![]() 09/06/2017 at 08:14 • Filed to: dezeen, carbuncle cup, architecture, awful | ![]() | ![]() |
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Beat me to it - here’s another link to the original source:
https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/carbuncle-cup-2017-winner-announced/5089506.article
Though I would have thought that addition to Preston railway station would have won by a long shot.
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yes that train station is disgusting.
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I dont see whats so bad about that, I’ve seen much worse
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I thought the rail station and power plant development were much worse, but I only saw 1 picture of each.
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Here’s another angle of Preston Station that gives a little better idea of what is going on here. It really is hideous. Architect’s gonna architect, but somebody actually signed off on this.
I blame Frank Gehry. Ever since he became the god of modern architecture, everybody thinks they have to constantly reinvent the wheel. There is a famous composer named Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). He is perhaps best known for his later 12-tone writing, angular music without a central tonal focus that was a reaction to the extreme Romanticism of Richard Wagner et al. But even he said, “There is still plenty of good music to be written in C major.”