It was supposed to be a gamechanger, a beacon to welcome the millions of bewildered visitors who pour out of Victoria station each year in search of Buckingham Palace. But, after one look at the garish mess of the Nova building in London, they might be more likely to turn around and get straight back on the train. The £380m complex, which lurches outside the station in its bright red costume like a drunken member of the Queen’s Guard, has been crowned winner of the Carbuncle Cup for the UK’s ugliest building by Building Design magazine. “And the weirdness of living in a space looking straight into an office building seems to be OK with buyers.”A better answer might have been that the ignoble gong actually adds value. • This article was amended on 6 September 2017 to remove a reference to the build quality of the Nova

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2017 05:00 UTC