20 Fenchurch Street is hideous - it's official

20 Fenchurch Street London - or as it's more popularly and with a complete lack of affectionate known, 'The Walkie-Talkie' is truly hideous. One supposes that if you have ever seen it or any manifestation of its presence then you should already be aware of that.

In perhaps one of the least surprising, and certainly uncontroversial decisions to come from a judging panel in some time, the building was named unanimous winner of the not at all coveted Carbuncle Cup, an architecture prize annually bestowed on unwilling recipients by Building Design magazine to “the ugliest building designed in Britain in the last 12 months”.

There can have been few more deserving winners. This monstrosity is an unsightly gash on the London skyline, made all the worse by proximity to the geometrically inspiring Gherkin.

Ike Ijeh from the awards committee called it “a gratuitous glass gargoyle graffiteid on to the skyline”. A fitting description if ever there was one.

There have been design issues of course, the shape creating a wind tunnel & the 37 storey building magnifying the sun the melt car parts, but it could have taken the prize for sheer hideousness alone.

Take note architects – you can and must do better – or else see your creations end up in the hall of shame alongside carbuncles like this.