59 times architects have failed at their jobs, as shared in this online group
Some of the buildings look like terrible accidents that make you sick and you can’t look away. Whether it’s the unfortunate design or the tolls that have been put on them, such structures seldom fail to capture the attention of people.
Naturally, there’s an entire subreddit devoted to this sort of eyesore. ‘member ofshitty building pornThe community shares images of buildings that went wrong, resulting in a very impressive (sadly, not in a positive sense) collection. I’ve found some of the strangest examples of how important certain architectural decisions are.
#1 Upside Down Building
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#2 I’m On The 9th Floor You Can’t Miss It! [kuwait]
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#3 Madrid’s Mirador Building
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#4 Selfridges Department Store in England
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#5 Dome Home Near Bay
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#6 Marcus Bahlmann – Macau Old Residential Building
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#7 [terrible] Philadelphia building
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#8 Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau
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#9 New Zealand Rock
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#10 Malaysia’s First World Hotel
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#11 British Landmark Theater
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#12 Federal Building in San Francisco
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#13 Terrible Attempt To Recreate The Nice Architecture Of An Old Building
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#14 This Ugly House In Milbasin, Brooklyn
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#15 National Library of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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#16 Rural Mount – Morristown, Tennessee
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#17 Part of a cookie-cutter housing development project, so there are 40 others like this one.
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#18 Bosvale Community Centre, Cornwall, UK
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#19 Elephant Building in Bangkok
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#20 Soviet House In Kaliningrad
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#21 Ministry of Education (Pohnpei)
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#22 Majesty Building – Orlando
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#23 Ugly Buildings In Athens, Greece
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#24 Joliet, Illinois
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#25 Another Train Station In Estonia
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#26 Gateway to residential area in Poland
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#27 Hut In Hampton, New Hampton
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#28 [terrible] Rental – Chch, New Zealand
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#29 Cabrini Green – Chicago (Why Chicago Is Against Guns)
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#30 Antilia In India (Private Home)
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#31 California Town Bodie Building
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#32 Beautiful skyscraper in Krakow, Poland
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#33 Caden Tower in Kentucky
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#34 Literal [terrible] building
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#35 Dutch Delftware Warming Station
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#36 Train station in Estonia
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#37 Slums in Manila
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#38 Boston City Hall in Boston
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#39 [terrible] Rotterdam building
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#40 Brand New Home In Shorewood Illinois
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#41 A House Fit For A King. (Russia)
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#42 Joeber, California
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#43 American Ice Cream Bakery Company Building, Joliet, Illinois
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#44 John F. Kennedy Terrace, Joliet, Illinois
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#45 [terrible] thin building, egypt
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#46 Parque do Sol, Caxias do Sul, Brazil
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#47 Toys R Us – Battle Creek, Michigan
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#48 The 800 – Louisville, Kentucky
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#49 Department store in Estonia
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#50 It Should Do It! (Virgin Active Gym in George, South Africa)
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#51 Verizon Building NYC
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#52 House In Joliet, Illinois
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#53 La La La Vadola In Mexico City
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#54 People’s Park Hotel in Singapore
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#55 House in Vientiane, Laos
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#56 Bauhaus, Tallinn, Estonia
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#57 Suburbs of Cuba
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#58 Strip Mall In Joliet, Illinois
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#59 Do you think you are using a styrofoam brick facade now?
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