{"id":16605,"date":"2017-09-08T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16605"},"modified":"2017-09-08T16:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:52:04","slug":"bds-carbuncle-cup-2017-londons-nova-victoria-crowned-uks-ugliest-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16605","title":{"rendered":"BD\u2019s Carbuncle Cup 2017: London&#8217;s Nova Victoria crowned UK&#8217;s ugliest building"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bd_website080917.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16606\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bd_website080917.png\" alt=\"bd website 080917\" width=\"250\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>A London office block described as a \u2018bright red hideous mess\u2019 has been named the UK&#8217;s worst building in the Building Design Magazine (BD) 2017 Carbuncle Cup.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>Nova Victoria, London won the 2017 Carbuncle Cup with one judge describing it as \u2018cringe-worthy\u2019. It is the sixth consecutive time a London building has scooped the dubious honour run by Building Design Magazine (BD). Architects PLP described the \u00a3380m office complex as a \u2018distinct and architecturally daring\u2019 building. But judges disagreed, describing the building as \u2018crass, over-scaled and a hideous mess\u2019.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The other buildings on the 2017 Carbuncle Cup shortlist were as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preston Railway Station Butler Street Entrance by AHR Greetham Street<\/li>\n<li>Student Halls, Portsmouth by Cooley Architects<\/li>\n<li>Extension on 8 Somers Road, Malvern, Worcestershire by Vivid Architects<\/li>\n<li>Circus West, Battersea Power Station, London by Simpson Haugh<\/li>\n<li>Park Plaza London Waterloo by ESA Architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Building Design started the award in 2006 as a \u2018light-hearted way of drawing attention to a serious problem &#8211; bad architecture blighting the country&#8217;s towns and cities\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Past winners have included Liverpool&#8217;s ferry terminal, the renovation of the Cutty Sark and an apartment block incorporating a branch of Tesco in Woolwich, south-east London. Readers put forward the nominations and a panel draws up the shortlist. PLP said it did not want to comment on the announcement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-41163584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the results at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdonline.co.uk\/comment\/why-nova-victoria-won-the-2017-carbuncle-cup\/5089504.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bdonline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A London office block described as a \u2018bright red hideous mess\u2019 has been named the UK&#8217;s worst building in the Building Design Magazine (BD) 2017 Carbuncle Cup.<\/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-16605","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\/16605","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=16605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16607,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions\/16607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}