Top ugliest building in each state

[roadman65]

https://travel.alot.com/themes/the-most-unsightly-building-in-every-state-ranked--19108?s=51&isLong=0&isVertical=1

In my home state, one of Disney's iconic resorts is been voted the ugliest.

[Bruce]

Washington's entry is a Frank Gehry work. Perhaps the author doesn't get contemporary architecture at all.

Seattle's actual ugliest building might be the county administrative building:


King County Administration Building by Divine Harvester, on Flickr

[Rothman]

Article is a strange mix of decent hits (NY) but ridiculous total misses (VT).  Eh, 'twas only clickbait, anyway.

[GaryV]

^ Not classic clickbait - you didn't have to click 50 times to get to each state.

[kalvado]

Article is a strange mix of decent hits (NY) but ridiculous total misses (VT).  Eh, 'twas only clickbait, anyway.

SSince they didn't include Central Warehouse for NY, I wouldn't trust their judgement anyway.

[Max Rockatansky]

The Fresno County Courthouse has way more ugly factor than that KFC in Los Angeles does.  Clearly the article writer never heard of Arcosanti in Arizona.

[Rothman]

Article is a strange mix of decent hits (NY) but ridiculous total misses (VT).  Eh, 'twas only clickbait, anyway.

SSince they didn't include Central Warehouse for NY, I wouldn't trust their judgement anyway.

The one in Albany?  Aw, by now it has its charm just because of its persistence to exist.

[Flint1979]

Motor City Casino is a pretty ugly building I agree but they were wrong saying that there are four casino's in Detroit, there are only three.

[US 89]

They got Utah right. As soon as that courthouse went up in 2014, locals quickly began calling it a variety of colorful names including Borg Cube and Kleenex Box.

[GaryV]

Motor City Casino is a pretty ugly building I agree but they were wrong saying that there are four casino's in Detroit, there are only three.

They must have been counting Windsor.   

[davewiecking]

Don't know if I should be disappointed or pleased that the Maryland entry was torn down 9 years ago...

[JayhawkCO]

I had a great many classes in Wescoe Hall. Fully agree. (Kansas' offering).

[CtrlAltDel]

I don't get the reasoning for some of these. The Biltmore is misplaced geographically, therefore it's ugly.

[Big John]

They could have used the Wisconsin DOT headquarters building as it looks like something out of Soviet Russia.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota's worst is probably the Hennepin County Government Center, though their choice of the Weisman Art Museum is what I expected.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

^ Not classic clickbait - you didn't have to click 50 times to get to each state.

But they did shuffle the states so you can't just scroll to the approximate location of the one you want to see. (CTRL + F gets around that, of course)

[jlam]

DC's worst is probably the FBI Headquarters



FBI Headquarters by NocoRoads, on Flickr

[gonealookin]

Having attended UC Berkeley, the correct answer for California is Wurster Hall on our campus (recently renamed Bauer Wurster Hall).  It was built in 1964.  A lot of buildings constructed in the Soviet Union about that time look like that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/brutalism/comments/z0p5yf/wurster_hall_uc_berkeleys_college_of/

Naturally, it houses the School of Architecture.

[-- US 175 --]

That ugly blue building in downtown Wichita Falls might have that courthouse in Austin beat.

[Scott5114]

I don't get why so many of the entries are just boring government buildings. (Same is true of the FBI building posted here two posts up from me–it's definitely not a very aesthetically pleasing building, but it's not bad to look at, it's just plain. And why would you want the FBI building to be attention-getting, anyway?)

The Oklahoma example...Yeah, the Weokie Credit Union building is sort of baffling to look at. But I can think of far more offensive buildings in Oklahoma (damn near every Chickasaw casino, for instance, especially the shambling horror that is Newcastle Casino).

[Road Hog]

^ Not classic clickbait - you didn't have to click 50 times to get to each state.

But they did shuffle the states so you can't just scroll to the approximate location of the one you want to see. (CTRL + F gets around that, of course)

Looks like they started off with the smallest population states (Wyoming, Alaska, etc.) and abandoned that plan before they got out of the 40s.

[kalvado]

I don't get why so many of the entries are just boring government buildings. (Same is true of the FBI building posted here two posts up from me–it's definitely not a very aesthetically pleasing building, but it's not bad to look at, it's just plain. And why would you want the FBI building to be attention-getting, anyway?)

The Oklahoma example...Yeah, the Weokie Credit Union building is sort of baffling to look at. But I can think of far more offensive buildings in Oklahoma (damn near every Chickasaw casino, for instance, especially the shambling horror that is Newcastle Casino).

Because people don't know any worse?
Moreover, looks like it's about uncanny valley at its best. Per Rothman this one

has its charm just because of its persistence to exist.

[brad2971]

DC's worst is probably the FBI Headquarters



FBI Headquarters by NocoRoads, on Flickr

The FBI building in DC is only ugly (as opposed to merely suburban office park bland) if you are of the mindset that all DC office architecture should be bleached white and have Greek/Roman columns in the main entrance. You'd be amazed at how many people have this "classical" mindset.

As for the South Dakota example, I can't really argue with that. Given how much business CenturyLink (fka Qwest, USWest, and Northwestern Bell) has lost in South Dakota, the state's tallest building is becoming increasingly wasteful.

[brad2971]

Instead of focusing on the "ugliness" of certain buildings, let's now celebrate architecture that lasts:

https://goo.gl/maps/A8hE2VLdR3Y6bU2t7

This fine structure dates back to shortly after South Dakota became the 40th state. Not only is it still used today for federal courts, but does so in defiance of the ever-pervasive security theater, as noted by the walkway that replaced 12th Street.

[Rothman]

I don't get why so many of the entries are just boring government buildings. (Same is true of the FBI building posted here two posts up from me–it's definitely not a very aesthetically pleasing building, but it's not bad to look at, it's just plain. And why would you want the FBI building to be attention-getting, anyway?)

The Oklahoma example...Yeah, the Weokie Credit Union building is sort of baffling to look at. But I can think of far more offensive buildings in Oklahoma (damn near every Chickasaw casino, for instance, especially the shambling horror that is Newcastle Casino).

Because people don't know any worse?
Moreover, looks like it's about uncanny valley at its best. Per Rothman this one

has its charm just because of its persistence to exist.

Well, okay then.  That's the one I was referring to as well...