Carbuncle Cup 2011, Winners, Shortlist, Buildings, Architects, Prize, Projects, News, Designs

Carbuncle Cup 2011 : Winner Information + Images

Carbuncle Cup - UK Architecture Awards

2 Sep 2011 Carbuncle Cup 2011 Winner Carbuncle Cup 2011 : MediaCityUK MediaCityUK is located in Salford, north west England image from architects Media CityUK Building Other contenders were One Hyde Park in London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the Museum of Liverpool by 3XN and AEW, and Newport railway station in South Wales by Nicholas Grimshaw and Atkins. The new Museum of Liverpool was apparently the runner-up 12 Aug 2010 Carbuncle Cup 2010 Winner The building chosen for the award that "highlights the worst examples of architecture in the UK": Strata Tower, London picture © Nick Weall 23 Jul 2010 Carbuncle Cup 2010 Shortlist Six buildings have been chosen for an award that highlights the worst examples of architecture in the UK. The Carbuncle Cup, run by Building Design, aims to draw attention to buildings constructed in the last 12 months that most offend the aesthetic sensibilities of passersby. Over 30 suggestions for the prize were received. The Carbuncle Cup shortlist is published to coincide with the Stirling Prize shortlist annoucement. Strata Tower, London: picture © Nick Weall Two London buildings feature in the shortlist, the first of which is Strata Tower (photo above) in Elephant and Castle, the first skyscraper to have wind turbines built into its design. The building's design has been nicknamed 'Electric Razor', 'Ladyshaver' and 'Three Eyed Satanic Owl'. The Georgian Group described London's tallest residential building, at 147 metres, as "pure visual grotesqueness" when it submitted it for consideration. Bézier Apartments, London: photo © Nick Weall The second building nominated fo the Cup in the capital was the Bézier Apartments (photo above), near Old Street, which was accused of being shaped like a bum. Birmingham's The Cube, a 23-floor building with a glass-panelled roof, was put forward because of its "clunky windows", "inelegant vents" and gold colour, which was meant as a nod to its location in the city's jewellery quarter. In Scotland the memorial centre for the Scottish poet Robert Burns in Kilmarnock was shortlisted for the Cup. In Northern Ireland the St Anne's Square development in Belfast made the Carbuncle Cup shortlist. Finally the Haymarket Hub in Newcastle also made the Carbuncle Cup shortlist. The winner of the Carbuncle Cup will be announced on 27 Aug 2010. Carbuncle Cup 2009 winners 1st Prize Pier Head Ferry Terminal, Liverpool photo © Adrian Welch 2nd Prize University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus Extension, Nottingham photograph : Zander Olsen 3rd Prize Queen Margaret University campus, Edinburgh photo © Adrian Welch The Carbuncle Cup prize takes its name from a 1984 speech by Prince Charles in which he described a proposed extension to the National Gallery in London as a "monstrous carbuncle". BD report that The Carbuncle Cup 2009 long list had been "picked over many times especially by readers in those historic cities where anything new is put in the spotlight. This was the case in Edinburgh, where Allan Murray Architects’ Hotel Missoni had been nominated on the grounds it was “an unimaginative lump in a sensitive area”, but would anything please the city’s conservationist lobby? Probably not, said the Carbuncle Cup judges, who felt the hotel was the least offensive building on the list." Carbuncle Cup

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