In Toronto, it's gotta be the Novotel Hotel in North York. Just look at it, a pink/purple facade with greenish glass. :runaway:

Thank god it's nestled away up there in North York. :bash:
http://www.toronto-hotels-travel-discounts.com/toronto-novotel-new-york.jpg
http://media.wwte.com/hotels/1000000/20000/16500/16456/16456_6_b.jpg

I've seen worse..

In Vancouver I would say it's Harbour centre. I never seen what's so nice about it, it's just a commie block with a observation tower on top. The design never apealed to me, it's not much better than the Genex Tower in Belgrade.
http://www.seegastown.com/lookout/8048-10.JPG

In Toronto I would say the Toronto Star Building at the foot of Yonge Street.

In Vancouver I would say it's Harbour centre. I never seen what's so nice about it, it's just a commie block with a observation tower on top. The design never apealed to me, it's not much better than the Genex Tower in Belgrade.
http://www.seegastown.com/lookout/8048-10.JPG

In Toronto I would say the Toronto Star Building at the foot of Yonge Street.
Hey, don't be dissin' up da Genex.:D
I for one admire brutalism, especially when it makes such a powerful statement.

Her's one all Vancouverites can agree with..........the CBC building downtown.

In Winnipeg I'd say it's the downtown Radisson hotel. It doesn't look like anything TOO terrible from the front but if you see it from the back it's got to be the ugliest thing ever built. Think Genex without the aesthetic appeal.

Her's one all Vancouverites can agree with..........the CBC building downtown.

Most definetly.

In Winnipeg I'd say it's the downtown Radisson hotel. It doesn't look like anything TOO terrible from the front but if you see it from the back it's got to be the ugliest thing ever built. Think Genex without the aesthetic appeal.
You're right dude, pretty ugly. Raw concrete for the whole tower. :puke:
http://www.hotelclassify.com/canada/winnipeg/images/YWG_RADI-exter-1.jpg

Anyone have a pic of the Van CBC building?

^Reminds me of the monolithical Manulife centre in Toronto - 51 floors of pure raw concrete.:drool:
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/toronto34.jpg

http://www.letmestayforaday.com/photo/1047123639MVC-001S.JPG
^i found this...i think that's what people are talking about

i don't live in a city, so i'll post a picture from a city that i live near
http://images.hotel-rates.com/hotelimages/s/019000/019424A.jpg
^this is the coast discovery inn in campbell river, BC. it looks alright from the front, but in the back it's the uglies mofo on the planet.

Filip...put that away!!! :eek: :runaway:

Also don't forget:
Hilton Toronto
http://4travel.jp/img/os_hotel_img/appleworld/0004/00043105_1.jpeg
Sheraton Toronto
http://www.rickshaw.org/images/Sheraton%20Center%20Toronto%20Hotel%20IMG_0181_41x1.jpg
Marriot Toronto
http://images.hotel-rates.com/hotels/TOR_BLOO-exter-1.jpg

http://www.letmestayforaday.com/photo/1047123639MVC-001S.JPG
^i found this...i think that's what people are talking about

i don't live in a city, so i'll post a picture from a city that i live near
http://images.hotel-rates.com/hotelimages/s/019000/019424A.jpg
^this is the coast discovery inn in campbell river, BC. it looks alright from the front, but in the back it's the uglies mofo on the planet.
I don't know how other people feel about Toronto's CBC building but I find it quite nice:
http://www.reggie.net/canada/ontario/1292947-600.jpg
http://www.cdn-indoor-rowing.com/images/CBCMainBuilding_000.jpg

^Heheh, I love big big concrete structures, coming from Belgrade - where the Genex rules all it's in my blood.;)

Manulife is one of my favourite Toronto towers.:cheers:

Well Filip, if you love concrete structures, then Toronto is your city! :) ;)
So then what kind of buildings do you hate?

Yup, TO's the place for me - well and mostly any other Eastern European city.:D

I hate kitchy PoMo, like the ones gracing most of Dubai and Shanghai.:puke:
This building is just sickening...
http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/toronto/kveca039b.jpg

To each their own I guess.... :)

Some PoMo is alright, but others are just barbaric.

Dear god, this pic is giving me heartburn...
http://www.autoracing1.com/images/2001Misc/Shanghai/Skyscrapers%20in%20Lujiazui.jpg

Good lord, what the **** is that?
http://www.princeton.edu/~qxia/Pictures/China/Shanghai/1.jpg

What happened here?
http://www.bensmatrix.com/photos/Psquare4.jpg

Jesus Christ, this is gonna give me diaharrea
http://www.brecht.nl/Fotomap/shanghaiday8.jpg

This is also highly disturbing...
http://www.humancomp.org/misc/chinatrip/shanghai-pudong%20lujiazui%20square.jpg

Two testicles on the bottom and two halfway up the shaft? Innovative I suppose...
http://image02.webshots.com/2/2/49/99/108224999cdYoKC_ph.jpg

Ok, final one, the only building allowed to put a UFO type thingy on the top and get away with it is Genex, this is simply Las Vegas mixed with Dubai.:nono:
http://www.barry.pearson.name/photography/pictures/ch99/ch99_09_08_3.jpg

I like the Harbour ctr in vancouver.

Haha! Just looking at those pics makes you wonder wheres all the flying cars

Haha! Just looking at those pics makes you wonder wheres all the flying cars
Exactly, it's like the Jetsons or smth. Horrible architecture imo, luckily Toronto lacks in that department.

yeah, i don't like those pictures above... they're pretty horrible.

This would have to be the worst in Halifax. And the worst part is it's our tallest.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/697/4fenwick.jpg

^Hehe, it's very Belgrade-ish:D Most of the commie districts are like that, now imagine that times 150 and you have a commie district.;)

^Reminds me of the monolithical Manulife centre in Toronto - 51 floors of pure raw concrete.:drool:
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/toronto34.jpg
Actually, THAT'S the building I wanted to compare it to but Manulife centre is still a nicer looking building IMO.

Anyway, from the front, it's boring and grey and depressing (the Radisson I mean) but nothing worth noting. I was trying to find pictures of it from the back though...then you could really see just how nasty the building looks.

PS: I thought that that was the Sheraton....or a hotel at least.

Anyway, from the front, it's boring and grey and depressing (the Radisson I mean) but nothing worth noting. I was trying to find pictures of it from the back though...then you could really see just how nasty the building looks.

PS: I thought that that was the Sheraton....or a hotel at least.

The Sheraton and Manulife share a lot of similarities. Check out previous pics on this thread. They're different buildings in different parts of the city.

This would have to be the worst in Halifax. And the worst part is it's our tallest.

I dunno man.. there's a few really ill-conceived midrises (and the Aliant building) downtown, and the Cowie Hill apartments...

I actually like the Manulife Centre in Toronto for what it is. A big, slabtacular, imposing concrete structure. As ugly as it may be, I'd be disapointed to see it go.

My vote for ugliest goes to the Toronto Star building, which I used to work in.

I really hate the hydro building in Montreal, just a huge piece of uglyness sitting on the east site of downtown

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/Ilovemtl2/76.jpg

AMEN!!!!!!!!! Horrid things^^^^^^^^^^^^

In Toronto, nothing beats the big, white, kitschy wedding-cake-ugliness of the Holiday Inn on King St. West. (Sorry, no photo).

In Toronto, nothing beats the big, white, kitschy wedding-cake-ugliness of the Holiday Inn on King St. West. (Sorry, no photo).
C'mon dude, there's way worser looking buildings in Toronto. Holiday Inn may look the most out of place but not the ugliest.
http://toronto.rezrez.com/NR/rdonlyres/enf4iy765uojxtt5w62uqdlfczvst5mlbzisybu34kornicmwkspphtjhwimewudwcx3t2nhmnjbyvbuwmnapuw7cnc/holidayinn_exterior-sm.jpg

^ C'mon, that igloo isn't ugly. ;)

^I love that building!

^Dude, it has to be the ugliest beast out there. Chunky white piece o' crap. I don't know if you've seen it in person but it sticks out like a skunk in a perfumery.

^ You think that building is ugly ? Well, to each their own I suppose.

Well, compared to this, it's the most beautiful thing in the world..

http://www.tbsource.com/SuperNova/Content/Images/109056844.jpg.jpg

A beauty, eh?

^ Hmm, there's something alluring about that in a squalid, post-industrial sculpture sense. Looks like the live model of a Charles Demuth painting.

^lol. You'd find Point Douglas in Winnipeg VERY alluring then.

^ Hmm, there's something alluring about that in a squalid, post-industrial sculpture sense. Looks like the live model of a Charles Demuth painting.

I bet you wouldn't say that if it as the most dominant structure in your city's skyline, would you? :|

In Montreal it's the Radio-Canada building right next to the Jacques-Cartier bridge.

i dont have pictures, but in london its 21 king or the tallest building at cherryhill, trust me its ten times worse than the rest of the slabs at the mall

there's these huge ugly white/grey residentials in Toronto's suburbia... straight out of Orwell's nightmares. I think its 3-4 of them, around 30 floors high, lined up. You can see them when on the 401.

someone could help me ?!?! :/

I like the Radisson in Winnipeg..
http://home.comcast.net/~ascunningham/winnipegjan057.JPG

there's these huge ugly white/grey residentials in Toronto's suburbia... straight out of Orwell's nightmares. I think its 3-4 of them, around 30 floors high, lined up. You can see them when on the 401.

someone could help me ?!?! :/
I think I know which ones you're talking about - they're awesome, so powerful looking heheheh.:D

C'mon dude, there's way worser looking buildings in Toronto. Holiday Inn may look the most out of place but not the ugliest.
http://toronto.rezrez.com/NR/rdonlyres/enf4iy765uojxtt5w62uqdlfczvst5mlbzisybu34kornicmwkspphtjhwimewudwcx3t2nhmnjbyvbuwmnapuw7cnc/holidayinn_exterior-sm.jpg

This is definatley top of the list.
Those other residential commie blocks in Toronto wouldn't make my list because they were built to serve their purpose, cheap, affordable housing. THey were not built to win any awards, and are similar in every large CDN city, as well as most cities in the world.

I like the Radisson in Winnipeg..
http://home.comcast.net/~ascunningham/winnipegjan057.JPG

Me too :)

For Toronto, i would say the ugliest buildings are those concrete towers in the waterfront

Me too :)

For Toronto, i would say the ugliest buildings are those concrete towers in the waterfront
Hey, don't be dissing the Harbour centre up, it's sweet. I love those 1970's megalomaniac projects, they look cool even if they don't mimic the water.

there's these huge ugly white/grey residentials in Toronto's suburbia... straight out of Orwell's nightmares. I think its 3-4 of them, around 30 floors high, lined up. You can see them when on the 401.

someone could help me ?!?! :/
I'm not exactly sure what your talking about but I think you mean the NY Towers:
http://www.danielshomes.ca/images/corporate_profile/projects_01.jpg

Me too :)

For Toronto, i would say the ugliest buildings are those concrete towers in the waterfront
You mean Harbour Centre and the westin harbour castle? They aren't the most beautiful towers in Toronto, but hey it was built in the 70's, they didn't have the modern glass towers we have today.
http://harbour-square.com/img%5CHarbourSquareToronto.jpg
http://images.worldres.com/property/a24000/24394/hotel.jpg
http://www.travelhero.com/graphics/propimages/93/93798-01.jpg
http://www.rentingtoronto.com/images/toronto/77harboursq/building.jpg

I like the Radisson in Winnipeg..
http://home.comcast.net/~ascunningham/winnipegjan057.JPG
Well, like I said before, from the front it's nothing all that much worse than many other buildings in the country. It's the back that looks so horrible to me. If I could find a shot of it from Graham you'd see that I have some justification for my opinion of this building. What it really needs is a paint job or re-cladding. Actually, recladding would do wonders for the building IMO.

Ya, thats what i meant, Harbour Centre... i think it is still horrible

Calgary...we've got plenty of Pointe of View projects...pick one... :runaway:

I'm not exactly sure what your talking about but I think you mean the NY Towers:
http://www.danielshomes.ca/images/corporate_profile/projects_01.jpg

its not them...

when you drive on the 401 to the east you see the towers on your left.

^ They're on Jane or Keele, north of the 401. Lined up like dominoes.

^ They're on Jane or Keele, north of the 401. Lined up like dominoes.

DO you mean Uno Prii's beauties? Similar to this one?

http://www.interlog.com/~urbanism/uno_2a.jpeg

Toronto Star building

^ oooh, good one.

^ Definitely. That was my pick too. Not only is it hideous but the way it meets the street is just brutal.

That half-assed observation 'tower' on top of Harbour Centre in Vancouver should be demolished. It's beyond stupid.

DO you mean Uno Prii's beauties? Similar to this one?

http://www.interlog.com/~urbanism/uno_2a.jpeg


YES!!!! THOSE ONES!! aaaaaaaaaaaagh so fucking ugly man, honestly!

and they're so visible from so far!!!


I remember the face of the French tourists with me when we passed by there... " c'est quoi ces choses!! " hahaha good times!

^They're hot I love those towers!

Sweet shape.

^They're hot I love those towers!

Sweet shape.
Filip, you love every building that everyone hates. :weirdo: j/ks :cheers:

Filip, you love every building that everyone hates. :weirdo: j/ks :cheers:
Architectural taste is purely subjective, what you might love I might hate.:cheers:

^They're hot I love those towers!

Sweet shape.

Agreed. Uno Prii rocks!

For Looseloginthepeg, here is the other side of the building. It is not too bad either. The parking for Canada Post doen't improve the view though.
http://photos2.flickr.com/3278710_7590ad0689.jpg

For Looseloginthepeg, here is the other side of the building. It is not too bad either. The parking for Canada Post doen't improve the view though.
http://photos2.flickr.com/3278710_7590ad0689.jpg
LOL...thanks SimpleSimon. For some reason it doesn't look as bad as usual in that photo. I think maybe it's just one of those buildings where the details are what makes it ugly IMO. The windows on the parkade look very dirty and murky, and there is a faded paint job that isn't visible in that picture. For me, I guess it's my opinion that to see it in person makes it such an ugly looking building. Just a paint job even would do wonders for it IMO.

The Toronto Star building in all its glory
http://img214.echo.cx/img214/9924/3476826jz.jpg

The Radisson building looks really cool, I like it.

That Holiday Inn building in Toronto looks really ugly. The one I hate the most though is the Canada Trust tower.

The Toronto Star building in all its glory
http://img214.echo.cx/img214/9924/3476826jz.jpg
:bash: The Toronto Star Building actually looks better in that pic that in reality. At least in that pic, the concrete looks smooth, but in reality its looks just terrible. They should of keep the old Toronto Star building. :(

For raddison, the east and west (i.e. windowless sides) are ugly. I do agree with the parkade though. There is however one apartment near the corner of Sargent and Isabel that is ugly. I will try to find a pic.

Ahh, here we go. This is by far the ugliest building in Winnipeg. No contest, case closed.
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/8467/june09029997iq.jpg

^^
LOL! They should paint that building yellow and blue to look like a crazy Scandanavian tower.

Fording Place in Calgary on 9th and McLeod. To bad the only picture I could find does not do the justice and this picture is old, right now there is wood on some windows and the building looks very dirty from the outside.

http://www.photodump.com/direct/Ed_14/BuildingThumbnail422.jpg

^ Hmmm...I've never noticed this building before, probably because I rarely drive that far up Macleod Trail. I'll try and look for a few more pics...

EDIT: Wow EdZed, you sure found a winner...here is a better pic... :uh:

http://www.calgaryenespanol.com/images/Fording%20building%20Calgary.jpg

Fugly ain't it? :wallbash: <--I suggest we take it down like this...

^ Hmmm...I've never noticed this building before, probably because I rarely drive that far up Macleod Trail. I'll try and look for a few more pics...

EDIT: Wow EdZed, you sure found a winner...here is a better pic... :uh:

http://www.calgaryenespanol.com/images/Fording%20building%20Calgary.jpg

Fugly ain't it? :wallbash: <--I suggest we take it down like this...
Whoa ! I can't believe that's in Calgary ! Then again, I can't believe it's not butter either so there we are.
Still, wow, I nominate that building as ugliest yet. Just never imagined it would be in Calgary of all places.

^^ that is the true picture of building, I think it should be torn down ASAP.

None of the buildings in downtown Edmonton are particularily offensive, but I think I found the ugliest one on the south skyline, which I captured unawares.
It's this nasty commie block right here:

http://mock.nourism.net/etown/commieblock.jpg
Depressing...:(

Commie Blocks are beautiful!

There's even a commie block fanclub on this forum
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=477

In London, I would say it's this AWFUL THING:
http://www.pbase.com/jaybird287/image/41771212.jpg
the federal courthouse of Ontario in Middlesex County.

C'mon dude, there's way worser looking buildings in Toronto. Holiday Inn may look the most out of place but not the ugliest.
http://toronto.rezrez.com/NR/rdonlyres/enf4iy765uojxtt5w62uqdlfczvst5mlbzisybu34kornicmwkspphtjhwimewudwcx3t2nhmnjbyvbuwmnapuw7cnc/holidayinn_exterior-sm.jpg

I really don't know if that is ugly, in fact it looks cool, and is a high-rated hotel. I mean it was built fairly recently, and apparently most people who participate in contests on MuchMusic stay there and everybody calls it SWANKY. I like how the Holiday Inn lit up at night there. However, there was a hotel in downtown Toronto that used to be a Holiday Inn, and then become COLONY hotel, it's near the Metropolitan Hotel. That was pretty cheesy.

true that, jaybird that building is hideous, but it grows on you and it actually looks good at street level, on the dundas side at least. with all of the ivy growing up the side. have you ever seen that building behind cherryhill mall that is the tallest one of them all http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/sixwm/2003/12/236541.jpg sorry i didnt show the pic, but i dont know how, if someone could tell me that would be cool

i was talking about the middlesex county courthouse, not that building in toronto, which most cities would be proud of

Commie Blocks are beautiful!

There's even a commie block fanclub on this forum
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=477
I agree, I usually love commie blocks. Especially the ones in that chinese city in the "Commie Blocks to the MAXXXXXXXXXXX" topic. Very neat and organized.
This one just stands out like a sore thumb, though.

I live in K-W, so I'll do two.

First one is the Oxlea Tower, this real ugly red brick building in the heart of downtown. At 12 floors, it's one of the few actual office 'towers' we have in Kitchener, infact one of the biggest downtown. Excuse the Emporis watermarks.

http://img223.echo.cx/img223/2846/2105768ym.jpg

Next, for Waterloo, there is the Richmond Square towers, which are two 18 floor residental buildings somewhere in Waterloo. They remind me of ugly Russian/Moscow commie blocks, only in Canada.

http://img223.echo.cx/img223/4912/1811276yq.jpg

Hmm, I guess another Kitchener building would be the Commerce House, an early office building built downtown. Anybody who likes concrete buildings will like this. Allthough only 11 floors, it's quite big, at least for Kitchener.

http://img243.echo.cx/img243/2430/commercebig5tr.jpg

While this isnt my city, Quebec has to have some of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen.

Examples:

The Raddison: http://www.emporis.com/en/il/pc/?id=113435&aid=8
Hôtel Loews Le Concorde: http://www.emporis.com/en/il/pc/?id=113432&aid=8
Édifice d'Youville : http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=164929

Just what the fuck? Seems all 1970's archetecture follows this ugly trend.

In London, I would say it's this AWFUL THING:
http://www.pbase.com/jaybird287/image/41771212.jpg
the federal courthouse of Ontario in Middlesex County.

Eww.

theres worse slab apartmen buildings in london than those ones in kitchener waterloo, you guys got off easy

Some people think this is pretty hideous, but I have nothing against it.
Robarts Library, University of Toronto
http://nora.hd.uib.no/icame16/robarts.jpg

i dont know how these got built, but theyre all in london. i couldnt decide which is the ugliest, you decide
http://img143.echo.cx/img143/9381/2366314zz.jpg
http://img145.echo.cx/img145/5062/3281475xs.jpg
http://img143.echo.cx/img143/4048/2365410ck.jpg

This is hands down the ugliest building in Toronto. located at Bloor and Dundas.
It's a 1960's apartment, on top of a 1960's office, on top of a 1960's strip plaza.

http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/35495/2005659.jpg

What about that Christian Science building on Yonge Street? It'll make your eyes bleed.

"Meadowvale Place" apartment building beside Meadowvale Town Centre in Mississauga. Started painting the exterior white again so it doesnt look terribly bad now

The PoMo heap of shit that is Ottawa City Hall:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Ottawa_City_Hall.jpg

I'd put forth Mississauga's City Hall. A vile PoMo nightmare that resembles more a prison than a civic centre. Came out right about the time that "whimsical" had reached the end of its run.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/MississaugaCityHall.jpg
I'm sorry I don't know who took this pic. I've had it in my files for donkey's years.

^^ I love Mississauga City Hall; it's something Hitler would have built if he was around in the 1980s. It's easily one of my favourite buildings in the GTA.

That has to be the first time I've heard Hitler's name used in a compliment. LOL.

If Hitler built that, they would have bombed the sh!t out of it so at least it would be entertaining.

It is probably the most forbidding and unwelcoming Civic structure I've ever seen. It would make a swell prison; all it is missing is a ten foot rolled barbed wire fence all round it. I think perhaps it took inspiration from Hitler's bunker.

Dortmund "Plattenbau" called Hannibal

http://www.derwesten.de/img/incoming/crop6168417/504087155-cImg0134_530-w656-h489/picturegallery-105358-584606.jpg

Any ugly buildings in the rest of Canada? ;)
Don't be shy, folks.

Oh well in that case, dont get me started on those squat apartments in North Vancouver....... Nice view of the city though. Alright i think we tortured the world with ugly Canada enough. Just couldnt resist this last one

Any ugly buildings in the rest of Canada? ;)
Don't be shy, folks.

There is a certain civic centre in the Peg that takes the cake, even away from Missassauga. Their city hall along with the Public Safety Bldg (shown below) all make up up one big unfriendly complex. Winnipeg should build a new City Hall and flatten this block.
(Actually, I take that back. Mississauga's is still worse IMO, this one is just so unfriendly though.)

google images, all of the one complex

PS Building
http://archiseek.com/wp-content/gallery/canada-mb-winnipeg-downtown/publicsafety_lge.jpg

City Hall and Municipal Office Tower
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m9jB0Q9HeFQ/TfwF_p-hBDI/AAAAAAAAFJM/zV0V46apRlU/s1600/CHGBR-516.jpg

:ohno:

That first one is the Public Safety Building, but after parts of its facade started collapsing, people began calling it "the Publicly Unsafe Building". It is the headquarters of Winnipeg Police. There is a parkade nearby that actually looks better. (http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=49.900606,-97.139794&spn=0.004437,0.00883&t=k&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=49.900243,-97.139541&panoid=oc0lIjGqJkHDvVg1TrUXBw&cbp=12,254.68,,0,-10.94)

Winnipeg's city hall isn't too bad. Across from that is the concert hall (http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=49.899984,-97.138184&spn=0.004437,0.00883&t=k&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=49.899779,-97.13834&panoid=es5NQToRFyvLmczLzFSLcw&cbp=12,86.45,,0,-6.23) which has the same general architectural theme.

The whole area around Winnipeg's City Hall, except for Union Bank Tower, is basically what Architects of the late 1960s thought all cities should look like. the Public Safety Building almost looks like something you'd find in Africa.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/EdificeH-Quebec.JPG
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:EdificeH-Quebec.JPG

http://www.uqam.ca/nouvelles/2010/architecture/ILLUS-MOMO-04.jpg
http://www.uqam.ca/nouvelles/2010/architecture-photos.htm

That has to be the first time I've heard Hitler's name used in a compliment. LOL.

I did like his taste in architecture and most Nazi symbolism visually interesting. Probably not very PC, but I also find those Nazi uniforms kind of hot. :shifty:

^^ Hitler had a famous and highly influential architect named Albert Speer. We studied him in Architecture classes. It is amazing the number of 1950's buildings around that drew obvious inspiration from his work.

davidivivid, I kind of like that building. I'm not a fan of most Brutalism but some of them when you get up close have an organic feel. There is a Brutalist building near Bay and Dundas that I know some architectural fanatics love but I can't stand. It's just cold and ugly.

I will try to find one of the ''ugliest building''in Vancouver and post it here....hummmmm which one should I take a picture of...?

I did like his taste in architecture and most Nazi symbolism visually interesting. Probably not very PC, but I also find those Nazi uniforms kind of hot. :shifty:

I wouldn't say that I found them "hot" but I do agree in that the uniforms were attractive. And that is not by accident either. They spent a lot of time and money on designing the most visually appealing and symbolic uniforms.

I will try to find one of the ''ugliest building''in Vancouver and post it here....hummmmm which one should I take a picture of...?

my same predicament living on the Gold Coast :lol:

Another beauty in Ottawa:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/9/14306928_74291fa48f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/14306928/)
Pearson Building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/14306928/) by T a k (http://www.flickr.com/people/takashi/), on Flickr

That one actually isn't too bad looking. It's very European.

Another beauty in Ottawa:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/9/14306928_74291fa48f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/14306928/)
Pearson Building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/14306928/) by T a k (http://www.flickr.com/people/takashi/), on Flickr

This one is awesome! :cheers:

I don't hate it personally, but I posted it because I'm sure a lot of people here would.

^^ Hitler had a famous and highly influential architect named Albert Speer. We studied him in Architecture classes. It is amazing the number of 1950's buildings around that drew obvious inspiration from his work.

Did Speer design that giant Nazi stadium that was to hold 400,000 spectators? Now that's what I call making a statement.

http://static3.akpool.de/images/cards/15/152913.jpg

http://www.csu-lichtenhof.de/hirsch1.jpg

I did like his taste in architecture and most Nazi symbolism visually interesting. Probably not very PC, but I also find those Nazi uniforms kind of hot. :shifty:

I know right! LOL I'm not a fan of Herr Hilter and I'm opposed to EVERYTHING he stood for. But I gotta say, some of the stuff they built wasn't half bad. God knows it's better than most of what is built today (that ugly addition to the ROM comes to mind). I guess I'm a fan of the monumental. Also, I must say, Thomas Kretschmann looked soooo sexy in that uniform. Also, I must say, even the Nazi's would have found most of the building in this thread ugly and tacky looking!

I love that ugly addition to the R.O.M, it's a huge improvement of the old addition it replaced.