14 most terrible buildings in the world

Last year, the title of the most ugly building was received by a London new building located at Fenchurch Street, 20. It gained its negative fame not so much because of its strange, radio-like appearance, but because of some oversight of architects. The fact is that the building was constructed in such a way that the concave wall reflected the sun's rays from itself, as a result of which immediately on the day the building was opened, the plastic parts of the cars parked next to it melted under the influence of these very rays.

And this is far from the only architectural "masterpiece". It turns out that in every country they can be found a considerable amount. We will admire the best of them.

Renmin Ribao Newspaper Building (Beijing, China)

The daily newspaper building under construction in Beijing has a very original phallic appearance, for which it was popularly called the "member tower".

Sharpe Design Center (Toronto, Canada)

It seems that when designing this building, which is now located in the very heart of the city, the British architect Will Alsop decided to realize his wildest fantasies. Thus, the Sharpe Design Center was the first building to receive an award in the "Courageous, Bold, and Somewhat Crazy Building" nomination organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

"Bullring" (Birmingham, UK)

Local residents reacted rather negatively to the appearance of this shopping center, but they can be understood, because it looks like a real cow stomach.

Birmingham Library (UK)

Europe's largest public library is located in Birmingham, and here's what it looks like, like stacked boxes wrapped in gift wraps.

Building in Bangkok (Thailand)

At the sight of this elephant building, one immediately recalls the arcade game of the 1980s.

Residential Complex St. George Wharf (London, UK)

The residential complex, built on the banks of the Thames, is a crazy cacophony of spiers and cascading roofs.

Geisel Library (San Diego, California)

This avant-garde architectural creation is located at the University of California and creates the impression of an overwhelming burden awaiting each student who came here, which, you see, is somehow not inspiring.

Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada)

This new wing of the Royal Ontario Museum is in a rather unusual architectural style. But it just reminds me ... Either the debris of a meteorite collapsing to Earth, or a broken transformer that could not reincarnate.

Ryugyong (Pyongyang, North Korea)

The building of the 300-meter Rugen hotel began to be erected back in 1987, but had to be completed already today. However, the skyscraper completed in 2013 was never commissioned. According to Japanese media, almost 2 percent of North Korea’s GDP went to such a grandiose facility.

Grand Lisboa (Macau, China)

Another hotel with a very strange architectural preference. A surreal object resembles an egg pierced by a huge flower.

Royal National Theater (London, UK)

And again we return to the United Kingdom. The building of this theater was built in London in the 1970s and was negatively accepted not only by the public, but also by architects, who in turn described it as "the aesthetics of broken forms." Even Prince Charles himself made a very sad remark, referring to the building as "a smart way to build a nuclear power plant in the middle of London, which met no objections."

Mirador (Madrid, Spain)

When you look at this house, it seems that the inspiration for the architect was children playing with the designer. Perhaps it was one of them that took the idea to create this structure. Residents of the district also do not share the architect’s vision, therefore they nicknamed the construction the “bin Laden Building”.

Orbit (London, UK)

This observation tower offers a beautiful view of the Olympic Park, but the very design of the eyes is not particularly pleasing. It seems like a roller coaster crashed into a tower.