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 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.

[FenceFurniture]

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

[tea lady]

#8 I think they lost the assembly instructions.

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.

[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

[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

[artme]

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

[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.

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."