These Are the World’s Most Hated Buildings and Designs
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What sets certain sculptures and designs apart as examples of excellence, whilst others evoke disdain and are perceived as borderline repulsive works of design?
In this exploration, we delve into the realm of modern design and architecture, examining both its zeniths and nadirs.
Paris’s Only Skyscraper Turns 50 – And the French Still Hate It
Words by Dan Avery
When it was completed in 1973, Paris’s Montparnasse Tower, was the tallest building in France. It was also the most reviled, “Almost universally disdained for its hulking presence and incongruous scale,” according to Metropolis Magazine .
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These 5 Decorating No-Nos Give Interior Designers the ‘Ick’
Words by Caroline Eubanks
Let’s be honest: Not every decorating trend is worth following. Some downright give us the ‘ick’. Shag carpeting. Popcorn ceilings. Those omnipresent Live Laugh Love signs.
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The 13 Worst Design Failures in Modern History
Words by Dan Avery
Innovation rarely strikes like lightning but design failures are a certainty. That’s the mindset that pushed psychologist Samuel West to open the Museum of Failure , now on view at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, USA
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