Carbuncle Cup 2015: Walkie Talkie skyscraper named as Britain's ugliest building

The Walkie Talkie (left) is officially Britain's ugliest building
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Laura Proto2 September 2015

The Walkie Talkie has been crowned Britain’s ugliest building after scooping the 2015 Carbuncle Cup.

Last week the 37-storey building, officially named 20 Fenchurch Street, was shortlisted for the award after receiving the most nominations.

Business Design (BD) magazine, which organises the annual award, said it received “multiple nominations” for the City of London skyscraper. Some readers even suggested nominations for other buildings should no longer be accepted such was the likelihood of the Walkie Talkie scooping the prize.

Multiple nominations: The Walkie Talkie
Glenn Copus

The magazine said the judging panel’s decision to award the Carbunble Cup to the building - which has previously melted parts of parked cars by reflecting sun rays - was unanimous.

Judge Ike Ijeh said the building was a “gratuitous glass gargoyle graffitied onto the skyline of London” while architectural designer Eleanor Joliffe said the Walkie Talkie was like a “Bond villain tower, as it could melt your car with a solar beam from space.

Also on the shortlist was Woodward Hall in North Acton, Waltham Forest YMCA, Parliament House in Lambeth, City Gateway in Swaythling, Southampton, and the Whittle building at the University of Cambridge.

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