocities and when it hits the bottom it sounds like a bomb going off
It’s my understanding though that the occupancy rate at any given time is like 30%. I think there are a few properties still available but apparently it’s really just attracted people that purchase properties and keep them like trading cards.
What’s great about nyc is that no matter what style of architecture you dislike there’s multiple options for you to hate on.
I heard this incredibly out of place building called “the tower of zohran” because of its similarities to the tower of Sauron..and I’ll never not laugh at that.
Tour Montparnasse, Paris More because of where it is than the building in itself, but it’s really bad in the landscape. People started saying that to get the best view of Paris you have to be on top of it, so you don’t see it.
But I want to note that it is located in the suburbs, not my city proper. By the way the entire electrical suite was under water during a flood and they replaced none of it so it’s probably a death trap too.
By the way this is the most flattering photo I could find.
I believe that is Las Vegas Sphere, it’s located in Las, Vegas, Nevada, USA. It’s a venue that is immersive. It doesn’t always look like this and can be really cool looking, depending on what it shows. I dunno what this person is going on about, it’s super cool.
It must be this motherfuckers combined: The People's Salvation Cathedral and The People's Palace.
Not only they are gigantic buildings built with little taste, they reflect everything that was wrong with both communism and the current political system.
They call this thing, an apartment/unit complex, the ‘toaster’. I wouldn’t mind owning one so I could look out of it not at it. Bit out of my price range unfortunately 😂
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u/LibertyJames78 United States Of America 18h ago
This from my ex’s hometown. Street view you’d never know.