Architects get paid to put some of this insulting stuff on our landscapes.

[bluegum30]

Some of these [buildings are so bad](Are these the ugliest buildings in the world? - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertypicturegalleries/9126031/Are-these-the-ugliest-buildings-in-the-world.html?frame=2159769)that) if they were an animal the kind thing to do would be to put them down.

#1 looks a lot like the Queensland A L P at the moment.:rolleyes:

[FenceFurniture]

Definitely some shockers there, but #3 (the disc) is mad.

[tea lady]

#8 I think they lost the assembly instructions. :rolleyes:

I don't know. I think there is room for the odd odd building. What I think is worse is the miles and miles of big ugly soulless houses I have to drive past on the outskirts of Melbourne. All with no room for trees let alone a garden around them, and airconditioners sitting on the roof.:rolleyes:

[Poit]

I love #5 - how many get to miss out on a view from up high, just to suit the outside scheme?!.

Some doozies to be found here, going back: Eyesore of the Month by James Howard Kunstler (http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_201112.html)

[3RU]

I think Fed Square does it and it replaced the old gas and fuel building, pulled down because it was comnsidered ugly. Give me a break.

I have seen the disc in Abu Dhabi and it actually looks good in real life. It is noticable that telco buildings are overly represented in the outlandish stakes.

[ian]

The "dropped from a great height" Fed Square thingo is my pick

the others range from the brutalist through to the whimsey, but Fed Square ???

but have to agree with anne-maria about general suburbia -- my pet hate are the "archetect designed" 3 storey walkups

[acmegridley]

I think the use of LSD is prevalent among architects:oo:

[artme]

I don't know Bluegum. I thought that #4 was more to the point. They are a basket case after all!:D:D

[Christos]

I am looking at it from the perspective of let's push the design limits.

[AlexS]

I like Fed. Square - it's better than cruddy rectilinear buildings. Also like the disc.

[tea lady]

Fed square is great when you are in it. Better in real life than in pics. On hot days though the paved areas around it are a little TO much like a hot desert. :melt:

[Woodwould]

Fed Square is the worst by a long chalk; it's downright embarrassing! I really like the Disc.

[Bushmiller]

I have not seen any of those buildings except in the pictures.

I rate them as follows

1 x Excellent (The disc at Abu Dhabi, although I would be interested to know the direction of the prevailing winds)

4 x Good (As in interesting).

3 x Mildly Indifferent

13 x Fugly.

I have to declare my predjudice and say this comes from someone who thinks the phrase "city views" is an oxymoron:wink:.

Regards
Paul

[FenceFurniture]

.... although I would be interested to know the direction of the prevailing winds

I was wondering about Sun direction with all that glass (like, in the middle of the desert, you know).

[rustynail]

Architect Quotes:
If I can draw it you can build it.
Of course a 600mm dia duct will fit in a 600mm dia hole.
I'll have you know, I spent 6months working with a builder, so dont tell me I dont know how to build.
Timber has a beautiful supplty about it.
I never said that. I would never say that, because I dont know anything about that.
If there were no architects nobody would have anywhere to live.
You wouldnt understand, you're only the builder.
Put it up and I'll have a look tomorrow. If it looks too grose you can pull it down.
I didnt realise he was the bricklayer. I thought he was just someone who doesnt wash.
Dont ask me, read the drawing.

And the best of them all when, on a 40degree day, the brickies downed tools early, the architect's comment was, "But its their trade,they should be used to it."

[FenceFurniture]

My father commissioned an Architect to design a house. When the chippies got to the roof it was discovered that the drawings didn't work. Archi still couldn't figure out what to do, but the roofing tiler did.....

[hughie]

which juts goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder..... I guess

[chambezio]

A couple of years ago the council decided to build a new library in the main street of Tamworth. On one side is an old (maybe 1930s) masonic Lodge, which is no masterpiece, on the other side is what used to be Parry Shire buildings that were "put up" in the early seventies. In itself the Parry Shire building is no master piece either but it has a substantial appearance in the main street. The library, however, is set back off the footpath to create that "boardwalk" feel for the population. It is 2 stories high with corrugated iron roof that has a eave of about 700mm with no eave soffit and no barge board or capping. For such a building in the main street of any town it looks unfinished and ill thought out. I haven't been inside as yet I am still getting over the eye sore that it is.
Architect designed? Probably. Bloody awful? YES I am sure a class of Tafe students doing Carpentry and Joinery could have designed a better looking thing for the main street.
Another interesting thing about the project is that they "had" to move because the building they were in was supposedly "condemned" as unsafe but a local builder has renovated it into lodgings for Accountants and Solicitors. It would be interesting to find out the truth behind the whole thing

[pugwash]

This is the new entertainment centre in Perth. Fair enough, it's not finished yet but I fear the worst. Not to mention how the hell we're going to pay for it.

[Bushmiller]

I was wondering about Sun direction with all that glass (like, in the middle of the desert, you know).

Brett

Might be a good posie for a few PV solar panels, although with their reliance on oil they may be reluctant to offer subsidies:rolleyes:.

Regards
Paul

[Woodwould]

This is the new entertainment centre in Perth. Fair enough, it's not finished yet but I fear the worst. Not to mention how the hell we're going to pay for it.

I'm tipping it's not going to look any better when finished.

[Boringgeoff]

Onya Pugwash,
The Perth entertainment centre, I wondered if someone was going to rear its fugly head. ....What? Pay for it ...? and the proposed new stadium, and the new water front development ..
Geoff.

[BobL]

I get the feeling they were trying for this
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f122/138457d1275714466-pacific-north-west-mepsfm.jpg
But missed it by about 10,000 miles.

[A Duke]

Doctors bury their mistakes, architects can only ask their clients to plant creepers.

[ian]

Doctors bury their mistakes, architects can only ask their clients to plant creepers.the full version is

Doctors bury their mistakes
Architects retire to their vineyard
Engineers (builders) front a Royal Commission

[ian]

I get the feeling they were trying for this
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f122/138457d1275714466-pacific-north-west-mepsfm.jpg
But missed it by about 10,000 miles.so where were you standing -- crawling -- when you took that photo?

It's the Disney Centre in LA?

[Bob38S]

I've seen kids do a better job with Lego in comparison to many of these.

[damian]

Ah yes architects. They double the price, halve the space and have the cheek to charge a 20% commission for their stuffups.

Have you ever noticed that the least valuable people in society take every opportunity to tell us all how valuable they are ?

[ColW]

There's an example of pure waste right behind my backyard, a new ambulance station tucked into a corner of a council carpark in Bendigo. Lots of funky angles and design that you'll only ever see if your standing inside mine or my neighbors property, the vertical walls are double framed to achieve the angles, such an incredible waste of money (and timber). Worst part is, one ambo station is being replaced by 4 around the city, but no extra paramedics are being employed, you'd think 4 functional and practical rectangular sheds could have been erected and the savings gone to employment in the SERVICE they are there to provide.

Actually I think i just found the culprit
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