London's worst buildings
What's the worst bit of architecture London? Vote here to have your say
What’s the biggest eyesore in London? What’s this city's most overblown monument to architectural egoism? You don’t have to be Prince Charles to have strong opinions about our capital’s concrete carbuncles, especially if you have to see them every day on your way to work. To dampen the soaring spirits attendant upon the launch of London’s latest all-seeing, omnipresent statement construction, The Shard, we’ve compiled a list of 20 of this city's most unloved landmarks.
Surprisingly, some of these reviled buildings also turn up on our best-of list too, so take a minute to vote for your favourite as well. If we’ve missed something truly horrible, please let us know in the comments below.
You know you want to – go on, consign something to virtual demolition!
No 1 Poultry
© Time Out
Built in the mid-1990s to a design by architect James Stirling, the postmodern No 1 Poultry was voted No 5 in Time Out’s 2005 readers’s poll of London’s worst buildings. Lacking any of the charm or elegance of the Victorian Mappin and Webb building, which was torn down to make way for it, the building’s odd angles and incongruous candy-coloured, striped cladding have ensured that it’s back in the running for the 2012 worst building.
No.1 Poultry London EC2R 8JR
