The World's Ugliest Buildings

[emzie]

Ohio Historical Society's headquarters

It's so hard to find a decent picture of this place. But it's awful.

In the 2 years since I posted that, better images have surfaced on google searches:

I stand by my submission.

 

[Dumanios]

Eugh is all I can say at that building.

 

[Cutlass]

In the 2 years since I posted that, better images have surfaced on google searches:

I stand by my submission.

I'm surprised that thing is still standing. The library at University of Connecticut had overhangs like that. And it had to be rebuilt and those pillars added to keep it from falling down.

 

[Moshe Dayan]

Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is by far the winner.

It actually looks much better now, even though DPRK was so broke they had to hire an Egyptian company to finish it

 

[NickyJ]

I really wish my city would keep scrap piles from being considered art museums.

 

[DroopyTofu]

I'm not entirely decided yet as to whether or not I like the second one.

 

[bombshoo]

In the 2 years since I posted that, better images have surfaced on google searches:

I stand by my submission.

I hate the Historical Society as well. Especially disappointing is the fact it's in a part of Columbus that a lot of visitors actually see, right by the state fairgrounds.

If there is one thing Columbus isn't short of it's crappy architecture.

 

[Save_Ferris]

Spoiler :

I'm not entirely decided yet as to whether or not I like the second one.

I actually like both of those. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.

 

[NBAfan]

Anything from the 60s and 70s with concrete on the outside is hideous.

 

[DroopyTofu]

Hotel in China:

Maxwell Coffee Building in the middle of Downtown Jacksonville, FL.

Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, TN. If you look at the top, there's exposed metal framing at the top too.

 

[Traitorfish]

I stand by my submission.

Actually, I kind of get what they were going for there. Just poorly executed.

I'm surprised that thing is still standing. The library at University of Connecticut had overhangs like that. And it had to be rebuilt and those pillars added to keep it from falling down.

Yeah, the Modernists tended to like cantilevers a bit more than they could actually do cantilevers.

Anything from the 60s and 70s with concrete on the outside is hideous.

But not the '50s or '80s?

 

[Akbarthegreat]

Come to India if you want to see really UGLY buildings.

 

[aronnax]

Come to India if you want to see really UGLY buildings.

An 'Incredible Indian' slogan in the making.

 

[phoenix_sprite]

The CN tower in Toronto is pretty ugly, imo.