20 Architects Who Tried Their Best But Failed So Hard They Got Roasted on Twitter
Some people simply don't care about standards or beauty.
Architecture is supposed to make people stop, stare, and whisper “wow.” Instead, these 20 buildings did the opposite, they made Twitter do the roasting.
From the “new OMA department store” in South Korea, described as “modelled on a prolapsed intestine,” to Justin Bieber’s house in Beverly Hills that somehow became a meme, every entry here comes with a real-world location and a very specific kind of public backlash. You’ve got the Renmin Ribao building in Beijing, “erected” in 2013, plus projects like the Nunotani Office Building in Tokyo by Eisenman Architects, and even structures tied to places like Bullring in Birmingham and Aoyama Technical College in Tokyo.
Some people don’t get graded, they get dragged.
1. Mumbai, India. By Perkins and Will & Hirsch Bedner Associates
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fck_ugly3. Bullring. Birmingham, UK
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4. London, UK
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5. Hotel Casanus, Antwerp, Belgium
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6. Renmin Ribao building, Beijing, China. It was ‘erected’ in 2013
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7. Intempo, Benidorm, Spain. By Pérez-Guerras Arquitectos & Ingenieros
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8. Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1977. By V. Stojanović
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9. Amertec Building, by Chayo Frank. Miami, Florida
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10. Justin Bieber’s house in Beverly Hills
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11. University of Cincinnati’s Crosley Tower, USA
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12. Belgium. Cheerful but sad
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The moment the South Korea OMA department store got compared to a prolapsed intestine, the comments stopped being about design and started being about anatomy.
This is the same kind of shared-living fight as an AITA user refusing to split rent equally after flatmates upgraded to a luxury apartment.
Then Twitter shifted from cringe to full chaos with Justin Bieber’s Beverly Hills house, because apparently even celebrity real estate can’t escape the group chat.
After that, the Renmin Ribao building in Beijing, “erected” in 2013, made everyone wonder if the timeline or the structure was the real joke.
Building architecture costs a lot of money. From purchasing construction materials to hiring a designer and architect, the fees spent on these things can cost an arm and a leg. In particular, the larger the building, the more the owner has to pay. It will be worth it if the final result makes everyone say, “WOW.” However, it will be a waste of money if everyone criticizes the structure.
13. Nunotani Office Building in Tokyo, by Eisenman Architects
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14. Jounieh, Lebanon
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15. Berlin, Germany
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16. Tirau, New Zealand
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17. Aoyama Technical College, by Makoto Sei Watanabe, 1990. Tokyo, Japan
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18. Edificio Mirador, Madrid, by MVRDV & Blanca Lleó
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19. AT&T Headquarters, Houston
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20. Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
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By the time people were roasting places like Bullring in Birmingham and the AT&T Headquarters in Houston, the whole list felt like one long “how did this pass?” moment.
Architects typically need to complete a professional degree program in architecture, which usually takes five years, and pass the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). After completing the required education and passing the exam, architects must then complete a period of practical experience, typically three years, before they are eligible to become certified architects.
We somehow believe that these people cheated on their exams...
Nobody wants to pay for a building that turns into a punchline.
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