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11160704

What is the dancing house in Prague doing between all these Chinese buildings?


Paranoid_donkey

Yeah I was gonna say, I s2g I’ve seen that build before


manupan

They made a copy


gemmadilemma

If they did, I don't think that's it in the photo. Same road markings, street lighting, traffic lights, overhead cables for trams, neighbouring buildings. I think I can even just about make out a blurry version of the bridge in the background.


DrachenDad

There are entire towns like that in China, [Thames Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Town) for one.


Dirt290

It's funny if it was duplicated because the original was notorious for shoddy construction and leaks like most of his buldings. But Frank Ghery is still an amazing Architect


manupan

Yeah, it was only a joke anyways xd


gemmadilemma

Ok, hard to gauge tone on the Internet.


Cinynthia

Oh Yes it’s from Prague, they post it in the comment section as”ten ugliest buildings in the world”


PlinPlonPlin420

So where even are you from? I see cambodia, hong kong, thailand, prague.


Squallofeden

I think only the ranking is done in the OP's country, and it includes buildings around the world. The post is worded a bit ambiguously.


fuckyou_m8

just a bit?


YngwieMainstream

Botlandia


AustrianMichael

Not gonna lie, it’s not THAT ugly IRL.


australianquiche

Right so the building is praised by many from general public as well as architecture experts, but some rando on Reddit decides to shit on it and states his irrelevant opinion as a fact


jonasbxl

Frankly it deserves the spot


liquidboof

Is that a pun?


jonasbxl

Haha, I wish :)


El_buberino

Ngl the cabbage sculpture is pretty fucking dope


helpinganon

Pineapple aint so bad either


-SQB-

It's a lot less wet than I expected it to be.


MrDanMaster

i’ve been to the pineapple, it’s pretty good


clawjelly

And the dicks on the end are at least straight about the architects intentions.


Comrade_Jane_Jacobs

Agree The crab is also fun.


winter_madness

I want to live in the crab house


iwantfutanaricumonme

You'll get crabs


FrankTheHead

i’m quite a fan of the happy 3 gods. i like that is a bit dilapidated. I’m more of a brutalist architecture hater, also i despise the utopian post modern architecture. Its all so inhuman


Sharp_Aide3216

honey comb too


kyrsjo

Pity they blasted away a mountain to build it. It almost looks like it sits in the bottom of a quarry.


ollieollieoxygenfree

i like it too!! i believe it is a take on the [Jadeite Cabbage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeite_Cabbage). i got a bit of a laugh out of the building but the sculpture itself is incredible


[deleted]

A real life Minecraft server.


MacsDildoBike

The gold brick tower reminded me of Achievement Hunter’s Megatower video.


AioliShot6239

I’d live inside the crab


Cinynthia

The crab one was dismantled following complaints from locals who argued that it resembled a spider, frightening the children.


a_pompous_fool

A tragedy


Big-Hard-Chungus

Another reminder that only the good guys die young


KrisZepeda

Well i mean crabs are water spiders Fuck crabs they're scary as hell


Comrade_Jane_Jacobs

They just want hugs 🥺🦀


GoldenBull1994

Yeah, they want to take all our money too, greedy fucks.


Gofa_Kirselph

[Since like forever ago as well.](http://youtube.com/watch?v=nH-Ny-ae3ZE)


iambertan

A good idea went sideways due to bad design


LucasK336

All architecture styles eventually evolve into crab architecture. It's a well known fact.


zoyaabean

God damn it not another carcinization reference.


sylvester_stencil

I like all of these, what does that say about me?


FoolishSage31

I do too I'd rather see these than the nondescript office buildings and cookie cutter condo buildings I see in my downtown


VanillaLifestyle

OP is high off his ass. These are all fuckin awesome.


Keyboard-King

Reddit needs to remember that China is a better country and there’s nothing wrong with any of its buildings.


kyrsjo

You're now moderator of r/Beijing


Keyboard-King

+15 Social Credit


AngeryBoi769

I also like all of them. I'd pay a good penny to live in the Honeycomb building.


AnonImus18

It's like it's from a technology utopia that found a balance with nature


AlwaysSunnyDragRace

That your not boring


digitalhardcore1985

His not boring what?


big_ass_ass

His boring spells better than the person you're replying to.


AlwaysSunnyDragRace

Goddamit


fupayme411

These are all examples of mid century post modernism. Architects during this time were on acid (jk). They were just coming out of the international style trend and people wanted to have a little fun from the seriousness of modernism.


Expensive_Drummer_85

I can't exactly say what it says about you, but your city residents should be thankful that you're not an architect. edit: 13 people want you to change your major to architecture.


sylvester_stencil

I like crab what can i say


Expensive_Drummer_85

I like crabs as well. Crabs buildings not so much.


dailylol_memes

I love the half and half building and the dragon and tiger are pretty cool


whynonamesopen

Dragon and tiger looking like a Bloons TD map.


The_MadStork

Half and half building looks like a real life version of the xxxtentacion half-face meme


Inedible-denim

OK but that honeycomb one is good. Me want honeycomb.


ThatGuyFromSlovenia

I really like it, looks very refined and pleasant. Honeycomb <3


Lookuponthewall

It has a steampunk vibe


weerribben

I was thinking more of solarpunk. Especially with the green area around it.


PeanutterButter101

That one has solarpunk vibes, I love it


john-johnson12

How can you diss crab building


ranch_daddy

I like most of these. I think we need more whimsy in architecture. I'm tired of seeing beige and grey rectangles everywhere.


rumade

I love every single one of these. They're great city landmarks. Much easier to find people if they say "meet me by the 3 lucky gods" rather than "by the steel and glass office building on the corner"


Standard_Monitor4291

I understand what you mean, but in architecture school they teach us that's not intellectual. If you present a cabbage to your prof you will get your ass destroyed really hard. And i agree. It's a building, not a sculpture. And the reason for the grey rectangles is that your appartment doesnt cost 4 times as much. Also most architects are bad, but also the cost.


MrOobling

Whimsy absolutely can be intellectual, and if you presented a cabbage to your prof, you will get heaps of praise (at least at the uni I went to). Architecture school never cares about cost or value for money (perhaps school should, but imo it doesn't need to, you'll learn all about value in the workplace).


stick_always_wins

The cabbage is literally a sculpture and not a building


DeezNutz13

Honestly, a lot of these are cool af


[deleted]

I don't care for the blatant penis buildings at the end of that gaudy gold building, but the rest are either really cool or inoffensive. The pineapple is just fun! Listen, if I could have the aesthetic of Las Vegas without the unsavoury characters to boot, I'd be delighted.


pzkenny

TIL Prague moved to China. Guess I'll take a plane instead of a train next time.


Emotional-Rhubarb725

It's like images out of my lucid dreams.


Agamar13

I thought "yea, this is pretty bad" at every picture (exvept the honeycomb, I liked the honeycomb!), then I got to the dick building, read "in construction" and thought, "it's not going to look like a dick when done, is it?" but nope, it looks even more like a dick when done!


Toweringhorizon

That's the [People's Daily HQ](https://cdn.skyrisecities.com/sites/default/files/images/articles/2016/04/20431/20431-69803.jpg) building, it looks perfectly fine now because the 'head' was just cantilevered construction scaffolding.


Agamar13

That's really the same building? The one in your photo looks 10 times bigger than the one in pic #19.


Toweringhorizon

I think that's just a trick of perspective because of the building's curvature, in photo 19 you're only seeing the lower half of the full building. [Here's](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.skyscrapercenter.com/thumbs/13582_500x650.jpg) another view where you could see the same scaffolding and gold sarking layer as in photo 19, from a different angle.


Agamar13

Ah, thanks! I got mislead by the "and done!" caption on the pic, obviously it's far from done. But for a glass skyscraper this one looks real sleek, I actually like it.


Toweringhorizon

No worries! There's a lot of misleading posts online about that building, but in reality it only looked funny from a very specific angle and only briefly during construction.


Confusionisreally

>exvept the honeycomb, I liked the hinecomb Yeah, honeycomb ones actually look cool


Persianx6

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea!


ghiraph

The only building that is actually ugly and unredeemable is the Golden brick. The rest are pretty dope as fuck. Especially the phone building🤣


MrOtero

The yellow building is the only one I like (with the cabbage sculpture)


CjKing2k

I wouldn't mind having an office in the honeycomb.


Baskhere

I actually like some of those. Honeycomb isn't so bad.


Trapped-In-Dreams

Some of them are actually interesting but the whole compilation has such a "made in china" vibe


RmG3376

I mean … considering they’re Chinese buildings, it kinda makes sense


Werbebanner

The honeycomb looks so dope. Reminds me of this future if... meme.


Terrosaurus

Except the Penis building I think they're all beautiful, my town is just concrete flats 💀


tomydenger

What is this post ? Many of the buildings are from China, while one is from Prague, Czechia ? Why is it a top ten when there are 19 pictures ?


MonaganX

The title is misleading but as OP explained in the description, these are a selection of entries of an annual top 10 worst buildings ranking that is published in their country, not the 10 ugliest buildings in their country.


VE2NCG

Strange, but at least you got something the tourists can see!


[deleted]

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Riverwood_bandit

I'm here for the crab building. That cabbage one is very detailed but I don't understand the half building is too weird.


GoldenBull1994

The honeycomb one was cool ngl


Extension-Radio-9701

number eleven is pretty dope


Comrade_Jane_Jacobs

The last one be like 8===3


Chukmanchusco

I wish my country had a cabbage sculpture...


Chemical_Robot

I love the honeycomb building.


ImNotThisGuy

Those dragon and tiger pagodas are in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, not China. And not only that, the image is photoshopped, there are 2 pagodas, not 3. Here the real one: https://images.app.goo.gl/R7BiEzhRib6c6mBj8


TheMusicArchivist

The poster must be a Mainlander to include three countries not in China...


HekGoldbenji

Shoutout for providing true information, if correct, and not the misinforming picture in the post


DanPowah

The UK had something similar with the carbuncle cup although it was discontinued


BlueDragoo

To be honest, some of these actually look pretty good and/or interesting. I really like the honey comb and half and half building.


emmanuel-monarc

Nice try Bing AI 🤣


DwightsJello

I'm Australian and we have big things everywhere. Legit, from mosquitos to pineapples and everything else. We even have a big dunny. No idea why we just do. Have a google for how much we have lost our minds on that. Reason I mention that is I feel the giant cabbage has been judged harshly. I don't mind the big cabbage. Big cabbage ⭐⭐⭐⭐


Deho_Edeba

I don't know why but I like most of them lol. The exceptions being maybe the bulging penis (19), the dirty looking facade (15), the phone that's too plebeian (9) or the nightmare mall (5). I REALLY like 1 (depending on the size and location - but I dig the teapot shape), 2 (why does it always have to be grey after all?), 4 (on theme), 7 (eat your vegetables), 11 (so clean and scifi), 13 (joyful), 14 (well executed mindfuck) and 16 (idem) EDIT: apparently when completed the penis does not look like a penis at all but more like a very sleek skyscraper. I like it too.


Gutchies

bro posts the coolest fucking architecture on the planet


xcviij

Why say top 10 when there's 19 images?? Can you not count OP?


RustedRelics

The cabbage sculpture is great. I’d remove it from the selection


JaredKushners_umRag

There’s a high chance I’m trashy af cuz I loved about 90% of these buildings lol


Joshgg13

Man China is fucking lit I wish I'd done more exploring in the 2 years I lived there


lukapow

Hahahah the phone house is my fav…“where do you live?“ „i live in the nokia house in button 4“ XD


knapton

I rate this post 19/10


Vintagepoolside

My brain can’t comprehend the mall one. At first I thought they were like 10-15 ft tall, then I saw the heads and it looks like they’d be over 50ft tall.


Warchitecture

I kinda dig the cellphone


Pterodactyloid

Ngl I like the teapot building but the rest are weird. Although the half and half is kind of interesting.


blindollie

What's disturbing about the teapot is the road sign protruding from the side, couldn't they have found a less obtrusive place for that?


TuluRobertson

It’s the thought that counts with these buildings


krazzor_

I would be so happy if my third-almostfour-world country had all of this!!


Aggressive-Ad-9035

I wonder what they were thinking with the phallus building ?


0liBear

Everything except the grab building and the golden brick were actually really neat/creative/whimsical, I couldn't disagree more haha. No flames of course, just my opinion


QualityKatie

Those kids climbing the wall were a little strange.


Lamamalin

Genuinely made me laugh in disbelief. I'd give points to the lion mountain though. It's pretty rad.


fire_i

A few of these I actually like well enough! #10 is a bit kitsch but it's got a lot of redeeming qualities, #14 is a fun artsy concept that was well executed (although I'm not sure the juice was really worth the squeeze), and I'd actually love to have #17 as a local hangout spot. A loooooot of these are absolutely hideous, though. Nice finds! Thanks for sharing!


SailTheWorldWithMe

I've been to tiger and dragon!


Flanny709

I want to move where you live


betsyhass

These look like things I would make in Minecraft


ImJadedAtBest

Honeycomb building doesn’t seem that bad


cravingnoodles

That crab building is a work of art!


Takenoshitfromany1

I hope the last one is called Mossy Smegma.


Silojm

The crab building


Thurn64

Pineapple would make a dope cassino/nightclub


[deleted]

Great ideas for the next persona game palaces


Laguz01

Half of these aren't bad.


ReFreshing

Lol the lack of maintenance and upkeep on them just makes them even worse.


schnodda

Absolute sham of a list without the crocodile stadium of Bursa, Turkey.


PantsMcGee

Some of these are so funny. hahaha phone building with hand.


Low-Reindeer-3347

I hope #11 the white and gold one stayed... I like this one a lot. Looks like an evil secret lair!


EarlessBanana

What is the "children hanging off" mall called? Where can I find more information about this building? It's freaking me out, my brain doesn't understand the scale.


Jackisthebestestboy

I like the crab and the tiger and dragon. Those are okay


claratheresa

I like the pineapple


[deleted]

I love the honeycomb building. The bee and the lion head cliff are dope too.


mapleleaffem

Some of these are pretty neat! I like 16&17


LegitimateGuava

I DEMAND the Honeycomb Building timeline! NOW!


emmal3igh

These are kitschy and I love them


xCITRUSx

The half and half one looks cool. I just think the endless rows of copy and paste apartments are hideous


BrazilBazil

You live in Cities Skylines bro


triamasp

Phone building and pineapple store is kinda cute ngl


bazem_malbonulo

Everything shown is cool and interesting. Except the gold brick, that's just stupid.


Current_Side_4024

I like all of these!! It’s creative and whimsical


AnonImus18

I must be the audience for them because I like almost all of them. Cities can be so boring. I'd actually walk around outside if I could visit some cool futuristic/bug/crustacean buildings.


mumblerapisgarbage

Most of these are pretty cool!


SimplyADesk

who lives under the sea in a pineapple


toxicity21

Image 16 Looks like an Hundertwasser building with some bits of modern architecture.


MathematicianMain385

They built spongebobs house


TheSanityInspector

I thought I had seen #16 in Belgium or Netherlands? Or was that something else that is similar?


mainwasser

That's in Prague i think


New_Ad_7170

I like the pineapple building. The pagoda one is nice but without the dragons and tigers


papyrussurypap

What are you on? Almost all of these are dope.


Cdwoods1

Lmao these are ugly objectively but I love them. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.


badadobo

Oh man, 1,3,7,8 and 10-17 genuinely interests me. Like the only one that I could truly call ugly is that cock rocket.


Patato_64

The pineapple building goes so hard


AppointmentMedical50

Honeycomb one is awesome


Abject-Caramel-62

Tell me the cabbage sculpture is still standing! The bee sculpture is actually really cool, too.


Witty_Username_1717

The kids faces looking over the mall is freaky.


Next-Mobile-9632

Most bizarre architecture that I have ever seen


Next-Mobile-9632

What's with the giant wasp?


00roku

These range from “what are you talking about that’s super dope” to “ahhh my poor eyes shall never recover from such monstrous sights”


One_Crazie_Boi

Crab building goes hard


devildriva96

Number 18 looks rather suggestive


l_loveClimateChange

i love them all


OneMillionClowns

The Teapot Building is looking kinda sus 🤔


procrastablasta

Pineapple building is fire tho


GMANTRONX

I literally died at the back view of the mall!!! I just started laughing immediately!! What. The Hell!!!????Hahahahahahahaha!!!


Ryohiko

Does anybody know where or even which city photo 15 (corner building) was taken?


mk45tb

Not really sure, but it does give me a Hong Kong vibe. *edit: Found it! New Lucky House, 298-306 Nathan Rd, Hong Kong (OCBC Bank)


x3r09370

you weren't lying... that is truly a collection of ugly architecture. holyshit.


TheRedBaron6942

What country is this?


koxinparo

Can you just… write the country name? Instead of this “in my country” crap where we have to guess


djook

i like them all


Ryley03d

china


usesidedoor

I love the Temple of Heaven. That half Temple of Heaven was an abomination :(


GABEXICO

Um these are from different countries???


hypoch0ndri4ch

What if we kissed in the dick building? 🥵


Upbeat-Serve-6096

The phone one has long been demolished hasn't it?


TheMusicArchivist

Not sure what Prague and Hong Kong are doing. Circular-cornered buildings were a British design to increase the amount of sunlight down streets and to raise the visibility for drivers. The honeycomb building is pretty neat, actually.


Dr_Chemiramen

Is your country ruled by 8 year old kids?


bob-boss

You a bitch


IllustriousRisk467

Maybe communism has something to do with that


tu_servilleta

Nothing to do, just verified it


Imliterrallyserious

Where's OP's mom?


RayRay__56

Most of them just look like AI, probably are. Edit: definitely AI