Top 10 ugliest buildings in the world: CNN

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Structures widely regarded as eyesores

Spencer Street Power Station, Victoria – an asbestos ridden landmark regarded by many as Melbourne's biggest eyesore.[20] It was finally demolished in 2008.

Cahill Expressway in Sydney – regarded by many as a major planning mistake

Riverside Plaza in Minneapolis Minnesota

Embarcadero Freeway – Along The Embarcadero in San Francisco, this double-decker elevated freeway blocked The Embarcadero's view and shadowed the boulevard under it. When it was demolished in 1991, the long-abandoned Ferry Building and the boulevard under the freeway were restored

Section of the Embarcadero Freeway in front of the Ferry Building during demolition


Petrobras Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, an ugly example of concrete brutalism applied to an office building. [23] [24]

The Hole In The Road in Sheffield England, filled in in 1994.

 

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City-Center in Helsinki, colloquially known as Makkaratalo (Sausage House) because of the concrete sausage-like railing circling the third floor parking lot. Voted[vague] undisputedly as the ugliest building in Helsinki

Northampton Power Station, England left derelict since 1975.

House of Soviets, Kaliningrad, Russia. "The ugliest building on Russian soil".

School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Won an opinion poll for Stockholm's ugliest building, by broad majority. Damaged by a fire in 2011. - no photo attached

Skypoint in Billings, Montana - no photo attached



Spire of Dublin in Dublin, Republic of Ireland

American Dream Meadowlands. Most politicians and the public have equally criticized the building's appearance calling it "The ugliest building in New Jersey".

American Dream seen from across the Hackensack River in Secaucus, NJ.

The exterior of the SkiDome


Waldschlösschen Bridge in Dresden, Germany. The Dresden Elbe Valley lost the UNESCO World Heritage Site status because of this bridge.

 

[Kevrai]

Structures widely regarded as eyesores





Cahill Expressway in Sydney – regarded by many as a major planning mistake

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that is not the Cahill Expressway. Thats the Eastern Distributor at the Domain in Sydney( not far from cahill expressway)

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Surprisingly, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is in the top 10.

It is not a building, it is actually a mausoleum. It was built entirely of stone blocks.

Unfortunately, why does that mausoleum look like a bunker?

 

[DARIUS]

THIS SHOULD BE RANKED No.1 IN THIS LIST:

The Hyderabad Fisheries dept building!!

 

[Rank]

I thought all top 10 belongs to Pakistan... lol

 

[Abingdonboy]

Am I the only one that thinks all these biuildings look really good/cool??!! Good I do have awful taste- my sister was right!!

 

[Spring Onion]

I dint find these ugly

 

[ANPP]

Atleast N. Korea top the world although........

 

[Jango]

Disagree with Atlantis hotel and parliament building.

parliament building is the heaviest building in the world!!

Atlantis hotel just awes it's visitors by that beautiful design. once you get up close, you feel it.!

 

[Backbencher]

CNN's rating is shitty .
What seems ugly to one person may not be the same to other person

Disagree with Atlantis hotel and parliament building.

parliament building is the heaviest building in the world!!

Atlantis hotel just awes it's visitors by that beautiful design. once you get up close, you feel it.!

Atlantis hotel is a masterpeice . It creates a feeling of the arab world , u know .
The location also suits the style with the sea nearby .

 

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School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Won an opinion poll for Stockholm's ugliest building, by broad majority. Damaged by a fire in 2011.

This looks like some sort of HQ for a shady gov. agency, where after they bring you in they forget about all those laws that prohibit torture and in the nightime muffled screams can be heard if you listen carefully.

 

[angeldust]

THIS SHOULD BE RANKED No.1 IN THIS LIST:

The Hyderabad Fisheries dept building!!

I passed this building to and from the airport just a couple of days ago.

 

[ahfatzia]

Can someone please tell me why I lost all my pictures in post #1 and #3 and advice me how can I avoid future occurrences.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

THIS SHOULD BE RANKED No.1 IN THIS LIST:

The Hyderabad Fisheries dept building!!

Agreed completely! Just think of the guys who work in offices near the tail. They'll have to tell people who come to see them"You'll find me in the Fish's A$$".