This 31-story apartment block near London’s Canary Wharf has taken the laurels (or perhaps the crabgrass) in Building and Design magazine’s annual selection of Britain’s worst new buildings.
The designers called it a “prestigious and sophisticated landmark,” but B&D says “Were anyone in any doubt as to the delusion and gall that has gripped London’s luxury housing market, then this asinine quotation should settle the matter once and for all. Lincoln Plaza is a putrid, pugilistic horror show that should never have been built. In its bilious cladding, chaotic form, adhesive balconies and frenzied facades, it exhibits the absolute worst in shambolic architectural design and cheap visual gimmickry.”
To see the stiff competition it had to beat off in its rush to the bottom, including a “groundscraper” built as Swiss bank UBS’s London home, see The Telegraph (UK) HERE
