The Carbuncle Cup, awarded to “the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months,” was doled out to the hapless recipient this year. Thankfully the Cup is bestowed upon an inanimate building so no one’s feelings are hurt; well, except the architect’s. The “victor” of 2015 was a building dubbed by Londoners as “The Walkie-Talkie” – real name 20 Fenchurch. The building has been known to burst nearby objects into flames, thanks to a concave face and a sky garden that...
The Carbuncle Cup, awarded to “the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months,” was doled out to the hapless recipient this year.
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