Ugly skyscrapers

[Prince Valium]

Then there's the fugly Zizkov tower.
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...is this 'tower' already finished?

[Himmelwärts]

i really like the Zizkov tower, the design is unique and very futuristic.

[Godius]

It looks like an oversized offshore platform.

[Prince Valium]

Okey..this is a proposal for my city (Zürich), which I really hate! a lot of recourses were made against this proposal but finally, I think it will be built. don't know at which stage this is now..I hope it will be defered that long that the relevant parties decide to cancel it

It is the swiss mill tower:



(http://media.schweizerbauer.ch/image...milltower1.jpg)

what do you think about that?

I think its just disgusting..

[Kanto]

I think it looks very good

[Prince Valium]

Originally Posted by Kanto

I think it looks very good

.. a perfect example of taste and how different it can be

..i think i will never like it..

[ThatOneGuy]

It looks brutalist, which is a perfectly valid architectural style, but it seems not many people like that style. I kinda like the building in the photo.

[Matsky]

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

Terrible. Umeda Sky Building in Osaka.

Oh c'mon....That's a building....

[cfredo]

Originally Posted by luisgustavo

This building was built in 1956, in that time the architecture and his parameters like the aesthetic, was very different to the current.

Just because it was considered good-looking doesn't mean it still is.
Really beautiful buildings are considered beautiful throughout time (e.g. Chrysler Building in NYC)

[WeimieLvr]

Originally Posted by cfredo

Just because it was considered good-looking doesn't mean it still is.
Really beautiful buildings are considered beautiful throughout time (e.g. Chrysler Building in NYC)

Well, actually many currently iconic buildings weren't well-received initially...so sometimes they start out being considered ugly but gradually become beautiful.

[Kiboko]

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

This is the reason I am never visiting Shanghai!

So a (by you considered) ugly building is the reason to skip a visit to a complete city? Every city has its ugly buildings, so i guess it is very hard for you to plan a trip.

Originally Posted by cfredo

Really beautiful buildings are considered beautiful throughout time (e.g. Chrysler Building in NYC)

I bet there are numerous people who dislike the Chrysler Building.

[Kanto]

I bet there are numerous people who dislike the Chrysler Building.

Like me for example

[KillerZavatar]

i don't think chrysler building is really nice, but it also is not ruining its neighboring skyline, so i do not really mind. however tower verre will be an eyesore once built.

[ThatOneGuy]

Well that tower, in my opinion, is hideously grotesque. The fact that it stands out from almost everywhere (unlike some buildings in other cities) means there aren't that many places where it is hidden. If I ever go, it will be inside the Pearl Tower itself, to avoid looking at it.

[マイルズ]

image hosted on flickr

The Portland Building was recently declared one of the 15 ugliest buildings in the world by Travel and Leisure magazine (http://www.travelandleisure.com/arti...est-buildings/ 1). I disagree - I rather like this colorful building, especially with the statue of Portlandia on the front side (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfy/3514536480/).

[Kanto]

From that article I see that I'm not the only one who finds the Slaughterhotel hideous

[ThatOneGuy]

Between America and N. Korea, the Cold War is still going on. Every list of 'ugliest buildings' on American sites will include the Ryugyong in order to build up hated for North Korea. It's called propaganda. They mostly use (the unfinished version) to symbolize the failure of North Korean politics. They rarely give good reasons as to WHY they think it's ugly, they just use it to diss North Korea itself.

They mention that it 'dominates over the city' as an excuse, but so does the Khalifa, as well as others like the Torso. They mention the 75 degree angles, but Russia Tower has steep angles, and dominates also, yet I haven't ever seen one complaint about it.

I'll bet if the Ryugyong was built in an American-friendly country, and was finished on time,it would not make any 'ugly buildings' list.
I'd say it should get a permanent first place on the "World's most underrated buildings" list.

[Kanto]

Neither of the reasons you listed is enough on its own, however, when they are combined they are reason enough for it to be among the ugliest buildings in the world. And I disagree that it is propaganda. Everybody knows how evil North Korea is, there is no need for propaganda. I believe that it are just the honest opinions of the people creating the list. especially if we consider that the Slaughterhotel has probably the most "3 or less /10" ratings in the entire rate the talls section

[ThatOneGuy]

I've read many online blogs from non-Americans who have visited North Korea, and most of them just acted as if it was merely 'below average' compared to other countries. Of course, nobody is fully sure, since they don't live there, but it wasn't like say, Somalia, or anything. One of the European bloggers even said he refuses to visit N. Korea again unless he can stay in the Ryugyong.
Americans, on the other hand, make lists like those.

Considering like 80% of the votes were from when it was incomplete, I'm not surprised. Even I would have voted it 3 or less when it was unfinished.
I think it also has one of the greatest '10/10 vs ≤ 3/10' ratio in the entire talls section as well

You are one of the few people who has given good reasons as to why you don't like the design, which is totally fine with me. But if I ask anybody else, they mention it's ugly because it was 'abandoned for 16 years' or 'because it's in a failure of a country' which I think is totally unfair

The most similar building to the Ryugyong is the Russia Tower in terms of design and dominating size, so why, exactly, do people not hate it? I've seen nothing but praise for it...

My point summed up, I think it is wrong for a building to be judged by its background, like Americans are doing to the Ryugyong.

[cfredo]

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

Well that tower, in my opinion, is hideously grotesque. The fact that it stands out from almost everywhere (unlike some buildings in other cities) means there aren't that many places where it is hidden. If I ever go, it will be inside the Pearl Tower itself, to avoid looking at it.

You actually can't see the Oriental Pearl Tower from most parts of the city.