Carbuncle Cup

The Carbuncle Cup is an architecture award given annually by Building Design magazine for the ugliest building completed in the UK in the last twelve months .

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The award is based on the idea of Prospect magazine , which has been presenting the Carbuncle Award since 2000. The prize is supposed to be a satire of the Stirling Prize , which is awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects for the largest contribution to British architecture in the past year. The name of the award is derived from a comment by Prince Charles . He described Richard Rogers' proposed extension of the National Gallery of London as "a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a beloved and elegant friend". The prize was first awarded in 2006 to the Drake Circus Shopping Center in Plymouth by Chapman Taylor . A list of nominations is published each year by Building Design , which usually coincides with the nomination for the Stirling Prize . Until 2008, voting was possible on the magazine's website, and since 2009 a small group of critics has chosen the final winner.

Nominations and award winners

2006

The nominations took place in October 2006 and included 10 buildings.

building	place	architect	photos
Drake Circus Shopping Center	Plymouth	Chapman Taylor	Drake Circus Shopping Center, 2006 winner
Lough Road housing	Holloway , London	CZWG
Nexus One	Swiss Cottage , London	S&P Architects
St George Wharf	Lambeth , London	Broadway Malyan
Serpentine Pavilion	Hyde Park , London	Rem Koolhaas
University College Hospital	Bloomsbury, London	Llewlyn Davies
BBC Radio Merseyside	Liverpool	Page & Park
Moor House office development	London	Foster & Partners
Ibis Hotel	Harborside, Bristol	Faulkner Brown
St George's Island	Castlefield, Manchester	John McAslan / Dandara Ltd

2007

In 2007 seven buildings were nominated. Opal Court, a student residence in Leicester , won.

building	place	architect	photos
KX200	Pentonville Road, London	Allford Hall Monaghan Morris	Opal Court (center), 2007 Carbuncle Cup winner Orion Building
Opal Court	Leicester	Stephen George and Partners
More London	South Bank, London	Foster & Partners
Skydec apartments	London	Edward Potter Associates
Orion Building	Birmingham	BBLB Architects with John Rocha
Treasure House	Beverley , East Yorkshire	East Riding Council and Atkins
Holiday Inn	Westhill , Aberdeenshire	Peter Redhead Architects

2008

In 2008 seven buildings were nominated. The winner was the Radisson Hotel in Jersey .

building	place	architect	photos
Broadgate Tower	Bishopsgate, London	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill	Radisson SAS Waterfront hotel
B-Central apartments	Bournemouth	Trinity Architecture
Walton Street car park	Aylesbury	Bourne Parking
Bridgewater Place	Leeds	Aedas
Aqua housing	Poole	BCA Architects
Blue fin building	Bankside, London	Allies and Morrison
Radisson SAS Waterfront hotel	Saint Helier , Jersey	EPR Architects

2009

In August 2009 ten buildings were nominated. The award winners were Liverpool Ferry Terminal , the University of Nottingham Amenity building and Queen Margaret University took 2nd and 3rd place.

building	place	architect	photos
Hotel Missoni	Edinburgh	Allan Murray Architects	Westfield Shopping Center International House, University of Nottingham Liverpool Ferry Terminal Queen Margaret University One Park West
Westfield Shopping Center	Shepherd's Bush , London	Westfield Group
Amenities Building and International House	University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus	MAKE Architects
Poundbury Fire Station	Poundbury , Dorset	Carden Croft
Liverpool Ferry Terminal	Liverpool	Hamilton Architects
Queen Margaret University	Musselburgh , East Lothian	Dyer Associates
Theater Severn	Shrewsbury	Austin-Smith: Lord
Woodlands Manor	Belfast	Coogan & Co.
One Park West	Liverpool One	Pelli Clarke Pelli
Union Plaza	Aberdeen	Halliday Fraser Munro

2010

In 2010 the jury consisted of Jonathan Glancey , Owen Hatherley , Amanda Baillieu and Ellis Woodman. The list of the six nominated buildings was announced in July. The Strata building in London received the award .

building	place	architect	photos
Strata	Elephant and Castle, London	BFLS	The Cube, nominated in 2010
Bezier Apartments	Old Street, London	TP Bennett
St Anne's Square	Belfast	WDR & RT Taggart
Haymarket Hub	Newcastle	Reid Jubb Brown
The Cube	Birmingham	MAKE Architects
Burns Monument Center	Kilmarnock	East Ayrshire Council

2011

The jury made up of three journalists Rowan Moore ( Observer ), Hugh Pearman ( Sunday Times ) and Jonathan Glancey ( The Guardian ) chose MediaCityUK in Salford as first place. The architects in charge were Fairhurst, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre .

building	place	architect	photos
MediaCityUK,	Salford, Greater Manchester	Fairhurst, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre
Ebenezer Chapel and Housing Development	Brighton	Molyneux Architects
Museum of Liverpool	Liverpool	3XN / AEW Architects
Newport Station	Newport , Wales	Grimshaw Architects and Atkins
One Hyde Park	Knightsbridge, London	Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners
Phoenix High School	Shepherd's Bush, London	Bond Bryan

2012

Columnists Hank Dittmar, Gillian Darley and Owen Hatherley and BD-Online's editor-in-chief Ellis Woodman chose the Cutty Sark Renovation building in Greenwich (London) as the winner.

building	place	architect	photos
Cutty Sark renovation	Greenwich, London	Grimshaw Architects	Cutty Sark renovation
ArcelorMittal Orbit	Olympic Park , London	Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond
Firepool Lock Housing	Taunton , Somerset	Andrew Smith Architects
Mann Island Buildings	Liverpool	Broadway Malyan
Shard End Library	Birmingham	IDP Partnership
Titanic Belfast Museum	Belfast	Todd Architects and Civic Arts

2013

The 2013 Caledonian Road of University College London was awarded .

building	place	architect	photos
465 Caledonian Road	University College London	Stephen George & Partners	Premier Inn (known as General Lying-In Hospital) Redcar Beacon ('The Vertical Pier')
Avant Garde, 34-42 Bethnal Green Road	Bethnal Green, London	Stock Woolstencroft
Castle Mill housing	Port Meadow, Oxford	Frankham Consultancy Group
Porth Eirias Watersports Center	Colwyn Bay , Wales	K2 Architects
Premier Inn (known as General Lying-In Hospital)	Lambeth, London	Hamiltons
Redcar Beacon ('The Vertical Pier')	Redcar , North Yorkshire	Seven Architecture and Smeeden Foreman

2014

The “Woolwich Central” shopping center in London was the winner of the 2014 competition.

building	place	architect	photos
Woolwich Central	Woolwich , London	Sheppard Robson	Woolwich Central
Chancellor's Building	University of Bath	Stride Treglown
QN7 flats	Holloway , London	CZWG
Trinity Square	Gateshead	3DReid
Unite Stratford City	Stratford, London	BDP
Vauxhall Tower	Vauxhall, London	Broadway Malyan

2015

The winner in 2015 was the building at 20 Fenchurch Street, which was given the name “The Walkie-Talkie” due to its shape.

building	place	architect	photos
20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie')	City of London	Rafael Viñoly	20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie')
City Gateway	Swaythling, Southampton	Fluid design
Parliament House	Lambeth, London	Keith Williams Architects
Waltham Forest YMCA building	Waltham Forest , London	Robert Kilgour Architects
Poole Methodist Church	Poole, Dorset	Intelligent Design Center
Woodward Hall Imperial College London	North Acton, London	careyjones chapman dagger (CJCT)

2016

The Lincoln Plaza won the award in 2016. The winners were recognized by BD editor Thomas Lane, BD columnist Ben Flatman, architect and architecture critic Ike Ijeh, and LSE department head Julian Robinson. Readers' opinions were also included in the assessment.

building	place	architect	photos
Lincoln Plaza	Isle of Dogs , London	Hamilton Architects	Lincoln Plaza The Poole Methodist Church Expansion
5 Broadgate	Broadgate, City of London	Make Architects
One Smithfield	Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire	RHWL
Poole Methodist Church extension	Poole, Dorset	Intelligent Design Center
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge	Lambeth, London	ESA Architecture
Preston railway station	Preston , Lancashire	AHR

2017

That year the City of Westminster's Nova Victoria was awarded.

building	place	architect	photos
Nova Victoria	City of Westminster, London	PLP Architecture	Nova Victoria
8 Somers Road	Malvern , Worcestershire	Vivid Architects
Circus West	Battersea Power Station , London	Simpson Haugh and Partners
Greetham Street Student Halls	Portsmouth	Cooley Architects
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge	Lambeth, London	ESA Architecture
Preston railway station Butler Street entrance	Preston, Lancashire	AHR

2018

The winner in 2018 was the Redrock Stockport in Greater Manchester.

building	place	architect	photos
Redrock Stockport	Stockport , Greater Manchester	BDP	Beckley Point
20 Ambleside Avenue	Streatham, London	Pace Jefford Moore Architects
Beckley Point	Plymouth	Boyes Rees Architects
Haydn Tower	Vauxhall, London	Rolfe Judd
Lewisham Gateway	Lewisham, London	PRP Architects
Shankly Hotel	Liverpool	Signature living

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bottom of the barrel - Carbuncles 2006 . In: bdonline.co.uk . October 13, 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
2. ↑ Scars, blots and eyesores . In: bdonline.co.uk . October 5, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
3. ↑ Who will get the wooden spoon in BD's Carbuncle Cup this year? . In: bdonline.co.uk . October 3, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
4. ↑ Radisson wins Carbuncle Cup . In: bdonline.co.uk . October 10, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
5. ↑ Carbuncle Cup 2009 longlist unveiled . In: bdonline.co.uk . August 5, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
6. ↑ Baillieu, Amanda: Liverpool Ferry Terminal wins Carbuncle Cup 2009 . In: bdonline.co.uk . August 28, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
7. ^ Woodman, Ellis: Strata tower wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup . In: bdonline.co.uk . August 13, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
8. ↑ Ellis Woodman2011-09-01T12: 08: 00: MediaCityUK wins 2011 Carbuncle Cup. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Ellis Woodman2012-09-13T12: 00: 00 + 01: 00: Carbuncle Cup winner 2012: Ship in a throttle. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Oliver Wainwright2011-07-22T00: 03: 00: Bloated icons and dreary sheds go head to head in the race for the Carbuncle Cup. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Anna Winston2013-08-19T07: 00: 00: Carbuncle Cup 2013 shortlist revealed. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Thomas Lane2014-09-03T06: 00: 00: Carbuncle Cup 2014 winner announced. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Thomas Lane2014-08-28T06: 00: 00: Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist announced. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Walkie Talkie 'UK's worst building' . September 2, 2015 ( bbc.com [accessed January 21, 2019]).
15. ↑ Thomas Lane2015-08-28T08: 00: 00: Carbuncle Cup 2015 shortlist unveiled. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Helen Crump Helen Crump Helen Crump 2008-01-08T16: 32: 00: Hamiltons seeks planning for Tower Hamlets tower. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Thomas Lane2016-09-07T06: 00: 00 + 01: 00: Carbuncle Cup 2016 winner announced. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Luxury London flats win carbuncle award . September 7, 2016 ( bbc.com [accessed January 21, 2019]).
19. ↑ Ike Ijeh2016-08-31T08: 00: 00: Carbuncle Cup 2016 shortlist unveiled. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Carbuncle Cup | Building design. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
21. ↑ 2018-09-05T05: 00: 00: Winner of 2018 Carbuncle Cup announced. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Thomas Lane2018-08-29T05: 00: 00 + 01: 00: Carbuncle Cup 2018 shortlist unveiled. Retrieved January 21, 2019 .