glowing UFO seen from Deptford

how did this Walkie-Talkie Monster ever get planning permission?

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Isisbridge ^club

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2015/sep/02/walkie-talkie-london-wins-carbuncle-cup-worst-building-of-year

It has singed shopfronts, melted cars and caused great gusts of wind to sweep pedestrians off their feet. Now the Walkie Talkie tower, the bulbous comedy villain of London’s skyline, has been bestowed with the Carbuncle Cup by Building Design (BD) magazine for the worst building of the year.

It looms thuggishly over its low-rise neighbours like a broad-shouldered banker in a cheap pinstriped suit.

From further east, its silhouette is reminiscent of a sanitary towel, flapping behind Tower Bridge. The headquarters of the Royal Institute of Town Planners stands two streets away. “It’s a daily reminder,” sighs one employee, “never to let such a planning disaster ever happen again.”

It is a challenge finding anyone who has something positive to say about this building,” says Carbuncle Cup jury chair and BD editor Thomas Lane. “The result is Londoners now have to suffer views of this bloated carbuncle crashing into London’s historic skyline like an unwelcome guest at a party from miles away.

9 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

Holy cow, I've never seen this one! Awful, a cartoon nightmare. So...are all the guys involved in this really proud of it? Your neighborhood context really emphasizes the problem.

9 years ago.

Isisbridge ^club has replied to Diane Putnam ^club

I don't know who the architect is, but I'm guessing he doesn't live nearby, so won't have to look at his own eyesore. Once he's made his money, he can move on to ruin somewhere else.

9 years ago.

Isisbridge ^club

The Ruin of London
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QcbsedsGdA

7 years ago.

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