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−	On ~~7th~~ September 2017, Building Design awarded the dubious honour of the Carbuncle Cup for 2017 to London’s Nova Victoria.	+	On 6th September 2017, Building Design awarded the dubious honour of the Carbuncle Cup for 2017 to London’s Nova Victoria.

	The Carbuncle Cup is an annual 'prize' awarded to the ugliest UK building completed in the last 12 months. A shortlist is compiled from public nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.		The Carbuncle Cup is an annual 'prize' awarded to the ugliest UK building completed in the last 12 months. A shortlist is compiled from public nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.

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	Nova Victoria’s victory makes it the sixth consecutive year that London has received the award. It was designed by PLP Architecture.		Nova Victoria’s victory makes it the sixth consecutive year that London has received the award. It was designed by PLP Architecture.

−	The development is a bright red £380 million office and residential complex, occupying an entire block opposite the redeveloped Victoria Station.	+	The development is a bright red £380 million office and residential complex, occupying an entire block opposite the redeveloped Victoria Station. With a pointed peak that reaches 18 storeys-high, the building incorporates a sheer face of red glass criss-crossed with aluminium bracing. Around the side of the 'red wedge' runs a screen of aluminium fins, cut with rippled profiles. At ground level, these aluminium fins form a series of serrated openings.
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	The project was granted approval in 2009 and was the biggest consent Westminster Council had ever awarded, although the concept was drastically scaled back from its original high-rise intentions.		The project was granted approval in 2009 and was the biggest consent Westminster Council had ever awarded, although the concept was drastically scaled back from its original high-rise intentions.

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−	On ~~30 August~~ 2017, Building Design ~~revealed its shortlist for~~ the ~~2017~~ Carbuncle Cup.	+	[[File:2017carbuncle1.jpg\|link=File:2017carbuncle1.jpg]]
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		+	On 7th September 2017, Building Design awarded the dubious honour of the Carbuncle Cup for 2017 to London’s Nova Victoria.

	The Carbuncle Cup is an annual 'prize' awarded to the ugliest UK building completed in the last 12 months. A shortlist is compiled from public nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.		The Carbuncle Cup is an annual 'prize' awarded to the ugliest UK building completed in the last 12 months. A shortlist is compiled from public nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.

−	~~The projects shortlisted for~~ the ~~dubious prize are:~~	+	Nova Victoria’s victory makes it the sixth consecutive year that London has received the award. It was designed by PLP Architecture.

−	~~Nova~~ Victoria~~, London, by PLP Architecture~~	+	The development is a bright red £380 million office and residential complex, occupying an entire block opposite the redeveloped Victoria Station.

−	~~[[File:2017carbuncle1~~.~~jpg\|link=File:2017carbuncle1~~.~~jpg]]~~	+	With a pointed peak that reaches 18 storeys-high, the building incorporates a sheer face of red glass criss-crossed with aluminium bracing. Around the side of the 'red wedge' runs a screen of aluminium fins, cut with rippled profiles. At ground level, these aluminium fins form a series of serrated openings.

		+	The project was granted approval in 2009 and was the biggest consent Westminster Council had ever awarded, although the concept was drastically scaled back from its original high-rise intentions.

		+	Awarding the prize, the judges described it as 'one of the worst office developments central London has ever seen', and one that 'sets a new benchmark for dystopian dysfunction'.
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		+	The other shortlisted projects that were beaten by Nova Victoria were as follows:

	Preston Railway Station Butler Street Entrance, Preston, by AHR		Preston Railway Station Butler Street Entrance, Preston, by AHR
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−	~~The 'winner' will be announced by Building Design in the first week of September 2017.~~	+	[Images courtesy of Building Design.]
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−	Images courtesy of Building Design.	+

	= Find out more =		= Find out more =

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	On 30 August 2017, Building Design revealed its shortlist for the 2017 Carbuncle Cup.		On 30 August 2017, Building Design revealed its shortlist for the 2017 Carbuncle Cup.

−	The Carbuncle Cup is an annual ~~architectural~~ prize awarded to ~~‘the~~ ugliest building ~~in the United Kingdom~~ completed in the last 12 ~~months’~~. A shortlist is compiled from public~~-voted~~ nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.	+	The Carbuncle Cup is an annual 'prize' awarded to the ugliest UK building completed in the last 12 months. A shortlist is compiled from public nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.

−	The projects shortlisted for the dubious prize are ~~as follows~~:	+	The projects shortlisted for the dubious prize are:

	Nova Victoria, London, by PLP Architecture		Nova Victoria, London, by PLP Architecture

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	Preston Railway Station Butler Street Entrance, Preston, by AHR		Preston Railway Station Butler Street Entrance, Preston, by AHR

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	[Photograph © Paul Melling.]		[Photograph © Paul Melling.]
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	Park Plaza London Waterloo, London, by ESA Architecture		Park Plaza London Waterloo, London, by ESA Architecture

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	[Photograph © Alex Upton.]		[Photograph © Alex Upton.]
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	Greetham Street Student Halls, Portsmouth, by Cooley Architects		Greetham Street Student Halls, Portsmouth, by Cooley Architects

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	8 Somers Road, Malvern, by Vivid Architects		8 Somers Road, Malvern, by Vivid Architects

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	Circus West, Battersea Power Station, London, by Simpson Haugh		Circus West, Battersea Power Station, London, by Simpson Haugh

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	The 'winner' will be announced by Building Design in the first week of September 2017.		The 'winner' will be announced by Building Design in the first week of September 2017.

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On 30 August 2017, Building Design revealed its shortlist for the 2017 Carbuncle Cup.

The Carbuncle Cup is an annual architectural prize awarded to ‘the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months’. A shortlist is compiled from public-voted nominations, and the winner decided by a panel of critics.

The projects shortlisted for the dubious prize are as follows:

Nova Victoria, London, by PLP Architecture

[[File:2017carbuncle1.jpg]]

Preston Railway Station Butler Street Entrance, Preston, by AHR

[[File:2017carbuncle2.jpg]]

[Photograph © Paul Melling.]

Park Plaza London Waterloo, London, by ESA Architecture

[[File:2017carbuncle3.jpg]]

[Photograph © Alex Upton.]

Greetham Street Student Halls, Portsmouth, by Cooley Architects

[[File:2017carbuncle4.jpg]]

8 Somers Road, Malvern, by Vivid Architects

[[File:2017carbuncle5.jpg]]

Circus West, Battersea Power Station, London, by Simpson Haugh

[[File:2017carbuncle6.jpg]]

The 'winner' will be announced by Building Design in the first week of September 2017.

Images courtesy of Building Design.

= Find out more =

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