12-12-2014, 02:55 PM
Since there is a thread on Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings I thought it would be appropriate to have a thread about the Bottom 10 -- Waterloo Region's Architectural Hall of Shame.
I am not an architect and I have never studied architecture but I know what I like and what I don't like. Here's a partial list:
I am not an architect and I have never studied architecture but I know what I like and what I don't like. Here's a partial list:
- Big Box stores -- I can't think of one that has any architectural merit.
- Engineering buildings on UW campus. The older ones are rectangles with windows.
- 250 Frederick. A stunningly boring highrise in a quiet, low-rise, residential area.
- Kitchener Market. It has some architectural merit and major fails. The stairs on King St are forbidding and effectively hide the market if you drive up King.
- Market Square. What were they thinking??
- The former Provincial Court House on Frederick, behind the Centre in the Square. Court House?? Could easily be mistaken for the jail.