{"id":13695,"date":"2016-09-09T18:47:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T17:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=13695"},"modified":"2016-09-09T18:47:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T17:47:53","slug":"designing-building-wikis-carbuncle-cup-update-celebrating-the-dismal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=13695","title":{"rendered":"Designing Building Wiki\u2019s Carbuncle Cup update \u2013 celebrating the dismal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lincoln<\/strong>The IHBC\u2019s Wiki-based platform developer, Designing Buildings Wiki, has offered its own take on Building Design\u2019s renowned celebration of the dismal, the Carbuncle Cup!<\/h3>\n

DBW writes<\/p>\n

On 7th September, Building Design<\/a> awarded the dubious honour of the Carbuncle Cup<\/a> for 2016 to London\u2019s Lincoln Plaza high-rise development.<\/p>\n

The Carbuncle Cup<\/a> is an annual architectural<\/a> prize awarded to \u2018the ugliest building in the United Kingdom<\/a> completed in the last 12 months\u2019. A shortlist is compiled from public-voted nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Plaza\u2019s victory makes it the fifth consecutive year that London has received the award.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Plaza is located in South Quay, neighbouring Canary Wharf, and was developed by Galliard Homes and designed by the firm BUJ Architects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The precise location was one of the factors in the panel\u2019s decision, with them criticising the developer<\/a>\u2019s marketing<\/a> commentary which sought to describe the tower as being situated in the more prestigious district of Canary Wharf.<\/p>\n

The tower is characterised by its irregular stacked-box form, jutting rectangular balconies and Tetris-like coloured aluminium cladding<\/a>. The panel described the tower as being:<\/p>\n

\u2018…a putrid pugilistic horror show that should never have been built. In its bilious cladding<\/a>, chaotic form, adhesive balconies and frenzied facades, it exhibits the absolute worst in shambolic architectural<\/a> design and cheap visual gimmickry.\u2019<\/p>\n

It joins the \u2018illustrious\u2019 pantheon of \u2018crimes against architecture<\/a>\u2019 such as the Walkie-Talkie building, Woolwich Central, and Strata SE1. See an overview of previous winners here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Find out more about carbuncles on the IHBC\u2019s NewsBlogs by searching at https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=carbuncle<\/a><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0the article at Designing Buildings Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IHBC\u2019s Wiki-based platform developer, Designing Buildings Wiki, has offered its own take on Building Design\u2019s renowned celebration of the dismal, the Carbuncle Cup! DBW writes On 7th September, Building Design awarded the dubious honour of the Carbuncle Cup for … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13696,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions\/13696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}