Some of the most beautiful construction in the world are project to be both silken and eco - favorable . And then there ’s the Strata Tower , which amend urban denseness and has three wind turbines . And it ’s been named Britain ’s ugliest new building .
The Strata Tower won that confutative laurels in an one-year competition held by Building Design cartridge . It ’s the tall residential edifice in London , stand at 480 foot , so it ’s salutary from a density standpoint as well as have wind turbine .
Letthe New Zealand Herald explain :
It was the slip - sharpness , eco - friendly construction that would soar up above one of London ’s most maligned areas as a shining symbol of its long - wait redevelopment .
But yesterday , the Strata tower in Elephant and Castle , a 1960s - designed confluence of Tarmac , roundabouts and Brutalist architecture , picked up Building Design magazine ’s Carbuncle Cup for Britain ’s ugliest new building .
The skyscraper ’s three big rooftop current of air turbine , which its decorator claim can supply 8 per cent of its vigour requirement , have led some to call Strata the “ Electric Razor ” . Others have dubbed the 43 - storey construction “ The Lipstick ” .
One of the judge , Ellis Woodman , write that the edifice appeared to be “ audition for a supporting part in a James Bond title chronological sequence . ( A Bond rubric successiveness , let us reiterate , in Elephant & Castle . ) ”
He added that the Cup was being awarded for the building ’s “ breakfast - extracting ” ugliness .
photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images .
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